tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10236859148434774302024-03-21T10:29:24.369-07:00Live, learn, & pushLuis Guillermohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01624201522679882159noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023685914843477430.post-61713774523563749972016-08-14T17:03:00.000-07:002016-08-14T20:04:10.686-07:00Adaptable kayaking<span style="color: #454545; font-family: "uictfonttextstylebody"; font-size: 17px;">Over the last couple of years my city's parks and recreation department have hosted a variety of accessible events for individuals with disabilities. These include kayaking and sailing opportunities. As many of you may know I am a pretty strong advocate for living life as independently as possible, especially for quadriplegics. Unfortunately, many outdoor activities require quite a bit of help, even for the most independent of quads. I wouldn't let that deter you from trying as many things as you want though. I know I haven't, even though it may have been hard to swallow my pride and ask for help at some points. However, at the end the day I prefer to do activities that I can do on my own or with minimal assistance. That's why I have enjoyed kayaking so much. Once you're able to get yourself in the kayak there's really no more assistance required. It's a great work out and one of the thing I really enjoy about it is that you can put your hands in the water and cool off when you want. As a quad living in Florida one of my biggest issues while doing outdoor activities is the heat. Since I cannot sweat below my injury level it's really hard to stay outside for too long when it's between 90° to 100° outside. Anyways I just wanted to share my thoughts on adaptable kayaking because I plan on buying my own kayak when I get a chance so I can go out to the river with my friends or kayak fishing with my brother in law.</span><br />
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I encourage you to look for kayaking opportunities in your area. If you have the means it really isn't too expensive to buy one. You can get ones that are completely ready for quads or paras at <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.creatinganility.com&source=gmail&ust=1471304677662000&usg=AFQjCNH_s_Ex6956t89PeQUF2KJL1pufBQ" href="http://www.creatinganility.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.creatingability.com</a>. They are really nice and well made. The only downside is that they are really expensive and can run up to 5k+. The awesome thing about it is that it's actually really easy and cheap to accommodate any kayak. You really just need to get outriggers and make a high back for balance. Quads definitely should get the sit in kayaks because that will also help with balance. </div>
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If you have difficulty gripping there are a number of different option you can choose from to hold the paddle. You can purchase these both at <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.creatingability.com&source=gmail&ust=1471304677662000&usg=AFQjCNFnyQgs3hpRiG4uy_TC2iHel1HWrA" href="http://www.creatingability.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.creatingability.com</a> and <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://aca.site-ym.com&source=gmail&ust=1471304677662000&usg=AFQjCNG6BDjUY5FiQK0N99NXEOu7mM8bhg" href="http://aca.site-ym.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">aca.site-ym.com</a> in the adaptive section. You can get the high seats here as well. </div>
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I think that pretty much covers adaptable kayaking. Feel free to hit me up through any of my social media devices if you have any questions about whatever. I hope if you get a chance to get out kayaking you enjoy it just as much as I do.</div>
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<span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2;">I know I haven't written here in a while so I will start with a brief intro. My name is Luis Gonzales and six years ago I was in a shallow water
diving accident that left me paralyzed from the chest down. Living as a
quadriplegic hasn’t always been the easiest thing but I have tried my hardest
to work hard and save every penny to one day become fully independent. Having
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<span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2;">While I have never let it hold me down having a disability and using
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It also comes with extra medical expenses that keep setting me back. I have
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<span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2;">Once I am able to obtain an accessible vehicle I would have the
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and I’m striving to help myself today so I can help others tomorrow. Please help
me reach my goal, even the smallest donation will go a long way and please help
me share this page so that I may reach more people. Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
Luis Guillermohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01624201522679882159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023685914843477430.post-47078190900958065202014-11-12T01:40:00.000-08:002014-11-12T01:42:41.295-08:00Waterskiing for people with disabilities.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In the words of my greatest fictional role model Ricky
Bobby, sometimes, I just ”want to go fast”. Before I was injured one of my
favorite things to do it was wake boarding. I remember my stepfather taking me
out on the boat when I was a wee little lad and letting me shred out on the bay
for hours. I was hooked. I love being out on the water. It’s so relaxing and
therapeutic, you can literally forget about everything else that’s going. I was
beyond stoked when I heard about the <a href="http://www.ucanski2.com/media/" target="_blank">UCanSki2</a> program. The program offers the
opportunity for people with all kinds of disabilities to waterski using adapted
boards. No joke, it’s probably the most fun I’ve had since I was injured. Being
able to get back on the board after such a lengthy hiatus has been one of the
highlights of this year. The best part about it is that it’s totally free!
Thank you baby Jesus!<o:p></o:p><br />
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The way it works is by having two side-skiers help stabilize
the ski, which is technically just a wakeboard with a seat attached to it. They
have different seats depending on the level of disability. The side-skiers are
there until you are able to balance on your own. As you begin to balance they
slowly part away and let you do your own thing. Eventually you won’t even need
the side-skiers and you’ll be making sweet, steamy, sexy magic out on those
wakes. I strongly suggest that you check out their website because they travel
all over the United States throughout the year. Who knows? Maybe they’ll be
popping up somewhere near you. If you have a disability and you’re like me and
enjoy a little adrenaline kick every now and then this is definitely a must.
You could be totally blind or a quad, like yours truly, but trust they got
something for you. If you can’t see the side-skiers will guide you. If you
can’t use your hands they have a chest harness so all you have to do steer.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Also, if you’re like some of my more stubborn brethren and
hate asking for help in any kind of way don’t worry about asking someone you
know to help you out here. UCanSki2 has plenty of amazing volunteers on hand to
help with transfers. If you really wanted to you could show up by yourself but…
why not share the moment, Right? My mom came with me and we’ve both had a
really good time. She ended up coming with me the rest of the summer.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Anyways, if you’re too lazy to check them out on your own
here’s all their information. You’re welcome.<o:p></o:p></div>
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PO Box 2607<o:p></o:p></div>
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It’s been a little over 4 months since I last had the time
to write here. That’s not exactly true. I’ve had the time but my mind has been
preoccupied with so many other things in the last few months that I lost track
of this blog along with many other trivial and important things. For one, I was
enrolled in the summer semester at my university and a combination of just
being burned out after a 16 and 18 credit semesters made keeping up with a 14
credit summer a brutal task. If you don’t know what I’m talking about just
imagine writing an essay every 3 days for the whole summer straight. I’m not
talking just answer the question kind of essays, I’m talking 2000 word well
researched papers with sources and my favorite: a 20 page masterpiece that I
did get an A on. I killed it. Anyways, besides that I’ve just been dealing with
a lot of personal problems and it’s been kind of hard because my grandmother
and my aunt aren’t feeling too well back
home in Peru. I need to save up enough money to visit them again. They call me
every week no matter what and I love them very much. I lost a lot of friends
when I got injured and had to move away but my family was always there for me
and these 2 are big part of my life.<br />
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So yeah, there’s 1
million things I want to write about but I will get the main points 1<sup>st</sup>.
Not too long after my last entry on this blog I experienced what I hope no
quadriplegic has to experience ever (fat chance). I got my 1<sup>st</sup>
urinary tract infection. If you’re not a quadriplegic and you’re reading this and
asking yourself what’s the big deal? Let me tell you. The majority of
quadriplegics have no control of their bladder function. Now there are many
different ways to deal with this problem. You can hook yourself up with an
indwelling catheter and then carry a bag with you to collect the urine. I
believe this is the most popular method because you don’t have to worry about
finding a bathroom or drinking too much. I made a personal choice to self-cath
Which means that if I need to take a tinkle I have to find a bathroom and
manually use a catheter to urinate. I
chose to do this because I have some sensation left below the injury level and
it helps me know when I have to use the bathroom. The problem with a UTI is
that I lose complete control of any kind of warning. It was the worst month of
my life. If I didn’t use the Bathroom every 3 hours I would literally pee my
pants. I actually stopped drinking water just to keep myself from peeing.
