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Because Know One Should Cope With A Spinal Cord Injury Alone

This site was created in 2005 by a C (3 - 6) incomplete quadriplegic per a driving accident to provide a place for others affected by a spinal cord injury because know one has to cope with a spinal cord injury alone.

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Small width toilet -- need to buy one under 14". standard width is 15" wide

Started by Jeff DeVall Jan 30.

Woody Woodpecker Battles a Snake

Started by Scott Dec. 22, 2009.

Buffy Vs. Edward 3 Replies

Started by Pebbles. Last reply by Wh88ls Dec. 20, 2009.

Merry Christmas

Started by lisa Dec. 20, 2009.

Funny Video - Rooftop Crowd Jump Fail

Started by Wh88ls Dec. 10, 2009.

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Billy Gee is now a member of Paralinks: WheelChair Nation

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Chairdozer added a blog post

Dealing with depression

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Eddie Canales added a blog post

Gridiron Heroes gains National attention

UPDATE: Gridiron Heroes mentioned on the National level. This article will hit the shelves in Time Magazine this week and subscribers already have it. Written by the author of the book Friday Night Lights. Buzz Bissinger. This is a hard look at the…

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Jeff DeVall added a discussion

Small width toilet -- need to buy one under 14". standard width is 15" wide

so wet wheelchair can go over toilet without transfers....does anyone know where I can get one, please???? I found one at 14 1/4 but still too big...

January 30

Jeff DeVall is now a member of Paralinks: WheelChair Nation

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January 30

Chairdozer added a blog post

The fax is in, we just don't get it!

January 28

Jennifer Rogers is now a member of Paralinks: WheelChair Nation

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Dealing with depression

Do you ever get depressed? Feel like even your own body hates you? Whether It’s the weather that makes you hurt, or spasms, or maybe you just feel like no one else understands how frustrating life in a wheelchair is. Having to move other peoples stuff out of the way just to get into or through your own home, or having them get mad at you when you bang into something? You are not alone! I’v

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Posted by Chairdozer on February 8, 2010 at 7:55pm

Gridiron Heroes gains National attention

UPDATE:

Gridiron Heroes mentioned on the National level.

This article will hit the shelves in Time Magazine this week and subscribers already have it.

Written by the author of the book Friday Night Lights.

… Continue

Posted by Eddie Canales on February 5, 2010 at 4:49pm

The fax is in, we just don't get it!

I have a wound (technically a decubitus ulcer or pressure sore) on my backside. I get wound care supplies each month from 2 different medical supply places. 1 is in the same town as my Doctor, about 25 miles from here. I’ll refer to it as H medical supply, the other is mail-order. It works like this. On the first of the month my nurse calls in the wound measurements to my Doctor. He writes up the orders for wound supplies and faxes them to both places. The mail order one gets them, only occasion… Continue

Posted by Chairdozer on January 28, 2010 at 11:00am

Why do they hire able bodied people for desk jobs, but yet pay the handicapped to stay home?

Why do they hire able bodied people, who could do any job, for desk jobs, like at social security, and pay them exorbitant wages, but yet pay the handicapped to stay home? Why not, in cases where they could, hire the handicapped? Where are all the disabled counselors, case workers and such? Who would better understand the disabled and what we need and go through daily than someone who lives it every day? I actually sat there and listened to a caseworker bitch one day about how good we’ve got it… Continue

Posted by Chairdozer on January 18, 2010 at 5:35pm — 1 Comment

An OH S#!% moment or An ounce of prevention (or 12.5) beats many $ of cure!

As you know if you’ve read my blog I live in rural Iowa. Well here lately we’ve had nothing but snow and blowing snow, severe cold, wind chills well below zero, ect. In a nutshell the weather has sucked! After at least a week or more of staying home we had cabin fever. So, last Friday since the snow had finally stopped. we decided to brave the cold and go shopping. Partly because we did need some things, and partly just to get out for a while. My van is in decent shape, the heaters in it work gr… Continue

Posted by Chairdozer on January 12, 2010 at 10:01pm

Playing the hand life’s dealt us

As we start into a new year and a new decade, let’s make a resolution to “Play the hand life’s dealt us”. As one who started out able bodied and lived that way for 42 years and then became disabled in an instant, I went through the “would’ve, could’ve, should’ve” stage or the what if stage (what if I’d done this or that different) for a while. Then I was reminded of something my father told me as a child when I (as all kids do) would get upset and play the “It‘s not fair!” card. He would tell me… Continue

Posted by Chairdozer on January 3, 2010 at 5:29pm