Next on my list is independent bowl care...
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, Dec 21 2008 07:57 AM
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Posted 21 December 2008 - 07:57 AM
Yep, so today I got into the shower, got my clothes off, showerd, got dressed and back into my chair without and help at all!
Next on my list is independent bowl care...
Next on my list is independent bowl care...
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Posted 21 December 2008 - 09:19 AM
congrats! most of us know too well how liberating it must be to be independent
I gather you haven't been injured for long? Keep at it and you'll return to a normal life!
I gather you haven't been injured for long? Keep at it and you'll return to a normal life!
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Posted 21 December 2008 - 02:19 PM
man that feels so damn nice don't it? congrats!
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Posted 21 December 2008 - 09:46 PM
That's brilliant news! I'm really pleased for you!! 
Paraplegic with Spina Bifida. Sensory and function level is T8. T11-L5 fusion 1993. Laminectomy and decompression T10 2006. Spinal fusion T8-T12 with instrumentation Feb 2007. Moderate kyphoscoliosis. Taking 75mg Lyrica 3xday for neuropathic pain.
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Posted 21 December 2008 - 10:02 PM
Independent bowel care???
What the hell fun is that?
E-dog
What the hell fun is that?
E-dog
when it absolutely, positively, has to be destroyed overnight, call the Marines.
I will nevah, EVAH take a pinch from a greasy muddahf*@kah like you!
How 'bout if I spell it out for ya. D-I-L-L-I-G-A-F
I will nevah, EVAH take a pinch from a greasy muddahf*@kah like you!
How 'bout if I spell it out for ya. D-I-L-L-I-G-A-F
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Posted 22 December 2008 - 12:07 AM
posted twice by accident and now I can't delete the dang thing!
Edited by E-DOG, 22 December 2008 - 12:10 AM.
when it absolutely, positively, has to be destroyed overnight, call the Marines.
I will nevah, EVAH take a pinch from a greasy muddahf*@kah like you!
How 'bout if I spell it out for ya. D-I-L-L-I-G-A-F
I will nevah, EVAH take a pinch from a greasy muddahf*@kah like you!
How 'bout if I spell it out for ya. D-I-L-L-I-G-A-F
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Posted 22 December 2008 - 11:49 AM
it is empowering just knowing that if you crap yourself you can clean yourself up without having to make public or even just household news of the bowel accident. im not much farther out from my injury than you are and i know that although it takes a hell of a long time to get very simple things back, you'll get a lot of your independence back. if it was 20 or even 30 years ago and you were living this life it would not be this easy at all. i thank goodness for modern science and healthcare everyday. hope youre well!
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Posted 22 December 2008 - 05:38 PM
Yong, on Dec 21 2008, 01:19 AM, said:
congrats! most of us know too well how liberating it must be to be independent
I gather you haven't been injured for long? Keep at it and you'll return to a normal life!
I gather you haven't been injured for long? Keep at it and you'll return to a normal life!
about 3 months and... 22 days or so.
and thanks everyone
Edited by volc0m101, 22 December 2008 - 05:39 PM.
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Posted 22 December 2008 - 05:57 PM
man i was injured in april and still haven't got the bowels down. seems like when i think i do i load my pants
Never explain--your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
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Posted 24 December 2008 - 01:24 AM
WTG! 
Keep it up, you're off to a pretty good start. 
Keep it up, you're off to a pretty good start.
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*I USE a wheelchair, that does NOT make ME a wheelchair!*
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