11 Years and counting...

[Scorpion]

Today marks the 11 year anniversary of that fateful surfing accident that crushed my 5th cervical vertabra and changed my life forever...

Shit happens. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif

Now, I'm off to see "Iron Monkey" with some buddies...

~Rus

"Because you're not promised tomorrow." ~ Stuck Mojo

[cheesecake]

Enjoy the evening with friends. Anniversaries can be a bitch. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/wink.gif

[alan]

I wish I was doing as well as you. Enjoy the movie.

[Steven Edwards]

...for making it this long. Keep up the good spirits and you should be fine. :-)

-Steven

[Scorpion]

Thanks all. Well, my buddies & I really enjoyed "Iron Monkey" but got home a my power steering blew out right as I parked. Ugh. Happy frickin' anniversary. Does the bullshit ever end? *sigh*

~Rus

"Because you're not promised tomorrow." ~ Stuck Mojo

[cheesecake]

On a positive note, the power steering went out as you were parking and not while driving. At least it was a safe evening and you all had a good time.

In answer to your rhetorical question....does the BS ever end.....I don't think it does, we just change how we view it and it reminds us that we are very human and alive. I say this as I am up to my knees in it! http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

[Annabanana]

Rus it seems not long back I remember you posting about your tenth anniversary, gawd how time flies!

I generally dont remember my anniversary, the day tends to come and go and its only a couple of days later that I remember it, and ususally a "phew, I'm glad I forgot" thought goes through my mind.

Bummer about your van, I hope you can get it fixed soon, being without wheels can be a pain.

Take care http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif

[tvot]

Does the bullshit ever end? It all depends who or what you have to deal with. This might have been my worst year ever, every week something was breaking. The worst thing has to be my shower chair, I just past the 6 week mark for get a seat, bearings and casters, the chair started falling apart under me. This was all explained to the wc repair department, I've called them once a week and it didn't make any differance.
I am totally positive that alot of people go to work and don't have a clue what the hell their there for. I think it's a sad time that you can get a gun quicker than medical supplies.

[FREEJ]

HI SCORP,,,,GOOD FOR YOU THAT YOU MADE IT THROUGH 11 YRS. FROM READING YOUR POSTS, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE DOING OK,,,''FOR THE/OUR GIVEN SITUATION, THAT IS.'' YOU'RE WORDS ARE SENSIBLE, YA SOUND HEALTHY. AND YA GOT A GOOD OUTLOOK.

RE; ''THE SCI BULL''.
SCORP/CHEESECAKE/TVOT,,,,, ''SCORP,YOU'RE NOT ALONE, I HEAR YOU LOUD 'N CLEAR.'' THE PAST 8/27, I ''SURVIVED'' 21 YRS OF C-4/5 QUADHOOD. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ''ONCE IN AWHILE'' GETS ME FEELING GLOOMY; ''IS THAT AFT 21 YRS, I WISH I HAD MY ACT TOGETHER MORE/IN MORE ORDER. BUT I FEEL LIKE I'M ON A 'NO-CHOICE' ROAD FILLED WITH BUMPS/PITFALLS/OBSTACLES [SCI BULLSHIT], THAT ALWAYS STALLS SOME CONSISTENCY THAT I GET GOING.'' EITHERWAY, I THANK GOD FOR MY HEALTH.

TO ALL,,,,,,THINK POSITIVE AND KEEP ''BOBBING 'N WEAVING'' THROUGH THE BS.

[Scorpion]

All - I often try and remind myself how much more effort it takes us as 'gimps' to do the simplest things, and I try and forgive myself for not measuring up like I'd like to when it comes to my life. Depending on severity of disability, many of us put more effort--both physical & emotional--into just getting up and out of bed than a lot of A/Bs put into their entire day. This is why things that might be an inconvenience but 'no big deal' to an A/B, like your vehicle breaking down, can seem like a very BIG deal. Hell, I'd probably have already fixed my van myself if I was an A/B, but then I wouldn't be driving a piece of shit van if I was an A/B, would I? At least if I was, the back would be filled with a surfboard, a skimboard or two, a bodyboard, towels, sunscreen and surf wax. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

A good friend of mine once told me how frustrated he gets with being a high quad and how it's annoying when people tell him how he's inspired them. He said, "Everyone seems to benefit from me being a gimp--the insurance companies, the medical supply companies, the wheelchair manufacturer, even friends and family and strangers benefit by getting inspiration from me and my determination. When do I start to benefit from this hell, Rus?"

Of course, I had no answer, and he wasn't really expecting one. But he & I agreed that one day our fight will be rewarded. We just hope its sooner rather than later.

~Rus

"Because you're not promised tomorrow." ~ Stuck Mojo

[Curt Leatherbee]

These radical muslems think they will be rewarded by doing things like crashing a plane into a building loaded with thousands of people by having 18 virgins in heaven waiting for them when in reality they may be rewarded by having 18 devils in hell sticking them with pitchforks. Those who do the positive things in life may be the ones rewarded, I guess we all won't know till the time comes.

Anyhow, good things come to those who are good and I think most of us here have a lot of good coming to us. Having been through the bad, I think has made a lot of us better people.

As far as the pump goes Russ, it is probabley a high side hose that blew, should not be that big a deal. I would think under a 100 bucks.

Aniverseries can be depressing though, I know what you are saying, try to stay busy and not think about it.

"Life is about how you
respond to not only the
challenges you're dealt but
the challenges you seek...If
you have no goals, no
mountains to climb, your
soul dies".~Liz Fordred

[Scorpion]

As far as the pump goes Russ, it is probabley a high side hose that blew, should not be that big a deal. I would think under a 100 bucks.

Didn't think of that. Hopefully, that's the case. Too bad my brother lives 12 hours away--he probably would have fixed it for me today. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif

And my day was going well up until that point. I am glad it didn't crap out while I was driving home. On the way to the mall, there was hellacious traffic with tons of people going back into New York City, and it would have been a bummer for the van to die in that heat and traffic.

BTW, we were stopped by police on our way into the underground mall parking, and I told my buddy later it was because he looks like a terrorist. He's part Italian, part Iranian. http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif It was more likely my piece of shit van. They asked what we were doing there and looked inside the van. I guess they decided a white guy with a shaved head & earrings in a wheelchair, an Italian/Iranian guy and a stout Chinese guy in the backseat weren't much of a threat.

~Rus

"Because you're not promised tomorrow." ~ Stuck Mojo