Gunny,
How do you get in and out of it? Do they have a hydralic lift w/ a chair
attached you transfer to? I use to do low impact w/ the Senior Citizens,
before I became one when my back was so bad before my surgeries. I never lost
weight tho doing that. I planned that it wud, but it didn't. Oh well, life
goes on...Natalie M.
Gunny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: body{font-family:
Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:9pt;background-color:
#ffffff;color: black;} Natalie:
Find yourself a heated pool somewhere. Easter Seals, the Y, somewhere.
Your 90% weightless in a pool, and you'll be able to move freely. That's how I
did it.
Gunny
-----Original Message-----
From: natalie mizenko
Sent: Aug 3, 2007 7:43 PM
To: Transverse Myellitis
Subject: Re: [TMIC] Wheelchairs
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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