Nothing. I mean nothing will ever be worse than having to deal with my 1<sup>st</sup>
urinary tract infection. Being a grown man having worked so hard to get your
bladder back in some kind of order and then just having it ripped from you can
be pretty demoralizing. No lie, I cried like a little baby. Self cathing and
UTIs do not mix. The good news is that if you go to your family doctor he or
she will happily prescribe you medication that will fix that problem up real
fast. I know that there are cases much worse than mine and that usually
quadriplegics get UTIs a lot more frequently than once every 3 years. Just
remember to have patience I know that it’s not easy but there are some things
that we just cannot control and the best way to deal with it is with a positive
attitude. I however did not deal with it with a positive attitude so if you
stumble upon this kind of problem yourself try to do a better job than me.<o:p></o:p></div>
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You can drink
cranberry juice or take cranberry pills to avoid UTIs. I really wouldn’t wish
what I had to go through on anyone. Though hopefully if it does happen again I
will be more prepared. Some things just don’t fix them selves haha I need to
stop being so stubborn sometimes. Besides that everything has been all right. I
can’t believe I’m finally a senior. It seems unreal and even though I have more
years of grad school to attend this is a big step in the right direction. A lot
has happened this past few months that have made me question who I was and how
I dealt with things. Sometimes you can get caught up in a problem and it can
drag you down. Make you lose yourself. You think that after going through a
spinal cord injury someone would be more emotionally prepared to deal with
other hardships in life but the reality is that we are all human and emotions
are part of life. I wouldn’t want it any other way but now I’m ready to tackle
this new semester coming up and continued to work on my plans for the future. I
say this every now and then but I wasn’t doing much with my life before my
injury and while it is unfortunate that someone has to go through an experience
such as mine I truly feel lucky to be where I am now. I have goals and a bright
future if I work hard enough and that’s all I really need.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I also started
working out again. Before I go to school or whenever I have time I do what I
can to stay fit. The ramp to get into my house is pretty decent in size so I
used that in the mornings and do my version of stadiums by going up and down
the ramp 60 times. I also use wrist weights and elastic bands to work my upper
body. Every other day I’ll go for push (this is what I call a jog for a
wheelchair) around the neighborhood. Since I’m not playing wheelchair rugby at
the moment and just going to school I started feeling really lazy and everybody
around me was working out so I thought that it would be a good idea and it’s
really been helping a lot. I’m now able to reach every area of the school no
matter how steep the hill is and my blood pressure has really improved. It’s
been really low ever since I became a quadriplegic. Nothing serious because it
never affected my life like making me lightheaded or anything like that but it
was just always low When people would take it.I feel a lot stronger too. I
looked in the mirror the other day (this is a little off-topic) and I noticed
that I’m starting to look like my dad. I’m much handsomer version of course but
I’m definitely seeing the resemblance a lot more nowadays. My birthday is
coming up and I’m turning 25. What? What is going on?! How’d I get so old? I
can’t believe how fast time is flying by but I’m definitely looking forward to
the future. This summer was a little rough but I know things are about to pick
up and it’ll just be a memory not too far from now.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Allright, I feel like
maybe this is getting a little lengthy so I’ll stop for now. I know I say this
all the time but I want to start writing again in a more constant basis. I
don’t want to make any more empty promises, Especially since it’s my senior
year but I miss writing here. I hope everyone’s having a really good summer. I
love the warm weather and would rather be hot any day rather than cold. I’m a
total wuss when it comes to cold weather. Here are some pictures my gorgeous
sister took this summer. I can’t believe I’m only getting a two-week vacation
but it’s all worth it as long as I graduate early. Take it easy everyone.<o:p></o:p></div>
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What’s going on people? Once again I find myself falling
short on my blogging duties. I swear, I really do try to keep up with this
thing because to tell you the truth while my goal is to encourage people to
become more independent writing this blog has helped me deal with a lot of the
stresses in my life. I sometimes appear to just brush stuff off my shoulders
but in reality there are a lot of things that make me want to slap a ho. Pardon
my language but that’s just the way it is, as a high-level quadriplegic it is
unavoidable that some things will just irk you sometimes and I feel that this
blog really helps me be just a cool guy all around with everyone. I would just
hate myself if I wrote on here about how you should be happy and positive and
just let everything brush off your shoulders because we can’t stress everything
and then turn around and acted like a jerk to people that annoyed me or lose my
cool because I can’t do something fast enough. I am trying to drink my own
Kool-Aid here and for the most part I think that I do it pretty well. Nobody’s
perfect and when I ask people to just look at the world with a glass half-full
perspective I’m not saying that you have to be this perfect person because God
forbid that’s not who I am, I just believe that life is better if you look at
it in a positive light. You’re going to get out of it whatever it is that you
put in. karma folks.<br />
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Anyways, for the longest time I wanted to do a dressing
video because I didn’t think that there was a good enough tutorial online on
how to dress well. There are however, multiple videos on how to get dressed
with sweatpants and basketball shorts and things of that matter. There is
nothing wrong with wearing that. I have been known to wear basketball shorts 4
weeks straight. They’re comfy and super easy to put on for a quad. Also, I’ve
had plenty of quadriplegics tell me that they are fine wearing sweat clothes
because they don’t care about what other people think about them. This is not
why I like to dress well. I’m young and I consider myself a pretty attractive
guy so why shouldn’t I wear stylish clothes? I find that a big problem for
high-level quads dressing well is the fact that a lot of the clothes that are
in style aren’t very easy to put on. I guess you could have somebody help you
out but in the off chance that you want to do this yourself and save somebody
the time here’s a few hopefully helpful tips.<o:p></o:p></div>
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quadriplegic you don’t have the use of your fingers. Fingers and buttons go
hand-in-hand; this is crucial. Whether you just want to put a nice shirt on by
yourself or whether you bring in a cute girl over and want to.. how do I put
this delicately.. let’s just say you have a lady friend over and she gets
something on her pants and you just want to help her relieve herself of said
pants haha. I can definitely help you out with the former but with the latter you
are on your own (try using your teeth). Anyways, I found this handy little tool:</span><!--EndFragment--><br />
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in one end and a button grabber on the other side. It's great for buttons on
T-shirts, pants, and zippers. But to tell you the truth who really wants to
spend that much time working on buttons? I was thinking the same thing. I mean,
I guess you could eventually get good enough at working that tool or finding
your own way to do it but I just went ahead and took a little shortcut on this
one because I’m not trying to make dressing a big part of my day just because I’m
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These are just some of my clothes that I just
got back and what I did was take out the button and put a clip in. Kind of like
the clip that’s in tuxedo pants. I’vw done this before with another pair of
pants and it worked wonderfully and it was pretty cheap as well. It really does
help me on the time. Also I found these cool T-shirts (I rock the flannel) and
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This guy has triceps but I use a lot of
the same concepts that he does when getting dressed. I prefer to get dressed on
the bed. Just because I find it a little safer. I haven’t fallen getting
dressed on my chair but I’ve come very close to doing so. Also, this dude is
nuts tying his shoes, I guess I’m lazy but I just tuck them in. He has some serious cojones putting a video like this on the Internet. For
those quadriplegics with lower injuries then a c6 I would also recommend doing
most the dressing on the bed. But yeah, this is a great video. This following
one is good too. You get a different perspective but in the end you’re going to
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Last thing, you want
to make sure that your room is accessible to yourself. If you’re going to be
dressing yourself, you want to be able to pick your own clothes out. Here’s how
I do it, don’t make fun of me I know I have a lot of clothes.. it a problem.<o:p></o:p></div>
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can help one individual out. I know that looking nice isn’t everything in life
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well. There is so much more I want to write about at this moment but this is
already gotten pretty lengthy so maybe next time. It’s hard for me to open up
about my personal life sometimes because I don’t know what the line that tells
you “Hey man, youre getting too personal on the Internet here” is. I guess it
really doesn’t matter since it is my blog. I can write about whatever I want so
who knows. I met someone really special and she’s probably the most amazing
thing that’s happened to me in a long time. Things are going good with school,
I’ve been struggling a little bit because of lack of focus but I hope that I’m
able to jump back on track soon. I talked to my vocational rehabilitation
counselor the other day (I got a new one) and it really hit me that I’m
graduating in just a few years and a plan has been set in motion about what I
really want to do with the rest of my life. It’s really exciting and scary at
the same time but it looks like all the pieces are coming together. I just have
to make it happen. You can do anything you put your mind to. This has to be
the most corny saying ever but it’s the truth. You’re the only person that can
make your life better in the end. Friends and family are great support but it’s
your decision to make shit happen. I’m looking forward to writing my next post.
