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mikey
  • By mikey · New reply yesterday at 10:04 pm
  • Discussion in Living your life · 12 replies
  • A couple of weeks ago I got a call from one of the many friendly debt collectors that constantly hound me. Usually, I just quickly hang up, but this time I decided to try to see if I could reason with ...

Multivitamins

Matt32
  • By Matt32 · New reply yesterday at 6:05 pm
  • Discussion in Health matters · 5 replies
  • Can anyone recommend a good multivitamin? I've been asked alot by home health nurses who still tend to me 3 times a week if I am taking any but at the moment I am not. After 3 failed surgeries to close ...

What do I miss about life before my injury?

tammysci
  • By tammysci · New reply yesterday at 11:05 am
  • Journal · 9 replies
  • In the last couple of months people have asked me what I miss about my life before my injury. The answer is everything! How could I not miss things, it changed everything about how I thought my future ...

New feature: video!

Brian
  • By Brian · New reply yesterday at 10:36 am
  • Journal · 19 replies
  • I am pleased to announce that we have updated Inspire to support video. You can now share a video of yourself, videos that you find inspirational or informative, and more. I've included one of myself ...

My art and my life

goldy24k
  • By goldy24k · Posted yesterday at 9:55 am
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • There's more interest in my art! They want to hang a print in the ETAS office in downtown KC. Just when things look bleek, this happens! It proves good things come to those who wait. I am impatient sometimes ...

Trying to win the war on pain

tammysci
  • By tammysci · New reply yesterday at 8:02 am
  • Journal · 1 reply
  • Over the past 15 years I have struggled with pain and it can be very frustrating. When I wake up, the first 15 minutes of my day are the worst. I even bought a new mattress this year to try to help my ...

Increased leg spasms

Blondeyvonne
  • By Blondeyvonne · New reply November 19, 2008
  • Discussion in Living your life · 12 replies
  • Does anyone know if the drug Neurontin used along with the drug Baclofen helps in reducing leg spasms. My son has been paralyzed (T7 down) now going on 11 months and the spasms in his legs have increased ...

rehab and therapy

goldy24k
  • By goldy24k · Posted November 18, 2008
  • Discussion in New paralysis/rehabilitation · 0 replies
  • I have a T.B.I. I got it from being struck by a car when I was almost 10. I have come a long way. I still have a ways to go. I want to know if any of you are head injury survivors, closed/open, and if ...

Handicap Parking Abusers: Part 2, Top 10 Excuses

tammysci
  • By tammysci · New reply November 18, 2008
  • Journal · 6 replies
  • Most people have witnessed people parking illegally in a handicap spot, and maybe have even wondered what their disability is? If you have a disabled placard/license plate, you probably have heard some ...

Any one with a stroke in the spila cord?

1newlife2
  • By 1newlife2 · New reply November 17, 2008
  • Discussion in New paralysis/rehabilitation · 9 replies
  • I am writing on behalf of my brother: Is there anyone out there that has suffered a stroke in the spinal cord? Please tell me your story and chances of recovery. My brother's is in T2 through T9, he has ...

11 Months Since Injury, Increased Spasms and Questions!

Blondeyvonne
  • By Blondeyvonne · New reply November 17, 2008
  • Discussion in Health matters · 6 replies
  • It has been 11 months since Bradley's auto accident which left him paralyzed T7 down. We have some concerns hopefully someone else can comment on or has had the same. Bradley's leg spasms have increased ...

Any recommendations for either of these two rehab centers?

1newlife2
  • By 1newlife2 · New reply November 17, 2008
  • Discussion in New paralysis/rehabilitation · 8 replies
  • Thank you Lucky dog. I will tell your story to my brother. Thanks ddom I will check on availability for hourly usage, not fun to live in a small town. ALL What experience you have with Rhabilitation Institute ...

Losing hope for recovery

carole338
  • By carole338 · New reply November 16, 2008
  • Discussion in Living your life · 6 replies
  • I seem to be at a standstill (pardon the pun) in my recovery progress, as much as it is. I know my condition is perminent but I have seen small advances. Now I lost most of my fervor for exercise and ...

Why are we here?

Brian
  • By Brian · New reply November 16, 2008
  • Journal · 124 replies
  • When we started this community, each of us faced important health issues in our lives. Some of us have family members with medical conditions. Many of us have medical conditions of our own. All of us ...

Work After Injury

SaraKudela
  • By SaraKudela · New reply November 15, 2008
  • Discussion in Living your life · 4 replies
  • Does anyone know of any resources that I can use to help my dad C4 Quad get back into the work force. Currently he is living in a Nursing Home in Cincinnati Ohio and just about the only thing he does ...

love life

goldy24k
  • By goldy24k · Posted November 15, 2008
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • I've been thinking a lot about relationships. Currently I do not have a b/f but that could change. I can't really chase men. I just hang out with my friends at sports and talk to my camp buds on-line ...

Movement after spasms??

jennypooh
  • By jennypooh · New reply November 14, 2008
  • Discussion in New paralysis/rehabilitation · 3 replies
  • Hi there, My boyfriend became an incomplete c6/7 on August 30, 2008. He has been having lots of spasms in his legs since the accident, but about a week ago, something interesting happened. He was having ...

Veteran's Day - A day to remember and honor our heroes!

tammysci
  • By tammysci · New reply November 14, 2008
  • Journal · 5 replies
  • Veteran's Day was not a day that meant much to me personally until I started meeting veterans coming back from Iraq. I was surprised to find out that the amount deaths because of the war in Iraq was 4193 ...

Handicap Parking Abusers; Part 1- Excuses, Excuses, Excuses

tammysci
  • By tammysci · New reply November 14, 2008
  • Journal · 50 replies
  • I have read many different blogs from people with various disabilities about their frustrations with people who abuse handicap parking. I have wanted to start a handicap parking enforcement program for ...

Organizing for Our Rights

pdecrease
  • By pdecrease · Posted November 14, 2008
  • Discussion in Family, parents and caregivers · 0 replies
  • Hi All, prior to my son's accident over a year ago I fought for the disabled in relation to education. With a new president to take office soon dissability rights may or may not change in some form or ...

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