I'm no longer in a wheelchair but do remember that was the way my husband was taught to do it with me in the chair. Go backwards down a stair.
Heather in Calgary ----- Original Message ----- From: Larry Throne To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [email protected] Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 8:00 AM Subject: Re: [TMIC] Wheelchairs If I am having someone help me down a ramp, I prefer them to tip me backwards and wheel me down only on my back wheels. It that is not possible I go backwards with help. Unless I know this is an ADA ramp then I can do it my self. Larry in Oklahoma ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: natalie mizenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Transverse Myellitis <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [TMIC] Wheelchairs Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 16:43:52 -0700 (PDT) Pam, When u get paralyzed, how do you get back to walking?? I cud not walk at all if I tried. I am totally paralyzed from T12 down. Last weekend it was sorta funny in a way. I had been feeling better, had a break in my hard pain the day before. On Sat. nite my husband said "Let's watch a movie downstairs"? Well, it is only a full step and downstairs is carpeted. It is like a sunroom in a way but we always have used it like a den. It does have some wall between the windows. Anyway, he uses these 2 ramp things that he use to drive the automatic mower upon to work on it and get into the storage bldg. Anyways, we've done it before w/ my loner w/c, but not w/ this new one. He was taking me down very slowly and when we got to the bottom I flipped out and landed face down. But one leg had come in the front and one in the back. So, my head actually hit my leg mostly. Anyways, my husband picked me up (200 lbs. or a little, little less I am) and put me in the recliner. We still don't know what happened. I think my foot pedals are very low on this one so they don't wack the walls and they hit fast and out I went. It is funny to think about it now. I was a little shaken up at the time. Sorry for the novel, Natalie M. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: MY HUSBAND IS ANGRY AND BITTER ALSO AT TIMES. WE WHERE 18 WHEN WE GOT MARRIED, HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEARTS. I WAS THE ONE WHO ALWAYS GOT CALLED BY EVERYONE WHEN SOMEONE WAS ILL I STILL AM. WE WILL BE MARRIED 38 YEARS JAN.31 ST. I AM BETTER OFF THAN YOU AND HE DOES NOT UNDERSTAND WHY ME. WHAT UPSETS ME AS I AM SURE WE NEED THEM MORE FOR THINGS WE CAN NO LONGER DO. HE IS BETTER ABOUT IT NOW BUT HE DOES HAVE HIS MOMENTS. I AM LIKE YOU I DO THINGS AND THINK POSITIVE. I KNOW I CAN DO SO MUCH MORE THAN YOU AND I ADMIRE YOUR COURAGE AND STRENGTH .I FEEL THERE IS A REASON FOR EVERYTHING. I AM GOING TO BE 56 NEXT MONTH. I HAVE HAD MANY EPISODES OF TM THRU THE LAST 15 YEARS. I GET PARALYZED AT ANYTIME. BUT I ALSO HAD MANY MANY GREAT YEARS. I PRAY AND HOPE YOU NEVER HAVE ANOTHER EPISODE. OUR HUSBANDS ALSO HAVE TO VENT. I KNOW THEY DO A SURGERY SIMILAR BUT ON YOUR COLON A COLONOSCOPY. HER WHOLE IS TINY AND SHE JUST WEARS A BIGGER BANDAID ON IT. SHE TRAINED HER BODY TO DO THAT. I ALSO KNOW A GIRL WHO HAS NO BLADDER. SHE URINATES WHEN SNE HAS A BOWEL MOVEMENT. THERE IS SO MUCH TECHNOLOGY NOW I THINK WE WILL BE OK. KEEP UP THAT GREAT ATTITUDE, I KNOW YOU WILL DO FINE WITH YOUR SURGERY. GOD BLESS YOU TIAD PAM ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL.com. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tease your brain--play Clink! Win cool prizes! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.11.4/936 - Release Date: 8/4/2007 2:42 PM