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Well, I felt like the last post was a little depressing so I thought that this post should be a little more in the fun side. I've been really procrastinating on my home work lately so I decided to check out my subscribers and see what kind of videos they are posting or watching. I learned 2 things, I learned that there are some really incredible people out there and I also learned that there are a lot of freaks out there hahaha. I mean really I love you all and I appreciate the fact that a lot of you subscribed to my YouTube channel but a lot of you need jesus. I'm joking, kind of. To tell you the truth I'm probably the one that needs to bathe in some holy water. But anyways, I found some YouTube channels or I guess I should say videos that really made me smile and kept me from doing my homework. By the way, this part has barely anything to do with spinal cord injury so if you are really are not that interested in watching some funny videos I would just scroll towards the end of this post because the 1st half is all just random videos. And so without further adieu.<br />
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There was this sweet one of this cute asian chick dancing that ganam song that goes like heeeeeeeyyyy sexy ladyyyyy lol. She was loving it lmaooo. I love that song, it cracks me up but I just couldn't find the video on the list. I did however... find this!</div>
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I have a serious thing for Asian women so that pretty much made my whole day. On a completely different note I decided to make one more video for my YouTube account. I know that I hadn't stated this before formally but I decided to no longer do videos and tutorials. After the whole fetish thing happened I personally would have felt a little uncomfortable putting up dressing videos or any video exposing a part of myself that some 30 something year old guy would get off to and then message me asking if I could show him my feet. That's not the way I like to do things. it's not all the fetish people that creep me out because I actually talk to some devotees (individuals who are into disabilities) and some are my friends. But like in every group there's that one, or in this case, numerous individuals that go about it the wrong way. I mean I have a thing for asian girls and redheads and if there's a combination of either one of those with tattoos Id marry that girl in a heartbeat haha I can't help myself! I get it. But I'm not going to ask them to do weird shit on a WebCam over the Internet. I mean, get real! I wonder if that actually works for them sometimes. Check this out. This guy introduced himself as a caretaker.</div>
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I know that a lot of you add me on Facebook but I don't automatically accept everyone that sends me a friend invite anymore. All you have to do is send me a message that says “hey I read your blog/watched your video, cool beans”. That's all! Then I'll just Facebook stalk you until I feel that you are normal haha. One thing I don't do is not reply. If you send me message I will get back to you sooner or later I promise. Sometimes I'll try to go through your pictures and if you're in a wheelchair and it seems legit i'll accept your friend request but I don't really have the time to do that. Moving on.</div>
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The reason I started this blog and the videos was because I feel that no matter what your situation is after going through a high level spinal cord injury you should have the opportunity to become independent in your own terms And if there's any individuals out there that are willing to put in the work to better their situation I want to be able to be there to give them a helping hand. Sooooo I decided on this last video (I'm actually not sure if this is my last video but as of now it is) to show those who are just recently injured or maybe those who just haven't thought of becoming completely independent how some of the more simple daily activities can become a part of your daily routine without too much effort. Hope you guys enjoy it. I tried to make it as open as I felt I could without feeling weird about putting it on the Internet.<br />
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First
of all, I would just like to say that I have so much respect for women in my
position. I know that I go through some stuff every now and then that I
sometimes don't like to talk about but it's really nothing compared to what you
ladies have to go through. Not just from a
physical perspective but also from a mental one as well. Huge props to y'all.
The spring semester just started and I’ve been a little distracted by dumb and
random things. I really need to focus and get back in the groove, which kind of
got me thinking about something that I’ve been meaning to write about on here.
Do you guys ever get frustrated? I get a hella frustrated sometimes. It’s not
often and that might be due to the fact that I am such a laid back person but
it happens. When you get injured it’s like starting over and you have to teach
yourself how to do everything all over again in the new way. I have seen a lot of people who have had a
spinal cord injury really just loose it at this stage. And I can totally relate
because your body’s not working with you, everything takes forever, everything
is harder, some things you just can’t do and you’re simply just going through
some shit. (Sorry!)<br />
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Everyone deals with this stage in a different way. It can
be really difficult on the people around you because they don’t know how to
help which only leads to you being more frustrated. Okay, I’m about to
say something that is totally unlike me and I might regret saying this later
but unless you’re going through that stage with somebody that has your exact
same injury and even if you have 1 million family members supporting you and
there with you, you’re on your own. This
doesn’t go for those of us with spinal cord injuries that just can’t physically
do stuff or for those of us who are happy with somebody else taking care of
you. But just because you’re on your own it doesn’t mean that it’s the end of
the world. This is the time where you can really turn the corner and decide to
get up from your you know what and create a big picture for yourself. Having a
spinal cord injury takes a lot of patience, you just have to take your time and
look forward towards the bigger picture. I’m going to make a lot of references
to the bigger picture because it’s really what got me through and helped me
master my patience. All I had to do was see one person do it on YouTube or in
real live and I knew it could be done.
I’m a competitive person so I couldn’t let some dude on YouTube out-quad
me. This goes for dressing, transfers,
cooking and all that good stuff. It’s really up to you to create a better life
for yourself after a spinal cord injury but having friends there makes a world
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They did for me.</div>
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To tell y’all the
truth I feel like I’ve gotten past that stage and everything is kind of routine
for me at the moment. At least that’s the way I feel about daily activities
like dressing, brushing the teeth, and so on. But lately I’ve been getting so
frustrated and as hard as I try to be patient these thoughts just keep creeping
back into my head. In the perfect world where I have an unlimited bank account
being a quadriplegic wouldn’t be so bad. I wake up every morning, get dressed,
go to school, live, and go to bed. Normal stuff. The source of my frustration
is transportation. I just wish I didn’t have to ride a bus 2 hours to get a
loaf of bread or beer. Or when I ask a girl out, I want to be able to pick her
up or surprise her spontaneously instead of having her pick me up and then take
apart my wheelchair and put in the backseat or the trunk. This kills me! I can’t
even put it in words how frustrating that is. I literally looked at the phone for an hour
before asking this girl if it would be okay. It was really embarrassing and
even though she may not even care, it was tough. How about getting to school? I
ride the bus almost 6 hours a day! I
hate asking for help. I’d rather ride the bus then ask someone for a ride. Damn
my pride! The state of Florida helps quadriplegics or anyone with a disability
accommodate their vehicle for driving as long as you provide the vehicle. Well,
I’ve been saving for years but since I go to school full-time and spend half my
day getting to and coming from school it’s kind of hard finding the time for a
job. Also, if you hadn’t read any of my earlier posts I used to be a little bit
of a troublemaker. I was really messing up my life. I lost my driving
privileges and now that I’m trying to drive again getting those privileges back
has become a lot harder and a lot more expensive than I ever thought it would
be. I guess I should take my own advice, huh? Hahaha.<o:p></o:p></div>
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You know what? I
think I will. Haha I know that I just
have to be patient. And I know that it’s harder than it sounds but trust me it
works. Do what you have to do, go outside and yell or woo-sah it out. All my
friends are graduating and becoming
professionals and I had to take
three-years off and sometimes I get frustrated because I wish I could just be
done with it already but then I sit down (wait a minute, I'm always sitting down) and look at the bigger picture and
it calms me down. I know that it’s up to me to put the work in and that if I do
that and stay of trouble I can do anything. And so can you! Look, I’m sorry
about this post I don’t know if it’s just me but I feel like it is not flowing.
I just can’t get into it but I’ve already written so much that…. There’s just
no looking back now. Lol I hope that my point gets across. Things are going to
frustrate you but if you set a plan for yourself, a reasonable plan, and work
hard at it you got this. All it takes is
a little patience. Okay, maybe a lot of patience but I promise that in the end
it’s all worth it.<o:p></o:p><br />
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You know what’s crazy? A lot of my friends don’t read my
blog. I’m not very big on promoting this thing so it’s really kind of all my
fault. Maybe I just like having this weird internet blog/diary life separate from my daily life, who knows. The thing is, I used to be a very party oriented person and I got into
trouble and I thought I was the bees knees (I’ve been dying to use that one).
The point is, I’m a much more humble person now than I was back then. While I
still like to go out and have a good time drinking it up with my buddies it’s
not really a part of my life that defines me anymore. This was a frustrating
time in my life because since that had been such a big part of my identity I
was kind of in a place that left me asking myself “who am I now?”. I’m glad I figured that one out. I still make
mistakes here and there but now I know what I want from myself and I’m working
to better that person. But anyways, the point is sometimes I just don’t know
how people that I used to know before my injury will react. Some of them only
hanged out with me because of the atmosphere that came along. Don't ever forget that whatever it is that you
bring to the table, it’s special. Just because you look like a different person
it does mean that you are. Maybe, like in my case, the new you is actually a
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Okay, now that I’ve butchered my whole frustration/patience
post I can tell you about my awesome new tattoos. Well, it’s been a while since
I got some ink so I was pretty stoked
about going to the shop. Like I said earlier I am one broke Mofo so I’ve been saving up a lot of money in
different bank accounts little by little for things I want. I’m a good saver, I
have my car fund, my skydiving fund, and my tattoo fund along with many others.
