Ken, As much as you might hate the idea, a powerchair will enable you to
really get out and enjoy life. As mike says, your body is telling you that
it is exhausted and you need to listen to it.

Mag

Tamar Magenta Raine
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Oakland Mayor's Commission on People with disabilities


> [Original Message]
> From: Michael Collis <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 12/2/2003 9:53:43 AM
> Subject: Re: my back/ hips are continuing getting better
>
> Ken, sounds like you could use a powerchair/scooter.  I know you don't
> like to admit it, but your muscles are trying to tell you something.
> My left shoulder's blown because of the pushing I did in high school,
> college, and seminary, so I know a little about how you feel..
>
> ken barber wrote:
>
> >  i am progressing  on this. driving was okay, getting
> >out of the car and  walking afterward was iffy.
> >  this does not happen often, but every time it does,
> >it gets longer in recovering.
> >   when i feel those muscles consticting in the back
> >at the hips, i have 1, maybe 2 seconds to grab hold of
> >something to stedy myself. i usually have to go down
> >and on my back until i can get ready to try to get up.
> >i walk in a almost 90 % angle. get my cane out becouse
> >it helps me not to fall forward as that angle is not
> >the normal balance. takes several days to get over it.
> >i can sit a while even today, and when standing up, it
> >takes a few minutes to get straightened up before i
> >start making steps.
> >  oh, it is so much fun.
> >
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