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Started by rAdGie , May 01 2012 10:08 AM

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#1 rAdGie

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Posted 01 May 2012 - 10:08 AM

hey, today is the my 1st year anniversary and i feel abit weird in a way, what did you guys/gurls feel or do on yours?

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Posted 01 May 2012 - 10:21 AM

Congrats on your first anniversary, hopefully you have the toughest year out of your way. I didn't really do much on my first as I was still quite the mess physically and didn't have my "routine" down yet. My wife usually has to remind me of my anniversary as I tend to not remember. The last few years we usually try to go out and have something good to eat.

I hope you enjoy your day and have many more to come!

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Posted 01 May 2012 - 11:21 AM

Congratulations on your anniversary!! :clap: I didn't do anything for my 1st anniversary except go to therapy. With that being said, I don't do anything for my anniversaries. However, this year being my 3rd I may do something, I just don't know what. I hope you enjoy your day!!
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#4 rAdGie

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Posted 01 May 2012 - 12:01 PM

well its my birthday soon aswel so i cant really forget as its quiet close, spending your birthday in hospital isnt the best :P, i have my kids today so they keep me ocupied but have nothing planned tonight,
soon as i seen 1st may on my phone my heart just sank as i had almost forgot about it

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Posted 01 May 2012 - 12:28 PM

You survived a whole year. :yahoo: I bet at times you probably had doubts about the whole thing. Keep up the hard work. :boxing: Treat yourself to something special and enjoy the day.

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Posted 01 May 2012 - 01:02 PM

I think I posted on here!
Well done on making your 1st year. It gets easier, I'm looking at my 3rd next month and to be honest my 2nd passed without any ceremony.

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Posted 01 May 2012 - 02:04 PM

Congratulations!

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Posted 01 May 2012 - 06:36 PM

I asked to forget about it. My friends took me four wheeling

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Posted 01 May 2012 - 07:27 PM

Mine come and go without me recognising them. Just another day, even on my 30Th.
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Posted 01 May 2012 - 07:52 PM

Happy Gimpaversary! My 1 year I had just barely gotten into rehab (what a freakin gong show the 1st couple years). This august will be 5 years. I thin I'm gunna go bungee jumping

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Posted 01 May 2012 - 08:31 PM

ye i guess its like a birthday when you get older :P its just another day learning a new life

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Posted 01 May 2012 - 08:38 PM

I was still a mess on my first. Totally lost! But looking back now, that first year was the toughest year. Will have 15 years under my belt come June 2012.

You should feel heartened by the fact that things should get easier from here on ... Like they say, when you're at the bottom, the only way out is up.

Peace!

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Posted 01 May 2012 - 09:36 PM

happy anniversary! since 1st year of sci I find life like if you replace the word 'love' with 'SCI life'
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Posted 01 May 2012 - 10:25 PM

People really celebrate the anniversary of their injury? Maybe I'm the weird one but that is a day I wish never existed so I surely don't want to celebrate it. But I guess it is a good thing in a way because you could be dead. But idk it's just another day to me...

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Posted 01 May 2012 - 11:25 PM

Happy Gimpaversary! My 1 year I had just barely gotten into rehab (what a freakin gong show the 1st couple years). This august will be 5 years. I thin I'm gunna go bungee jumping


You end up back in hopical, I'm gonna give you a whupping. You hear?

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Posted 01 May 2012 - 11:40 PM


Happy Gimpaversary! My 1 year I had just barely gotten into rehab (what a freakin gong show the 1st couple years). This august will be 5 years. I thin I'm gunna go bungee jumping


You end up back in hopical, I'm gonna give you a whupping. You hear?

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Posted 01 May 2012 - 11:57 PM

Looking back I know my first year was the Toughest Mentally & Phisically. I do believe the Shock of what I was facing had me numb enough to survive it. "A built in self defence mechanism" that kept me from going further insane then my friends always joked I was.
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Posted 02 May 2012 - 05:56 AM

For me, the first 3 months were the toughest mentally. Physically, the last 5 havn't really been a picnic, bpth mentally and physically, but I've learned that if today is my last day alive, at least I enjoyed it (as much as I can). I got plans for tommorow, but I got no regrets if it never comes. So get a cake, be glad you made it this far, get out there and live! Being gimped doesn't change what you can do, just how you gotta do it

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Posted 02 May 2012 - 11:26 AM

For me, the first 3 months were the toughest mentally. Physically, the last 5 havn't really been a picnic, bpth mentally and physically, but I've learned that if today is my last day alive, at least I enjoyed it (as much as I can). I got plans for tommorow, but I got no regrets if it never comes. So get a cake, be glad you made it this far, get out there and live! Being gimped doesn't change what you can do, just how you gotta do it

Very well said!!

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Posted 03 May 2012 - 02:00 AM



Happy Gimpaversary! My 1 year I had just barely gotten into rehab (what a freakin gong show the 1st couple years). This august will be 5 years. I thin I'm gunna go bungee jumping


You end up back in hopical, I'm gonna give you a whupping. You hear?

Yes'm


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