A dollar here and a dollar there go a long way. Anyways the plan is to get two
shoulder sleeves but for now this is what I got. The reason am only getting
shoulder sleeves is because while I don’t believe in discrimination in the job
force I’m very aware that it exists so I want to make sure that a normal shirt
will be able to cover up any of my tattoos. It’s just a personal choice,
nothing against getting tattoos elsewhere. By the way I have way more than
these but I’m not taking off my shirt.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Once again Id like to
apologize about this post. I really don’t know if it’s just me but every time I
reread it I just can’t get into it. That’s kind of frustrating me! Haha You see
what I did there? Right, well I guess this is adios people. I’ll try to write a
better one next time. I’ll leave you with some music like I’ve been doing
lately. This one is a little different so if you don’t like it too bad. Just
kidding, just wait till next month I’m sure I’ll be into something else. I've just been crushing on a girl and when I'm crushing it's either something mushy or some screamo lol, makes sense right? It was either this or jason mraz.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Really look into it, they have a unimaginable amount of resources. It will literally blow your freaking mind, haha. I took a lot of classes there so you have any questions on sports, hobbies you can do like gardening or painting shoot me a message. Yo, thank God for Facebook, right? I get your messages there are a lot faster.<br />
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Haha, I just googled 'shepherd center' to get a good picture and this popped up! I mean c'mon man! A javelin? too funny I forgot that was there.<br />
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Anyways, it was really a gnarly week. Nothing like a few good drinks and some delicious food to complement amazing company. I am truly grateful for the opportunity to have these things in my life. I know that there are those less fortunate than myself and they are always in my thoughts. Hey! we got plenty of leftovers! Check it out, my mom and my sister out did themselves. I helped watch TV.<br />
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Man, I'm getting hungry just looking at that again. I hope everyone got a little something for Christmas this year. I'm so happy I got exactly what I wanted. I got a new snapback (that's a hat for you non-cool people, just kidding), a new set of headphones (I just broke my last pair so this was a dire situation), a new T-shirt that says ' seduce me please' haha (its so me), and cash. Pretty legit, right? I thought so, the best part about it is that my birthday's coming up! Wooo! not really. I am not looking forward to turning 24. I mean, doesn't it sound so much older then 23? Ughh I hate getting older.. I have a serious case of Peter Pan syndrome but I guess I guess they say that with age comes wisdom. Yeeeahh, i'm laughing too. Oh! Now I really want to tell you guys about my epic failure on the last day of the semester.. but it's not exactly 'blog material'. Lets just say I had one too many celebratory drinks and made a complete ass of myself. Excuse my language please. If you want a good laugh ask me about it sometime there was nothing mature or wisdomy about it. In regards to school I finished the semester with all A's! Imma beast. Holla! I know i'm a goofy guy and I like to have a good time but I can't stress enough how important it is to do good in school. I get distracted all the time but if you surround yourself with good friends they won't let you fail, I promise. If anyone is feeling like they're off the school bandwagon hit me up i'll do what I can to get you back on track. I'll buy you a keg! hahaha kidding.. maybe.<br />
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OKAY, THIS MIGHT BE THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS POST so I apologize for it being at the end but I got carried away talking about the last week and random nonsense.. About a year ago I bought this tool to make my daily life a little easier at home and it has undoubtedly been one of my best investments. It's called the crippler and it's a reacher that helps grab things from far away. Like a top shelf or under a small table. Here's the link: http://quadtools.com/index.shtml</div>
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It is extremely durable and works great. I mean, seriously, would I lie to you? haha. I also got the knife because I enjoy cooking and whatnot. Here's a video of a guy named Chris Colwell using the knife, it's amazing! Chris' videos are amazing in their own right, he's got a HUGE database of videos! Use them and subscribe to him on youtube. Personally I don't like using as much adaptive equipment as he does but that's my own path to independence. I'll never deprive my readers of a good resource and he by far has the most information out there on adaptations and life in general, truly incredible. But yeah.. the video.</div>
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Well I'm officially ready to pass out. Goodnight folks... I'm not going to check this entry for typos (like I ever do...) so please dont judge me. Take care everyone.</div>
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This song has been on repeat in my playlist as of late so i'll share. It's my first time putting rap on my blog and there is some vulgar language so just... heads up and tough luck I guess cuz it's getting put on haha. Please forgive me sweet little 8 pound 6 oz baby jesus!</div>
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Luis Guillermohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01624201522679882159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023685914843477430.post-63311195816357516122012-11-17T10:38:00.000-08:002014-11-11T22:35:36.445-08:00Life so far. School, dating, apartments...I feel like I've really dropped the ball on this whole blog thing but in reality it's almost a good thing as well as a bad thing. I really love where my life is right now, I'm busy and social and my life feels like it's really back to normal. I still respond to every message and i've really made some great friendships with some amazing people that have found my blog and videos helpful. Just the other day I was contacted by a really good friend of mine that I met while I was in therapy at the Shepherd Center in Atlanta almost 3 years ago. He told me that he found me because his new therapist in Tennessee was using my blog to help him out! I couldn't ask for anything else in life at that moment, not only did this long-lost friend come back into my life but it just felt good to know that my blog and videos were helping people somewhere. I really want to promise that I'll continue to write but schools really kicking my butt. I sometimes find it hilarious that the people that contact me are surprised at the fact that I'm really just a normal 23-year-old obsessed with women, obnoxious, kind of an a-hole, borderline narcissistic, and really just a big perv sometimes. But I like helping people.. I know that I can be overly positive sometimes and that being a quadriplegic isn't always unicorns and rainbows and sunshine all the time but what are you going to do? Life is just so beautiful! from watching the sun go up in the morning to getting a kiss from a cute girl (or boy for you ladies) I just couldn't see myself not fighting every day to enjoy these things. Sometimes it's easy to forget about the little things but it's the little things that make up the big picture. I know that I will always be grateful for my friends and family, they make my life really worth it. If you don't happen to have anyone that you can turn to please note that you can contact me anytime and we can get a beer together or have one over Skype. I gots you. (orange juice for all you under agers. No pulp.)<br />
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As many of you who have read my blog know I've been attending college the last few months and I can't believe that my 1st semester back is almost over. No lie, my shoulders are killing me! Hahaha If you're quad you know what talking i'm about. If you plan on returning to school and you're not using a power chair I would definitely invest in a case of icy hot and not sign up for classes 5 days a week (what was I thinking??? At least I'm way stronger now...). I'm kind of on a scholarship through the vocational rehabilitation program so I try my hardest to get the best grades possible. If you're given this amazing opportunity please don't squander it. After everything that has happened in my life from getting in trouble when I was younger (not that I'm that much older now) to breaking my neck in an accident getting this 2nd opportunity to do something with my life has been the most unbelievable thing that could have ever happened. I would gladly spend as much time as is necessary to help anyone willing to go back school. I know of numerous programs and stuff haha. That being said being back in school has also brought along numerous distractions. I would have to say that my number 1 kryptonite is a beautiful woman. I started dating again and meeting girls at bars. I was actually a little surprised at how easy it was to get back into the mix of things. I know that being a high level quadriplegic can kind of corner you into this overly nice guy role where you must meet a super nice girl at church or at a rehabilitation event and there's definitely nothing wrong with doing that! But I'm 23 and at this stage of my life that's just not my cup of tea. Confidence brews character and no one can take that away from you. it will literally ooze out of every pore of your body. Hey! Who knows? I might decide to grow up one of these days and you'll be seeing me at church way more often hahaha. Really though, just be yourself and have patience. You got this.<br />
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Anyways, winter is almost here in Florida and while I know that it won't last very long I still dread it. I'm sure that I've mentioned this before but I hate the cold and being a quadriplegic doesn't help the situation. You lose a lot of weight and you're not able to move the majority of your body so please stay warm everybody! Especially those of you who live in the north part of the world. I find it that forcing leg spasms and staying active really helps but seriously I would rather just stay in bed all day if I could. Thanksgiving is coming up so don't forget to thank all of those that make your life worth it. Also, start thinking of New Year's resolutions because you'll be here it before you realize that. I love the new year because I'm able to put in my head that the resolution is for real and it gives me something to work for all year. You should it try out! Make it something that will help you later on like making a quick meal or working extra hard on your transfers. I always like to focus on things that will make me more independent. Speaking of which, I was able to find some apartments that were specifically made for wheelchair users or actually handicapped people but the great part about it was that the rent is only 30% of what ever it is you make annually. As sad as it makes me I'm starting to plan my move out from my sisters and even though it's still really far away, it's really not. Time is flying. It's kind of a scary concept, I'm nervous and not looking forward to the lonely nights but it's definitely for the best and I can't wait. If you're looking for a place to stay on your own you should check out these special apartments. It's a great place to start! well, I've been ignoring my homework long enough so this must be adieu. Stay warm.<br />
