When I go outside it is a permanent ramp of course he had built for me.
He wud have done it himself, but he had just had rotator cuff surgery. I have
like a platform to come out on and then turn the chair & down the ramp. He
usually puts his hand on the back of the chair if I need help to slow it down
at the end and turn it away from his truck. His truck is usually parked pretty
close to the ramp. Like 1 1/2 to 2 ft. from it. And outside for some reason
he has to pop a wheely (sp?) to get me onto the ramp. He put a little piece of
wood to smooth it up going onto the ramp. If he tries or I do w/o doing that,
it wants to knock me forward.
Does anyone know of a solid piece of a temporary ramp, instead of 2 pieces to
use?? The room could not handle a long ramp at all. Natalie M.
Kevin Wolfthal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
There is a long ramp going out of an emergency exit in my building. It
is the only wheelchair access to the building. The ramp goes to
the sidewalk. If using a power wheelchair down the ramp, will it tend
to speed
up like a non-power wheelchair? Or can you control the speed of ascent?
I wouldn't want to shoot out to the street, it's US-1, otherwise known
as the
Boston Post Road, a major and very busy street.
Kevin
Heather & Pieter wrote:
> 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
>
>
>
>
>
>
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> From: /natalie mizenko > >/
> To: /Transverse Myellitis > >/
> 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
>
>
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