In a Wheelchair - How would you deal with it?  |
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| I had a dream the other night that my ex was in a wheelchair. I still talk to him but decided against telling him this dream. It did get me wondering how I would feel being in a wheelchair for life. I believe I would not let it get the best of me and think of all the good things that I can still do, like breath, read, eat,internet, tv, sit outside in the sunlight. I know I wouldn't feel sorry for myself, because I believe things happen for a reason. How would you deal with it or could you? | | | | | |
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1. danishcanadian (24605)
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2 years ago
| | I would have to move somewhere with no steps. As it is, I live down in the basement. Besides that, there'd be few problems. I was in a wheelchair for a while after surgery some years ago, and my step-daughter is parylized after a car accident a few years ago, and does well in her wheelchair. | | | | | | |
lelin1123 (9051)
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2 years ago
| | Its good to know that you would be able to deal with it. I think alot of people wouldn't be able too. Thanks for responding. | | | |
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2. jonjee0203 (4680)
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2 years ago
| | Being in a wheelchair is obviously a mental torture for one who has walked before. Most times, these people suffer a fall or have hip injury and can no longer walk but be confined to a wheelchair and need constant help from care givers. You can move around in a wheelchair around your house but if you need to go out elsewhere to the hospital or supermarket, you need a servant to push you around. Any way, I do not want to be philosophical about a misfortune but I think we have to accept reality and move on from there. | | | | | | |
lelin1123 (9051)
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2 years ago
| | I agree with you completely. | | | |
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3. Pose123 (8254)
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2 years ago
| | Hi lelin, I hope that I would be able to deal with it but I know it would not be easy. Like you I believe that everything happens for a reason, so that would be a plus from the beginning. I have a nephew who has been in a wheelchair, as a result of an accident, since he was seventeen and now he is forty-five. I admire him perhaps more than anyone else that I know. He has an excellent outlook on life and being disabled has taught him patience. After his accident, he went on to further his education and today has a job that he enjoys doing and is very good at. He has also helped others who have found themselves in similar situations. Blessings. | | | | | | |
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4. dragon54u (15679)
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2 years ago
| | I could live independently in a wheelchair for the most part, I think. But I see some problems. I have a bad hip and it's very painful for me to stand long. When I cook, I have a chair in the kitchen so I can sit down every few minutes. It's hard to reach the stove when I am sitting next to it attending something that is cooking! I wonder if they make stoves short enough for people in wheelchairs? | | | | | | |
lelin1123 (9051)
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2 years ago
| | I think I have seen lower kitchen counters and appliances especially for the little people. So I'm sure accomadations could be made or how about a chair that can go both lower and higher. | | | |
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5. Thoroughrob (9552)
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2 years ago
| | Having a son in a wheelchair, I have mixed feelings. I would not let it get me too down, but in the same instance, I know the challenges we face, just going out of the house. I would try to keep my spirits up. | | | | | | |
lelin1123 (9051)
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2 years ago
| | I'm so sorry for what you son has to go through, how does he handle it? Is it with humor or with grief or a little of both? | | | |
Thoroughrob (9552)
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2 years ago
| | A little of both. At times when we get in a pickle or have trouble with something, he laughs at us so hard. Other times he just yells, and gets so frustrated. He just got a new chair Christmas Eve. It is great, but very heavy. It is cadillac of wheelchairs. The footplates have hydraulic lifts on them. The seat tilts back and the back of the seat also reclines. There again if it isn't fully accessible and very sturdy, he can't be there. His chair weighs 330lbs. without him in it. | | | |
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6. savypat (13310)
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2 years ago
| | I would hope that I could handle this like you. I tend to have a sense of humor about the trials of life. | | | | | | |
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7. cyrus123 (3255)
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2 years ago
| | I have often wondered about this and hope it never happens to me. My mother had alzheimer's and several strokes before she passed away in 1997. She went from walking with a stick to using a wheelchair. She was bedridden the last two years of her life, though. She didn't know what was going on any more when she ended up in the wheelchair. If it were me and if my mind were still good, I probably wouldn't feel sorry for myself,either, and just concentrate on the things I can do such as singing, playing the guitar, piano, and the harmonica. I used to think I would never be able to ride a horse any more if I ended up in a wheelchair. I'm so glad now that they are teaching people with disabilities how to ride horseback and saying that they can do it. At the therapeutic riding center where I volunteer, for example, we have a wheelchair ramp for those who are in wheelchairs. We can push them up the ramp in their wheelchair and they can mount the horse from there. Of course, some volunteers and the instructors help them to mount from there, too. It's the movement of the horse that helps them to learn how to use their legs and learn how to walk again. Kathy. | | | | | | |
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cyrus123 (3255)
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2 years ago
| | I'm sorry I gave you the website twice. I really enjoy working out there. It does make me feel good to help these children. Getting back to the wheelchair issue, I've always considered myself independent and preferred doing things for myself. I got to thinking about this after what another mylotter said about a person in a wheelchair not being able to do so many things for themselves. It would devastating for me probably but I would have to adjust I guess. Kathy. | | | |
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| 8. CarmenA (84)
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2 years ago
| | Living in a wheel chair would be very difficult. I know that I could deal with it, but only if I kept faith in God and stayed strong and persevered in life with courage. I am sure that it would get to me sometimes because there are so many things that would be different for me. But like you said, I also believe that things happen for a reason. I guess the best thing that we can do is not take life for granted and be thankful for what we have now. | | | | | | |
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9. doryvien (1502)
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2 years ago
| | Hi Lelin, It will be very difficult indeed to be confined in a wheelchair all your life, particularly if the person used to be very active physically. If it happens to me, I know it will make me feel really, really down but I am also aware that nothing good will come out of self-pity. So I'll try to find ways to be useful not only to myself but to those around me as well. Surely I don't wanna become a burden to anyone. | | | | | | |
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lelin1123 (9051)
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2 years ago
| | When I posted this discussion I thought of you and hoped you wouldn't be upset by the posting. I too have a girlfriend who was diagnosed with MS a couple of years ago. It made me think about the last conversation we had where she said to me if I end up in a wheelchair I would rather die. Knowing her like I do I truly believe her. She would be the complete opposite of you, feeling so sorry for herself. I love that you say if given a second chance you wouldn't change anything. I do understand that. Because if it wasn't for your diability you wouldn't have become the person you are spiritually. May God continue to Bless you my friend. | | | |
veejay19 (2563)
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2 years ago
| | Thank you lelin for your kind words and understanding. God has given me a great life. I have done all that i wanted to do in my life but He thought that it was time for me to turn towards Him so he gave me this wonderful opportunity of MS which has enabled me to come closer to Him.God bless you too, my friend. | | | |
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