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<br />Luis Guillermohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01624201522679882159noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023685914843477430.post-88992007644358491662012-08-11T17:41:00.003-07:002014-11-11T22:33:59.227-08:00International travel and school grants. Yes please.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Hello Internet world I've been MIA for a while now but thought I would drop by for a bit and write here. To cap off my last post I was contacted by some devotees expressing concern on my experience to which I thank, it was very nice of you and eye opening. There are good people and bad people in the world and the same goes to that category. Moving on. So... I just got back from a trip to peru, south America where I visited my family, all million members, and as one may imagine it was a very emotionally charged trip. It being the first time many of them had seen me since before my injury. Needless to say I had a blast, theres nothing like family. Peru has got to be the most beautiful place on earth so I'm going to make a note to post pictures from all my trips. It went through some rough times politically but the city was nuts Peru has really grown. But I'm not writing this post to talk about that aspect of my trip (though I'm very open about speaking about it if anyone is interested via email, Facebook, etc) I thought I would hit on the quad related aspects of the trip in case any quads out there or family members are travelers or are interested in hitting up other countries. I'll probably end this most likely dragged out post with some getting ready for college stuff since I've been dealing with that as well. I start in less than 20 days!!!! Holla!!!! Haha yeah.. Not going to lie I'm pretty stoked about it but also really nervous. I know, 'Lou? You?' hey I'm human.. Awesome. But human. Anyways here we go.</span></div>
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I decided to take this trip alone even though it was my first time traveling post accident because like many other things in my life, I can, independence is kinda the focal point of this blog. I'm also a boss. When you're going to fly being prepared is pretty much the most important part of it. If something goes wrong you have to be ready. Book that flight early and let the airline know you're going in a wheelchair. When you pack 'more is better' is always important in regards to bathroom stuff. Catheters, lube, the works. Everything else you can buy when you get there if it gets missplaced. The airports in America are awesome when it comes to wheelchair service. A quad can get dropped off by a taxi and from that point he won't need any help. If you need it someone will carry your bags, you get zoomed to the front of every line, help in and out of your seat (the life, right?). Do be careful if you plan on being there a while, US airports tend to be a lot of carpet and thats pretty tiring. I personally had issues flying with spirit airlines. 12 hour delay at a layover on my way down and more delays on the way back plus they lost my luggage and tried to send me on a 5 hour bus ride. The workers were fine it seemed like it was a management problem. I wasn't a happy camper, but I was prepared. Look even if you can write what stops you from asking someone to fill your little papers in like 15 seconds. If in doubt at an airport just ask, they want to get you through faster than you want it.</div>
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Depending on your needs and especially if you're traveling alone you might need to think ahead and hire a CNA and bring extra supplies of EVERYTHING. Also, be wary of eating anything too seasoned at first, let your stomach settle. This goes for alcohol too... Don't be like me and end up face first on your grandmother's dining table three hours after the plane landed after not seeing her for four years with pee on my shorts. I asked her where dad was and she said, 'sleeping in his room.' Thanks dad. Hahaha I love my family. If the liquor isn't from your country chances are its going to mess you up. Another thing is there is no ADA regulations out of the US. Don't expect all doors to be wide enough or all places to have sidewalks or ramps. I would suggest you learn car transfers with a sliding board if you go to south America. That is if you're fortunate enough to have a manual chair because power chairs will require a van which is still a possibility but the more rural the location the less likely they'll have them available.</div>
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Man, I came to write all these ideas, hints and other "stuff" but I'm seriously brain blanking right now. I guess that's all on the flight for now if anyone gets any ideas just write me please. I'm really good about returning messages though sometimes it takes me a while. Oh yeah, schools coming up and I was surprised at all that was available in regard to accommodations from the university. America rules, it's nuts really, they really hook you up. More time on tests, note takers, teacher notes.. I'm not going to tell them no haha and neither should any of you. Also, don't forget about state programs like vocational rehabilitation. These programs help you pay for schooling and other important things like car accommodations and even a CNA you just have to know what you want and go in with a plan. Why should they give you that moolah if you don't know what you want to do. Voc. rehab. is a program specifically dedicated to get you working again so be smart about it.</div>
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Well that's it for now I'll leave you with this classic salsa song since I'm still in Spanish mode. Look up the lyrics if you ever get bored and like the song, it's hilarious. :) My first time hearing it I was in the car with my dad and his best friend and we almost crashed we laughed so hard. I wonder why they knew it so well.</div>
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Sigh.. I should have just kept my mouth shut with that last post haha. Lo and behold consequence came and bit me in the... Yeah. Right after posting something about bladder control I myself had a minor setback... Mostly due to maybe too much fun and carelessness on my birthday weekend but it happened and I had to end up changing the sheets, embarrassing. Even though this might be a common occurrence to some quads, it has seriously been months since my last 'accident'. Its been like.. Six months since this has happened so I was, to say the least, a little frustrated. I know, I know.. But Lou you said to not get frustrated. Shut up. Haha I'm joking.</div>
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I know I did, but I got my head back on now. These things happen, the important thing is getting right back on schedule. You might have to start with a low number of hours in between cathing but you should be back to normal in no less than two days. If not, just take it a little slower. Put on some Marvin Gaye.</div>
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Anyways I've been getting a lot of emails from people all over the world which is great, this is the reason I write and do these tutorial videos. It gives me great pleasure knowing I can help even one person, please keep the questions coming! It's all confidential I promise I'm a great listener. You guys give me great ideas on tutorial videos. I can get pretty lazy so it helps a lot. I was asked to do a video on writing and eating so I guess I'll start with writing and stuff for now (even though at my level injury writing can be a bit of a rarity with modern technology making everything on a computer or gizmo). It's always good to know how to do this stuff on your own if you're able. Riiiiight, well here you go. Better late than never...</div>
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Here's a video of me grubbing and dranking like a g (that's eating and drinking for you losers, just kidding). For the record i'm not a big fan of adaptive equipment for quads because I feel that if I dont have it with me im screwed and plus I hate clutter. This sucks for my videos because since I donated all my stuff... now I cant show you guys more options. Oh well.... sorry.</div>
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Pretty much the same can be said about this next video.. wish I could have made it better but just.. lack of equipment. For the record I dont know about you but writing was a little hard on me at first because you use your shoulders surprisingly so just know that if you tire from writing its not going to be like that forever.</div>
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Luis Guillermohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01624201522679882159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023685914843477430.post-16523606383453806772012-01-13T23:06:00.000-08:002014-11-11T22:30:28.851-08:00Cold weather and bladder care (it rhymes)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> I keep meaning to write but I guess I've been a bit lazy so I guess I'll stop that right now. My birthday just passed last week and I had blast this past weekend hanging with friends and family. Have I ever mentioned how much I love living in Florida? It is seriously warm 90% of the year. Now, even before my spinal cord injury I was not the biggest fan of cold weather anything below 75 gives me the chills. When you have a high level injury like mine you loose a lot of weight and it gets even harder to stay warm in cold weather.. I've had a rough time trying to stay warm and this winter, as warm as it may be, its just killing me in the mornings. I've never lived somewhere where the beach was more than thirty minutes away so I got pretty lucky on my location after my injury. I couldn't imagine living anywhere where it snows... Unless there was a wheelchair snowboard for high level injuries.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Getting away from the cold talk. I've been working on tutorial videos for quadriplegics and been getting some positive feedback. I guess the main reason I'm doing it is to help with independence. To me the two main things a quadriplegic must learn to do before being able to be off on their own is A. Independent transfers and B. independent bladder care. If you can't do these two then you won't be able to spend even one day by yourself let alone get your own place. Now, out of experience in both these fields I know how much trouble and frustration can come with them. Out of the two it took me much longer to get my bladder under control and yes it was really, really frustrating.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">My therapists really pushed me to self cath from the get go and I'm thankful for it. Straight out of my injury I was stuck in a foley bag and I never thought about cathing because it almost seemed impossible with no finger function. The thing about peeing as a quad is that you're starting over and learning how to do something all over again in a different way and you have to choose out of several ways to do it. You can always switch between them but it's seriously a pain training your body to something new each time. Whichever you pick I feel that being able to do it yourself is most important whether it's a foley, leg bag, self Cath or other. Here's a video of how I do my thing.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">It took a lot of chair and bed wetting but the trick to self cathing is knowing how much liquid your bladder can hold before releasing the golden flow with and without food in your stomach because yes that makes a difference. It helps to start with 5 hour runs but once you're comfy move that baby up because I don't know about you but I sleep a lot longer than that and if you cant do transfers or cath yourself you're just forcing someone else to use their valuable time to do it so work hard and thank your caretakers. I hope that helps someone.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span>Luis Guillermohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01624201522679882159noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023685914843477430.post-17315335514240381952012-01-06T11:47:00.000-08:002014-11-11T22:29:31.575-08:00Hospital bed VS NOT the hospital bed.<br />
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Soooo, it's been a pretty uneventful few days to start the new year but that's mostly due to the fact that I'm waiting on appointments. Patience, I've waited this long a few more months isn't going to kill me. Patience, patience, patience.. Its funny how when it comes to learning how to redo daily activties I can have all the patience in the world but tell me to wait without doing something and I'll go nuts. Today in particular started with a hiccup, after I got dressed I decided 'Hey, bump this I got nothing to do today I'm going back to bed'. Ha... I definitely slept much longer than I intended to and... Definitely had to take a piss when I woke up, WAY overdue. And in my haste to get out of bed I got a pretty strong spasm and fell halfway out of bed, like hanging off a cliff with weights on your feet haha. Maybe I should slow that down, as lame as that might sound.. it was a thrilling twenty minute life or death struggle, haha. I somehow managed to grab my phone while holding on like jack in titanic and called my sister. She didn't feel good and was sick in bed. YES!!!! Wait, what? hahaha, lucky break. Oh yeah, I made it to the bathroom.</div>
