Comments on: first wheelchair http://www.demyelinate.org/2007/01/16/first-wheelchair/ the journal of a twentysomething transabled MS-wannabe grrl Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:43:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Sella http://www.demyelinate.org/2007/01/16/first-wheelchair/#comment-2996 Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:16:09 +0000 http://www.demyelinate.org/2007/01/16/first-wheelchair/#comment-2996 i got my chair a few days ago, it hard t use expecially getting up the stairs and my boyfriend also push me ariund. But i just found out i cant walk again. i got my chair a few days ago, it hard t use expecially getting up the stairs and my boyfriend also push me ariund. But i just found out i cant walk again.

]]> by: A quick recap of my life up to date… » transabled.org http://www.demyelinate.org/2007/01/16/first-wheelchair/#comment-140 Sat, 31 Mar 2007 22:16:15 +0000 http://www.demyelinate.org/2007/01/16/first-wheelchair/#comment-140 [...] In my mid teens, I rented my first wheelchair. An old clunker, which at the time was pretty much the only thing available. I remember having trouble finding money to pay the deposit, but somehow I managed. I also hid that in the basement of our appartment, and escaped every time I could to use it. It wasn’t difficult, my mother worked evenings a lot. I don’t recal very well what I felt when I first sat in that wheelchair. It wasn’t anywhere near the experience some other people have experienced, like Claire’s or Robin’s. I do remember a lot of anxiety and fear of being discovered. I had to hide in the basement, I didn’t have much space to move about, I didn’t really have anything to do. Yet, it was an important part of my growing up with BIID. [...] […] In my mid teens, I rented my first wheelchair. An old clunker, which at the time was pretty much the only thing available. I remember having trouble finding money to pay the deposit, but somehow I managed. I also hid that in the basement of our appartment, and escaped every time I could to use it. It wasn’t difficult, my mother worked evenings a lot. I don’t recal very well what I felt when I first sat in that wheelchair. It wasn’t anywhere near the experience some other people have experienced, like Claire’s or Robin’s. I do remember a lot of anxiety and fear of being discovered. I had to hide in the basement, I didn’t have much space to move about, I didn’t really have anything to do. Yet, it was an important part of my growing up with BIID. […]

]]> by: John http://www.demyelinate.org/2007/01/16/first-wheelchair/#comment-10 Mon, 29 Jan 2007 06:34:28 +0000 http://www.demyelinate.org/2007/01/16/first-wheelchair/#comment-10 Hi Robin A great story thanks and brings back many memories for me too. I am now on my second chair and I still only feel whole when I am using it, as I am sure you will feel too once you have ventured out into the big wide world out there. Just a little word of help maybe....don't ever feel guilty about using your chair, I really can't see much difference from using a chair because of a physical need or using a chair because of an emmotional need...both very valid reasons for using a chair and in my mind not all that different. Just go out and enjoy your newfound freedom. Bye John Hi Robin

A great story thanks and brings back many memories for me too. I am now on my second chair and I still only feel whole when I am using it, as I am sure you will feel too once you have ventured out into the big wide world out there. Just a little word of help maybe….don’t ever feel guilty about using your chair, I really can’t see much difference from using a chair because of a physical need or using a chair because of an emmotional need…both very valid reasons for using a chair and in my mind not all that different.

Just go out and enjoy your newfound freedom.

Bye John

]]> by: An interesting new website » transabled.org http://www.demyelinate.org/2007/01/16/first-wheelchair/#comment-5 Fri, 26 Jan 2007 01:47:18 +0000 http://www.demyelinate.org/2007/01/16/first-wheelchair/#comment-5 [...] One of the post in her blog talks about receiving, unpacking and sitting in her first wheelchair for the first time. I read it, and smiled. I was reminded of Claire’s description of getting and putting together her own chair, not that long ago. I was also reminded of my own experience of getting to sit in a chair for the first time. I think that unless you are transabled and have experienced sitting in your own wheelchair for the first time, no amount of explanation or description would really make sense. [...] […] One of the post in her blog talks about receiving, unpacking and sitting in her first wheelchair for the first time. I read it, and smiled. I was reminded of Claire’s description of getting and putting together her own chair, not that long ago. I was also reminded of my own experience of getting to sit in a chair for the first time. I think that unless you are transabled and have experienced sitting in your own wheelchair for the first time, no amount of explanation or description would really make sense. […]

]]> by: Claire http://www.demyelinate.org/2007/01/16/first-wheelchair/#comment-4 Thu, 25 Jan 2007 13:03:41 +0000 http://www.demyelinate.org/2007/01/16/first-wheelchair/#comment-4 Hi Robin, Congratulations on your first chair! There's nothing quite like that feeling, is there? I know exactly how that feels, having gone through it just a couple months ago. I even blogged on it ( http://transabled.org/thoughts/and-the-universe-shifted.htm ) and reading your blog gave me an eerie sense of deja vu. Enjoy wheeling, and do try to get out of the house with it as soon as possible. Claire Hi Robin,

Congratulations on your first chair! There’s nothing quite like that feeling, is there? I know exactly how that feels, having gone through it just a couple months ago. I even blogged on it ( http://transabled.org/thoughts/and-the-universe-shifted.htm ) and reading your blog gave me an eerie sense of deja vu. Enjoy wheeling, and do try to get out of the house with it as soon as possible.

Claire

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