Hi Lori, Eric,Jim, Greg, Nancy and all fellow Quad-list members, I have suffered numerous medical situations that could’ve ended my life. The Lord is not finished with me yet. Lori and all, I commend you on your survival experiences. I wish I could document all my experiences like Lori is able to do. I thank you all for sharing your life stories. I have had some strange experiences when septic. I was in a coma twice. Several situations were physician error. Yesterday after leaving a appointment for blood work and Prolia shot for osteoporosis. My caregiver hit the curb and blew out my tire and wheel on the front right tire. I was able to get it towed by AAA but it took an hour and a half to find someone to bring me home. A taxi service said they did not provide that kind of transportation. Finally someone through AAA found out three places to call. It happened around 5:30 PM and I got home around 9:30 PM. I am at blessed that AAA waited till 10-10 large wheelchair assessable van arrived. I thought it was going to be a desperate situation. AAA wanted to pay for it by credit card but the taxi company would not accept. I thought this was strange. Has anyone else ever had this experience, when their vehicle was not drivable? Dana C4-5 complete, 44 years post. 7/26/74, passenger in a motor vehicle accident at 20 On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 1:21 PM Lori Michaelson <[email protected]> wrote:
> My injury (car accident) happened nearly 40 years ago and I was in the > hospital for a total of 13 months (October 1979 to the end of November > 1980) because I was so bad. I was not even able to sit up until I got to > rehab so I was flat on my back for at least two thirds of that time which > included a neck fusion and having a tracheotomy at least 8 months. During > that time alone I came close to dying so many times I can't even remember > if and ever since. > > I had such a bad neck injury that I choke often but have figured out that > it is from tight neck muscles so it is 100% easier for me to swallow laying > down. I have choked over 1000 times or more whereby I almost died. A > neurosurgeon nearly killed me in Brooklyn New York after I finally got the > diagnosis of Posttraumatic Syringomyelia and would have easily died if my > ex common-law husband of 13 years was not with me. They let cerebral spinal > fluid leak out of the back of my head for two weeks without doing anything! > > That is only a small list of so many times and I almost died this year > when my sodium level dropped so low that I did not know who I was, began > chewing on my finger without even knowing it (and I would have broken it > had my caregiver not noticed it was happening) so I was rushed to the > hospital and spent two weeks in ICU, aspirated twice before and after the > hospital requiring a chest tube and one week later for a total of three > weeks in the hospital this year. Unbelievable. > > ~Lori > > On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 10:46 AM Eric Olson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> A couple times but try to learn something so it doesn't happen again >> >> >> <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon> >> Virus-free. >> www.avast.com >> <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link> >> <#m_-9073437861150003753_m_-1256766246196393347_m_1553701315410400077_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> >> >> On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 7:13 PM Greg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Since your injury, how many times, because of your injury, have you come >>> close to passing? >>> >>> Me, 3 Times... >>> >>> OD, medication interaction. >>> >>> Almost fell in Pool when no one was around, seatbelt on. (I no longer >>> use a seatbelt, only chest strap if I go out by myself. Actually a few >>> close calls. >>> >>> Choking, eating bread, it got stuck very bad. Could not breath. Semi >>> heimlich got it out. >>> >>> Greg >>> >> > > -- > "Petting, scratching and cuddling a dog could be soothing to the mind and > heart and deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer." ~Dean > Koontz >