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The kind of bed you own is pretty important if you're a quadriplegic. Many of us have little to no feeling below the chest so you have to think of many things that a non injured person doesn't have to even think about. Out of the gate you're going to be in a hospital bed but it doesn't have to stay that way. Here's a few things to maybe contemplate if you want to change the type of bed you own to suit your independence.</div>
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Well this bed is great for Lower injury quads you're able to control it so you can sit yourself up with assistance and also control it to bring your legs close to your chest. Not to mention they're super comfy. A lot of these beds also have pressure relief controls so it shifts your weight without you having to move. These two things are great when avoiding pressure sores, of course laying down for extended periods of time still isn't safe for the skin. You can raise and lower the bed so if you need or choose to have a caretaker they can help you without hurting their back. Did I mention they got wheels? Baller. You can then lower them to do a transfer or use a manual lift which easily slides under the bed. They're also great because usually your insurance company will cover it.</div>
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There really aren't too many downsides to having a hospital bed besides the 'hospital bed' stigma. I guess I would say the size bothered me a bit, and I'm not even a big guy... I lost a lot of weight with my injury and still felt very claustrophobic after a while. I guess it's something you get used to, it's kind of lonely. I also found that doing solo transfers was harder on a hospital bed, at least learning to do them was... They're just so air-y and soft, It is possible though. The size just wasn't good for what I was trying to accomplish... To each their own.</div>
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To tell you the truth getting a normal bed is fine but don't take my word on it. I only use them on trips to see family or hotels but I haven't had any problems with sores in any of these occasions. Just make sure it's the right height for a transfer or bring a transfer board. No mechanical magic in this one. And no longtime experience.</div>
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The sleep number bed I feel is great for any quad with a level injury of c5 or lower that's looking to get out of the hospital bed. It has an adjustable air mattress so while you're still getting used to transferring you can make it firm and then loosen it up to best fit your body and avoid sores (you won't need to make it firm for too long and after some practice). What I enjoyed most about it was that you could get a size bigger than a single. You have room to roll over lay on your stomach, get up and stretch your legs by yourself .(stretching is key), get dressed comfortably, invite or have room for a significant other (talk about the next thing that pops up... Okay, awful joke) and just sprawl.. It's also nice having a bed that doesn't look like its going to turn into a decepticon in my honest opinion. If you want you can also get the spiffy base that to sits you up via remote, very fancy (costs an extra 1000$... Ouch).</div>
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There are some cons to this bed though. You're pretty much on your own when it comes to getting in and out of bed unless you have the money for a roof lift unless you want to do assisted slide board transfers. The manual lift won't fit underneath. If you have caretakers... They're going to be breaking their backs if you dont learn how to sit up by yourself and transfer because they don't lift. The special base might help but it's soooo expensive so keep that in mind.</div>
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Hope this helps, take it easy people, tomorrow is my birthday so.... I will probably write a bladder post after the weekend seeing as how I'm probably going to be taking in more 'liquids' than normal. And by 'liquids' I mean alcohol. Hahaha, im turning 23 so all you underaged kids reading... Go back to shool or something educational.</div>
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Luis Guillermohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01624201522679882159noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023685914843477430.post-83368378736147937552012-01-01T20:03:00.000-08:002014-11-11T22:28:34.052-08:00Bed transfers & the New Year.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">So another year is at its end and a new one is just starting, I hope that everyone had a gangsta *** year, haha just kidding but I do hope it was great. I know that some years can be rough for those who suffer from a disability, especially the end since it can bring up painful thoughts. I hope everyone had a good time and didn't go through any problems and if you did... Suck it up. Just kidding again, don't get so down on yourself it's the new year lets start it with a good attitude at least. You never know what's in store, right? In one of my older posts I spoke about last new years being one of the hardest times I've endured emotionally since my injury and how I got caught up in the 'why me?' scenario... It wasn't pretty and ultimately led to a pretty humiliating moment for myself, yikes. This year it was totally different.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I've made significant gains into my independence since then. I had made a new years resolution to be able to stay on my own at the hizzouse (that's house for anyone born before 1980) and guess what you little nuggets? BOOM, mission accomplished. I guess I'm glad I had that little break down on new years because it was a nice slap in the face to kick it into high gear. I got a procedure done to tackle my muscle spasms and from that point I covered transfers, feeding myself, dressing myself, grooming, etc. You name it I worked on it. My sister, who was my caregiver all this time doesn't have to worry about putting me in bed or any of that stuff. She's young too so I'm glad she's able to go out with her friends or take trips whenever she gets time off from work. She works all the time and the few moments she has for herself should be spent doing fun stuff not babysitting a grown man.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I'm not quite there yet, I still need help with my baths and bowel care... So I hire a CNA (I think that means certified nursing assistant) to help me in the mornings for that stuff only but hey! That's what this new years resolution is for. Not only that but I'm going back to school to finish up and working on getting my license back (that should be tricky... I have quite a few tickets from being stupid). It should be eventful, what's your new years resolution? If you're a quad like me trying to get independent I would say the two most important things to work on would be getting your bladder under control and transferring from your bed to your chair and vice versa. So..... Here's a video of my transfer so that maybe you can get some ideas.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Well the procedure was a success, my spasms don't want none of me now haha. Not really, I wish but it was a great decision because the more I tweak the pump the more in control of my body I am. By the way you don't want to get rid of all your spasm, they help keep your body tone (for all you ladies checking out my legs). </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">It's a slow process but it has given me the freedom to follow my dreams and now not only can I pick stuff off the ground but I can pretty much do anything on my own without having to worry about my spasms sending me flying to the floor. If you're a quad with severe spasms, not happy with your medication, I would suggest you ask your doctor about the pump so you can start living!</span>Luis Guillermohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01624201522679882159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023685914843477430.post-57194677570876518822011-12-21T16:34:00.000-08:002014-11-11T22:26:17.385-08:00Getting my Picasso on.<br />
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So this post is way late but I had some problems with the video editing. The main problem being that I don't know how to edit video. But anyways it got done after a few visits to the google machine so hurray for that. This past weekend was pretty eventful I got my christmas shopping done and went to a holiday party with some of the rugby guys and girl. Surrounding yourself with good people always has a positive outcome. My sister went to visit some friends in Tallahassee so it was kind of nice being on my own for the first time really, I can't wait to be on my own again for good. It's going to go down! This past weekend I also had the opportunity to be in two cars with hand controls for quadriplegics which was awesome because it gives me something else to work for. One of the cars had a lift and the other had a ramp. Funny thing was that as I got on one of the vans(the one with the ramp) my friend said...</div>
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Yep, you guessed it. I flipped backwards. Awesome. The thing about falling off your wheelchair is that it's only scary until it happens then it's not so bad. I remember being terrified of falling off my chair but now its not so bad plus a very attractive lady came by and helped me up (with the help of some other people but she's the only one that matters haha). She gave me her number in case I ever needed help.. I'm starting to feel really helpless. By the way in the case that you ever fall make sure you or someone does a body check. Since you can't feel your body you never know if some damage was done. Besides some scrapes here and there I was fine, the rugby guys must think I have the worst luck. This was my first time going backwards and it differentiated from falling forwards by the fact that you get to the ground WAY faster hahaha. I don't know how I do it but when I fall forwards it takes like 30 minutes, its hilarious. It happens in stages too which makes it worst.</div>
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In my last post I talked about depression and staying active but there's other ways to keep busy if you can't leave the house too much. Just picking up small hobbies here and there might help keep your mind from wondering to dark places. While I was at the Shepherd center in Atlanta doing rehab they offered many classes for hobbies to keep you busy. I tried to take them all and they were great at thinking of different ways for quadriplegics to do normal things. Now, even if you don't get down in the dumps you might still have some extra time so it's always smart to be able to do things at home at least before you start going out more. Here's a video I made working on an art project and it's just one of many things you can still do even without too much function.</div>
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Look, I know that loosing function in your body can be a downer but sometimes it just takes a little thinking outside the box and you can get right back to doing the things that you love to do. It might start with something simple like a painting a picture but there really isn't a limit to the things you can achieve. Also, depending on your injury level you might not be able to paint like I do but don't let that stop you. Strap a brush to your forehead or hold it with your mouth, I got that idea from a quad friend on facebook, just know that it might take a while to get good. Painting takes a lot of stabilizing muscles to not deviate so just have patience with it and know that practice makes perfect. Being me means you're perfect too by the way haha.</div>
