Kevin,
Can I ask why your hands are going numb? I just got my first manual w/c.
I've been user the store's loaner - it was shipped new to be at Baylor in Feb.
or March. I have not had anymore places on me going numb yet. I hope my hands
don't give way, as I only have this manual. And I think it's like 5 years
before you can have anything else. We don't have a van (my husband I don't
think wants to get one, we waited so long or I did to get my Avalon and now he
really likes it too for when just he & I go out. It makes me have to stay at
home alot tho. We just got him a p/u Toyota that is really nice last year.
It's the nicest but used like 2 years one he ever had and he doesn't want to
give that up mainly. It makes it kinda a hassle to get in & out of the Avalon,
but he helps me get in alot and out too. I just went to the hospital while ago
& had my "Pic line" taken out. I don't see why they don't leave it in as I am
in and out of the hospital alot. I will have a
surgery in August - it's a major one. All to keep me from being constantly
wet even tho I cath every 4 hrs. It will only be a little hole that won't
close up, because the skin around it will be like your lips - never shut to. I
only have to keep a bandaid over it and cath 7 times a day. No more getting up
at nights either. Hope my pain stays down (my out of control pain) from TM
when this is done. Take care. Natalie M.
Kevin Wolfthal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Bernie,
Thanks! I'll check it out.
All the best,
Kevin
Bernard Pelow wrote:
> Hey Kevin,
> If you are going for a power chair, I have found the 'Invacare
> Torque SP' to be the best chair I have ever had over 17 years. It can
> come in a variety of setups for your maximum comfort. Check it out
> online at: http://www.usatechguide.org/itemreview.php?itemid=89
> Peace,
> Bernie
>
>
> Kevin Wolfthal wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hi Grace,
>>
>> i don't have a wheelchair, but don't think I can put it off much
>> longer. Do you
>> mind if I ask what kind you have? I'm pretty sure I will need a
>> power chair
>> because my hands are going numb. ;-/
>>
>> Kevin
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Grace M. wrote:
>>>
>>> Oh Priscilla, tell me about it!!! I looked just like a big ol
>>> middle aged Raggedy Anne (Or an elderly Bette Davis) lying there
>>> in the bushes. And you know how it is whenever part of your body
>>> is paralyzed---the legs just flop into these impossible
>>> positions. Plus, to add to my utter humiliation, my bladder let
>>> go and I was soaking wet whenever they hauled me up. That poor
>>> young man who attempted to snatch me from the jaws of certain
>>> death, didn't know if he should laugh or cry---we decided on
>>> laughter. He had fallen in a roofing accident and broken his
>>> back. Can you imagine if he had managed to hold onto me and I had
>>> pulled him out of his chair? It really could have been a
>>> catastrophe. I would much rather have taken my chances at dodging
>>> traffic than to have caused him any additional pain.
>>>
>>> Hugs,
>>> Grace (In PA)
>>>
>>>
>>
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