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Tab

(11,093 posts)
Sat Jun 25, 2016, 03:17 PM Jun 2016

Got my first taste of paralysis last night

Apologies to those who go through it on a daily basis, but for me it was new and probably will end up being daily.

Was going to bed and my legs gave out. I didn't have the strength to sit up or get into a wheelchair we have just in case. It took a good 15 minutes to get me into the wheelchair and then I had to use the cane to get up the stairs to the bedroom. My wife has ordered a hospital bed for the ground floor. Oh joy.

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Got my first taste of paralysis last night (Original Post) Tab Jun 2016 OP
I am so sorry, Tab. In_The_Wind Jun 2016 #1
Oh my dear Tab... CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2016 #2
Sorry to hear that radical noodle Jun 2016 #3
Eh, it's not just that - it's one step closer to not driving and all the othet thiigs I ike Tab Jun 2016 #4
I'm so sorry you're going through this radical noodle Jun 2016 #5

Tab

(11,093 posts)
4. Eh, it's not just that - it's one step closer to not driving and all the othet thiigs I ike
Sun Jun 26, 2016, 10:53 AM
Jun 2016

(sigh)

but thanks

radical noodle

(8,558 posts)
5. I'm so sorry you're going through this
Sun Jun 26, 2016, 12:21 PM
Jun 2016

It must be so difficult to lose those things that you love so much.

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