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Luis Guillermohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01624201522679882159noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023685914843477430.post-66701841584110464082011-12-18T14:12:00.000-08:002011-12-18T14:12:01.237-08:00Heads up!Tonight's post will be late due to the fact that I can't concentrate because of the New England vs. Denver game, this is nuts!Luis Guillermohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01624201522679882159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023685914843477430.post-31876111944212911292011-12-16T14:17:00.000-08:002014-11-11T22:24:57.735-08:00Depression is no bueno.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I went to a Christmas party this past Wednesday. It was for a spinal cord support group at the Tampa General Hospital in Tampa. I was lucky that a friend was able to pick me up so I didn't have to wait for the bus again, you can waste half your day doing that sometimes... I can't wait to get a car again I'm too good looking to sit on the side of the road, I feel like a piece of meat (That was a joke). At this point of my life after my injury I really look forward to these meetings since I'm kind of in the fast-track to being independent and relatively new to my injury compared to a lot of the guys so I take the opportunity to pick their brains, if you haven't already you should definitely check out the nearest group... Or else! All of these guys seem really content with their lives and after seeing multiple cases and being in the situation myself I know that it may be hard to take the steps required to make your life better and reach that point, especially when everything seems to just SUCK, so hopefully this helps.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Everyone reacts to situations differently but being in an accident or having a disease that leaves you paralyzed will pretty much guarantee some rain on anyone's parade (that made me chuckle). The majority I guess fall into depression and rightly so. The first months even years (or more for some) are marked with illnesses, not being able to do much or anything for yourself, urinary tract infections, blood pressure jumps and drops, etc. It can be pretty demoralizing for anyone. I was lucky to not fall completely into this depression. I'm a relatively positive guy though and my whole life I've been really confident (borderline conceited really) so I used that to tell myself I was better than everyone else and I could get through it ha.. Take that depression. I don't really think that I'm better (I know it) but that's just the way I reacted and it's benefited me. This doesn't mean I was able to fully escape it though so here are the two moments where I feel I could have gone the complete opposite direction.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Up until this point I had taken my injury mostly by stride but hey everyone has a breaking point, right? I had been transferred to Atlanta to undergo special rehabilitation a few weeks after my injury and I was still in intensive care so I was to meet with my new doctor. When he came in I noticed that he was in a wheelchair, kinda cool huh. Well it wasn't haha. He was the most 'tell-it-to-you-as-it-is' dude I have ever met, without skipping a beat he told me I was pretty much a complete injury so I wasn't going to be getting any movement back then went off listing off things that I would require assistance with for the rest of my life like eating, bathing, peeing, pooping, yeah well he got me with pooping. Hahaha pooping was my limit. I broke down, I think this was the first time I really cried since I got hurt.. I mean reality hit REAL hard. I was depressed for a few days but it could have been much longer. (I later found out that I would be able to do all those things by myself thank you very much)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The second time came around my first new years being hurt (my birthday followed 6 days after so it was like a double whammy). I was doing just fine but there's something about that time of the year that makes you think about the future and I just let it get to me with dumb questions like who's going to want me now? What am I going to do with my life? And why me? To name a few. I was such an idiot. To make matters worst I actually tried to reach out to some ex-girlfriend of mine, I was delusional. If you knew me personally you would know that Luis Gonzales does not call his ex-girlfriends like some lost puppy he moves on to the next one like a boss... just kidding (for the record I'm still friends with this girl but I'm sure I sounded like an idiot and not like myself at all). I have never felt so low. BUT I am awesome and so are you. All those questions have easy answers I'm a beast and have no problems talking to women, I'm going back to school and getting a job, and this is just speed bump. I am never feeling sorry for myself ever again and anyone in this situation shouldn't either.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Don't forget who you are because that doesn't change and while things may sometimes be hard the only way to have a good life is to get over it. The sooner you get there the sooner you can start working towards something worthwhile. Once you start living depression tends to stay away, so stay active!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span>Luis Guillermohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01624201522679882159noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023685914843477430.post-317826412255543432011-12-13T18:44:00.001-08:002014-11-11T22:21:40.686-08:00Power Wheelchair VS. Manual Wheelchair!!!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Yo yo yo, what it do? I'm just kidding, was that a fail? Right... Well I was thinking the other day about my wheelchair and while it's fairly new I hate it, haha. The reason I was thinking about it is because one of my brakes actually shifted so that I can't lock my right wheel. To tell the truth I never really use my brakes anyways (all of my therapists are going to trip over that, use your brakes people!) but I do use them to transfer to my bed and into cars and putting a shirt behind my wheel isn't cutting it, seriously sketchy. By the way, this is why I haven't put any tutorial videos up. While it hasn't happened yet how funny would it be if I was showing a how to transfer video my chair moved and I just ate it.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Back to the topic, early into your injury you're going to have to choose a wheelchair and while there are literally a million options out there it is essentially going to come down to either a power wheelchair or a manual push wheelchair. Also, depending on your injury level you might not have a choice but don't let me tell you that you can or can't do something. You just have to think it through everything you do is going to take longer to do, at least at the beginning, so take that into account and the higher your injury was the less function that you're going to have to work with. I can only speak for myself as a c5 c6 level quad but here are some pros and cons in case your choosing or planning on switching.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I started out with one of these that the hospital lent me. These chairs are great for comfort. Also, if you need to do a weight shift to avoid pressure sores you simply have to push a button and your chair tilts back which is also great if you just want to recline to relax or take a nap. Also, their fast.. No matter how hard I'll push I'm not going to catch you and you don't exactly tire out from pushing a joystick. Depending on where you live you might enjoy the fact that these chairs can easily go downhill and uphill, I live in central florida so that's not a problem. You can definitely be independent in a power chair and they're all terrain if you live in the open. My first therapists urged me to get one because they worried I would overwork my shoulders pushing a manual since I don't have working triceps to help me push.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The problem with the power chair comes in its size. Once you're out of the comfort of your home the world isn't always made for you. In my current apartment there's no way I could navigate a power chair too comfortably between the halls and doorways. You also cant exactly put it in the trunk of a car let alone lift it. You either call a bus which takes planning and time or you buy a van until you're able to get a car you can drive yourself. I personally did not enjoy going to restaurants and there not being a table tall enough for my chair or having people have to stop what they were doing to accommodate me. It was frustrating and embarrassing but the trick is to keep your head high. You can't get mad over things you can't control, I got over it, my confidence took a hit but it didn't falter. Even in a wheelchair I'm still the cockiest guy I know. What other people think does not matter, they can seriously.... Ooooooh.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">MANUAL</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">During my stay in Atlanta, Georgia for rehab I saw a guy with my level injury in a manual chair and he was already independent there was no turning back. These chairs are sleek and significantly smaller and lighter. Even if you can't push one you can get push handles! BOOM! Hope I didn't just blow your mind there. When it comes to maneuvering you can easily move around people. I tested it out at the sunfest festival in west palm beach it was packed!.. with some 'classy' ladies. Lets just say I was at the right height. (hey you can always use your power chair like a battling ram in these situations) I can't afford a car or van yet but with the manual chair I can easily transfer into a normal car and whoever drives just folds up my chair and throws it in the back. Restaurants are also easier to do since these chairs can easily slide under tables, bars are a whole other problem ha! Personally I feel full independence is reached a tad bit faster in this type of chair because you just get stronger faster. This, though, leads me to the... *drumroll*</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Cons! Faster is not easier and the push chairs can be a hassle to get used to for a low level quadriplegic. When I first got mine I was stubborn because everyone was telling me to use the power chair (I obviously didn't listen). I literally was moving like a foot ever five minutes. I was really really weak from the injury. It took me a while to even get a steady push going but for stuff I have control over I got some serious patience. It'll take a while though, your body just tires out and you end up hitting the sack way early. There will be more than a few months of seriously sore neck, back and shoulder muscles but the more you stick to it the stronger these muscles will get, I promise.. It can get pretty brutal at first when it's just tiring to hold your head up and even now I still have trouble going up certain inclines but being involved in wheelchair sports is helping with that.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Also, your first manual chair is going to suck, it's inevitable. You just won't know enough info about it. Each injury is different and it'll take a while to tweak out your chair so that it best suits your body. Balance is also important since you can't just press a button to tilt the chair you have so make sure the chair you have gets the seat adjusted so your're not sitting straight up and falling forwards, stay on top of your chair stuff seeing as how you're the one that has to sit on it.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Whichever chair you get just make sure your comfortable and it looks good so you can holla at the ladies. Or dudes I guess.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Well this all started when I met a few quads during my therapy that told me they were on a team and that I should come out and try it. I was really interested, I missed being competitive, but what I was really intrigued about was that these quads were independent. That was MY goal and it pushed me to go out and try it (psshh, I'm awesome if they can do it so can I). Not only did I want something fun to do but I wanted to know how they got where they where.