A little movement

angel7 · 03-06-2003, 11:50 AM

Worked out in my EZ Walker. Actually moved my right knee a little - took a lot of straining to do it - but did it just the same. My new insurance company is trying to cut me off of PT. They compare quadriplegia with a death sentence. My PT is so sweet she comes w/o being authorized or paid. I've been blessed w/good people around me - present company included.

There are so many people that need education - I'm not sure if it might be an impossible task. It's bad enough that we have to fight our own bodies for movement but to have to fight everyone else is almost too daunting.

Deb

Curt Leatherbee · 03-06-2003, 11:55 AM

I feel the same way sometimes Debbie. The thing I have found is you have to be extra assertive and good at expressing your feelings when SCI and like you said educate people as a lot of people just dont understand the whole thing.

"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

dogger · 03-06-2003, 11:57 AM

come on Debbie , you can do it ! don't Texans just duck for cover , reload , then come out all guns blazing ?

show us your fighting ability !
dogger

every day i wake up is a good one .

larwatson · 03-06-2003, 12:00 PM

Congrats Debbie!!!! That's great. Hang in there. Perseverance will be rewarded.

Steven Edwards · 03-06-2003, 12:08 PM

Good job, Debbie! Keep practicing and don't give up hope!

-Steven

giambjj · 03-06-2003, 12:18 PM

Will your insurance cut you off even if you have a Doc's Script for PT and your Doc can show health improvement as a result of PT?

JJG

angel7 · 03-06-2003, 02:45 PM

Thanks for the encouragement guys. Dr. J.J. my new insurance company knows I have to go on Medicare on April 1 so they are holding off as long as they can so they don't have to pay. I came to the conclusion a long time ago that money is the basis of all evil intentions. I sometimes wish that all non-sympathetic ABs have to spend 24 hours as a quad or para. We would have a cure immediately. Dogger and everyone - I have no intention of quitting - I have to walk again so I can walk up to Pres. Bush and...I'll leave that to everyone's imagination.

Deb

1 Fine Spine RN · 03-06-2003, 02:55 PM

DEB!!!!!

YEAHHHHHHH!!!!!!

GOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Soul sister keep it up and we will take that walk together before we know it!!! We will educate the world doing it...I believe this one thing....its ok if we fall in our attempts....so long as we make a NOISE!!!!

Oh and Happy Birthday tomorrow my friend.....

hmmmm somehow, once again...you got older than me!!! LOL hee hee..

Talk soon,

Mary

...and she lived happily ever after...

03-06-2003, 11:50 AM	#1
angel7 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Alvin,Texas Posts: 1,961	A little movement Worked out in my EZ Walker. Actually moved my right knee a little - took a lot of straining to do it - but did it just the same. My new insurance company is trying to cut me off of PT. They compare quadriplegia with a death sentence. My PT is so sweet she comes w/o being authorized or paid. I've been blessed w/good people around me - present company included. There are so many people that need education - I'm not sure if it might be an impossible task. It's bad enough that we have to fight our own bodies for movement but to have to fight everyone else is almost too daunting. Deb

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03-06-2003, 11:55 AM	#2
Curt Leatherbee Moderator Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Florida Posts: 9,306	I feel the same way sometimes Debbie. The thing I have found is you have to be extra assertive and good at expressing your feelings when SCI and like you said educate people as a lot of people just dont understand the whole thing. "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

03-06-2003, 11:57 AM	#3
dogger Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Mitchell , Qld. Australia Posts: 2,239	come on Debbie , you can do it ! don't Texans just duck for cover , reload , then come out all guns blazing ? show us your fighting ability ! dogger every day i wake up is a good one .

03-06-2003, 12:00 PM	#4
larwatson Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,110	Congrats Debbie!!!! That's great. Hang in there. Perseverance will be rewarded.

03-06-2003, 12:08 PM	#5
Steven Edwards Administrator Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Acme Labs Posts: 15,530	Good job, Debbie! Keep practicing and don't give up hope! -Steven

03-06-2003, 12:18 PM	#6
giambjj Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Auburn, AL,USA Posts: 1,866	Will your insurance cut you off even if you have a Doc's Script for PT and your Doc can show health improvement as a result of PT? JJG

03-06-2003, 02:45 PM	#7
angel7 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Alvin,Texas Posts: 1,961	Thanks for the encouragement guys. Dr. J.J. my new insurance company knows I have to go on Medicare on April 1 so they are holding off as long as they can so they don't have to pay. I came to the conclusion a long time ago that money is the basis of all evil intentions. I sometimes wish that all non-sympathetic ABs have to spend 24 hours as a quad or para. We would have a cure immediately. Dogger and everyone - I have no intention of quitting - I have to walk again so I can walk up to Pres. Bush and...I'll leave that to everyone's imagination. Deb

03-06-2003, 02:55 PM	#8
1 Fine Spine RN Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Ashburn, VA Posts: 4,447	DEB!!!!! YEAHHHHHHH!!!!!! GOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Soul sister keep it up and we will take that walk together before we know it!!! We will educate the world doing it...I believe this one thing....its ok if we fall in our attempts....so long as we make a NOISE!!!! Oh and Happy Birthday tomorrow my friend..... hmmmm somehow, once again...you got older than me!!! LOL hee hee.. Talk soon, Mary ...and she lived happily ever after...