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The Stuff They Forgot To Tell You In Rehabilitation


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#1 chickadee

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Posted 21 April 2010 - 03:24 AM

This is meant to be a lighthearted look at those semi-embarrassing, a-ha! moments of realization they never told me in rehab. I have a few observations on my life that make me smile when I realize or remember them.

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-Crips, get yourself a decent hand mirror. Why? You'll need to check your ladybits/manjunk somehow. And not for sexual reasons, but simply to check in with 'down there' and make sure everything looks okay. I take a quick peek after the tub, just to make sure nothing new has popped on the radar.

Okay, deeper explanation - I'm allergic to laundry detergents, and my housekeeper switches to the bad ones on accident. I got into the habit, and realized while in the tub tonight... Wow, I check out my ladybits a lot more now!

Embarrassing... But funny.

Hope you're all well, and your bits are fine!
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#2 ajl338

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Posted 21 April 2010 - 05:13 PM

ok so i worked out that perhaps the stairs would be hard in a chair but they didnt tell you you didnt have to use the lifts and that escalators are a perfectly acceptable way of moving between floors!

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Posted 21 April 2010 - 06:49 PM

We actually practiced escalators in rehab

And Sara, quit makin excuses :)

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#4 Courtney

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Posted 22 April 2010 - 04:51 PM

They didn't tell us not to try to hop a curb with the tippies on......they will catch the curb and cause you to face plant on the ground :icecream:

Nor do they teach you how to get back up into a bed or your chair when you fall out and you only have one person there to help you!!

or that muralax (sp?) works on it's own schedule.....not by what it says on the bottle :dev:
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Posted 24 April 2010 - 02:55 AM

View PostCourtney, on Apr 22 2010, 11:51 AM, said:

...or that muralax (sp?) works on it's own schedule.....not by what it says on the bottle :wub:

Oh goodness, if THAT isn't the truth!
yeesh. I know I've had quite a bad past with that stuff :lol:
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