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">If you feel like you can't afford a rugby chair just reach out to the team near you they might let you use an old chair. Just remember they know better than anybody your situation. The team here in Tampa has been nothing but generous towards me, they set me up with a chair, I got a ride to the gym from my sis, and they even helped me get in and out of the chair since my sis can't lift me. I was off and I loved it. I might have been the slowest guy out there but I felt like a monster. Even after the practice the team wanted to make sure I had a way to make it to practice again, pretty cool.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I went back this past Thursday and was even more involved, it felt good waking up sore. The other guys are really legit too, pretty down to earth. After another successful practice I got a ride home, feeling pretty stoked ***Oh my god! The Tampa Bay Buccaneers just fumbled the ball AGAIN. Are you serious?? Are we really loosing to Jacksonville?!?! COME ON!*** Sorry, my football team is blowing it right now. Anyways, I was really stoked until I looked at my hand and it looked I had elephantitis. I iced it and went to get it checked up Friday around midday. Broken. Awesome. I had to laugh at my luck, but please don't let this put you off from what I've heard it's kind of a freak accident haha.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Here are some reasons to try out wheelchair rugby.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">-It gets you out of the house.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">-If your arms are weak. They will get strong, FAST.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">-You will be around experienced quads. Knowledge.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">-You will get socially active.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">-The stronger you get the closer you are to being independent.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">-Exercise is good for you.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I can't wait to get back out there as soon as I can.</span>Luis Guillermohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01624201522679882159noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1023685914843477430.post-5119249249761696052011-12-09T19:28:00.001-08:002014-11-11T22:14:09.347-08:00Ready, Set... GO!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So here I am looking down on to my iPad because naturally on the day that I planned on starting my blog the shady water bottle on my desk decided to jump my computer, the innocent bystander. It is currently hanging upside down because that is what the internet told me to do, hopefully in a few days it'll turn on with all it's parts working if not... Welcome to the club buddy. </div>
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Anyways, this is my first blog and really my first time writing anything like this (I'm more of a talker) but I guess I will start with a little bit about myself, how I got injured and why I started this blog. Let's begin.</div>
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My full name is Luis Guillermo Gonzales Garcia and I'm very well aware of how stereotypically Latino my name is. I was born in Lima, Peru which lies on the west coast of South America on January 6, 1989. I grew up there surrounded by a very large family who loved me very much and was always there, we all literally lived on the same street. My parents divorced right after I was born so that's all I've known they bicker all the time and point fingers at everyone but themselves but overall they are really interesting humans beings and I love them very much despite their flaws. One of my parents is a closet genius and the other can charm your face off so genetically my sister, Fiorella, and I were set and that's all I could really ask for. Did I mention that I'm also pretty hot? Haha just kidding. But not really.</div>
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Around the the time that I was 9 my sister and I were secretly rushed off to the United States out of nowhere. The person that took us didn't tell my family of these plans and one day we just got in the car and drove to the airport, I think all I had was my always handy bag of toys that I always used to carry around. The next thing I knew we were in America and there were a lot of confused people left back in Peru. I was young so a quick trip to Disney world had my mind in Peru-who? mode. It took a while for it to sink in that I would not be seeing my family for a long long time. Without a chance to say goodbye I can't imagine what they went through looking for us back in Peru, speaking for myself I grieved but also let it go. You see I learned at a young age to be decisive about things I could control, this would later be the cause of my successes and failures in life. For the record while the method in which I was brought into the states might have been questionable I want to put it out there that by doing what they did this person insured that I was able to be well taken care of, get a great education and have a chance at a bright future in a great country and for that I am forever grateful and glad it was done.</div>
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Anywho, I went on to have a great second part of my childhood in beautiful Fort Walton Beach, Florida. I thrived under the sun making friends, playing sports (mostly soccer because it rules), with my studies and occasionally being a troublemaker. I admit to having put my social agenda ahead of my do-something-with-your-life agenda during my high school years and despite a few trips to the principal's office I did manage to scrape by with like a weighted 4.0 and a chunk of college credit thanks to taking the International Baccalaureate advanced classes and probably mostly due to the fact that I'm a total beast, muahaha! I'm playing I give all the credit to my wonderful teachers who had to put up with my lazy beach bum all those years. During these years my sister and I also rekindled ties with Peru and went back regularly to see the fam.</div>
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To this day I still wish I would have tried a little harder but oh well I made it to Florida State University where I got an apartment with my sis and spent the next two years working for college, enjoying college, and taking road trips with friends fulfilling our adrenaline addiction wakeboarding, snowboarding, sandboarding.. okay, maybe it was more of a boarding addiction but I did enjoy bungee jumping a lot haha. Oh to not have a care in the world, those were the days.</div>
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Well those days were cut short. I got in trouble. Serious trouble. While I believe what happened was unjust and I'm not going to call anyone out behind their back my reaction was my own and even though it was in self defense it was the wrong one, I got charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. I had never been in real trouble before and I was lost, confused and scared for my future. Even more to pay off the lawyer I had to leave college and go back home. Being back home was surreal and alliteration aside I fell down a slippery slope of self-destruction, drinking excessively, partying too much, I picked up two wreck less driving charges which should have been d.u.i.'s and more. Needless to say I just did not care and getting my own place did not help either it just enabled me, everything happened so fast. I'm sure a lot of people had given up on me (I was rapidly loosing control) and my stepfather who by now I had gotten extremely close to tried to steer me in the right direction as I was spiraling. I wish I had listened.</div>
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On May 19th of 2010 my friends and I planned a cabrewing trip to Panama City. This is where you go down a river and pretty much just get hammered with your buddies. It was another perfectly sunny day in Florida and another day where I would push my problems to the side. Under the influence of drugs and alcohol I did not care about one thing in the world at that moment and as I dove into the cool water I'm pretty sure I was symbolically giving the world the middle finger.</div>
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Surprisingly I never lost consciousness so I pretty much knew something was wrong immediately. I wasn't under water for very long before my friends noticed something was wrong and pulled me out. To tell you the truth I don't even remember taking a breath of air as I was pulled up I was just looking up at my boys from what seemed to be really far away. They set me down near the water and I tried to get up, that was a no go. Just so you know I'm one of those people that can remain calm during a natural disaster so I rationalized and started to check what I could move, the result was being able to lift up my forearms and watch my hands flop around like those air blow up people at car sale lots, not good. </div>
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As we waited for the ambulance It seemed like all my friends were freaking out, it's funny how fast you sober up when you know what hits the fan. I was glad that the person I was currently involved with had some nurse training and besides me appeared to be the only one not to be running around like a chicken with its head cut off. As she looked me over and tried to keep me from not getting sun burnt words like 'pinched nerve' and 'broken neck' were brought up. I tried to loosen the mood with a few jokes until the ambulance got there. They were surprisingly fast considering we were in the middle of nowhere.</div>
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When the ambulance got there I told them what happened. They strapped me to the stretcher and lifted me to the car. The paramedic was pretty honest with me about my situation, I was paralyzed. I guess the crooked neck gave me away. They asked me for a contact, I remember not calling my mom because she had an important job interview. My sister it was.</div>
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"Hey Fi, don't freak out."</div>
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She freaked out. </div>
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I'm glad everyone freaked though I think it helped me more trying to calm everyone down. We ended up getting to Bay Medical Hospital fairly quick, all the nurses looked like super models... I hit on every single one (I was 21 and I it helped me cope with the situation). To keep me from moving my neck too much the nurses had to cut my bathing suit off. I remember being extremely unhappy with this seeing as how I had just dropped 50$ the day before on them. Petty, I know but for some reason it was of the utmost importance at the time. They proceeded to Cath me so I could urinate and while I knew I couldn't feel it the thought alone made me cringe. After getting some X-rays done the doctor came in with the verdict. My spine was 'crushed' at the c5 and c6 vertebrates. Welcome to quadriplegia.</div>
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I don't think it hit right away but as many quads know or will find out the first year or two, maybe even more, are filled with a lot of thinking time and that can be pretty harsh if you, like myself, were social and active before. Please don't let it get to you. Start by surrounding yourself with family and good people but most importantly try to stay positive and know that it's not over. With a lot of hard work you can still have a very productive life and while it may not be ideal only you have control of which way your life will head. Make it mean something. </div>
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This is where this blog comes in. I haven't quiet reached full independence but like southern rapper Waka Flocka said I'm "going hard in DA paint" and will get there sooner than later. If you can overcome this you can do anything, the sky is the limit. I just want to share my experiences whether you want to be independent too, want to make a part of your life easier on yourself or someone else, help a friend or family member out or just want some friendship because I hope I can be here for someone, quad or not, even if it's just one person. Facebook me, haha.<br />
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I wrote waaay too much but I just wanted to add a thanks to my family for ALL of their support and a special thanks to my sister and her boyfriend for giving me a home, care and a place to start building from when I had nowhere else to go.</div>
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