I went to Rehab yesterday...

[Mike Teacher]

My mother is at a Rehab center after Knee Replacement. So I visit yesterday, and she's doing the PT thing, the Physical Therapy, in this big room with others around her, doing there thing.

And I'm watching people stand. That's all. They see how long they can stand. Because some of them can't, or are re-learning to stand after surgery, accident, injury...

And there's a guy re-learning to get out of a chair, I mean sweating bullets, working it hard as fuck, to get out of that chair.

=

Tempting thread title aside, here's one more 'how lucky we got it' one. I'm gonna sit up from the computer, run downstairs, get something from the fridge.

Each day I visit there's people who only Wish they could do any One of those things, or they do them with great difficulty, or in great pain. Of course this is happeneing all the time, but I needed a reminder, and get it each time I visit.

=

I was really humbled, and then uncomfortable watching, and left, and each step I took I was almost feeling Guilty, coz there wasnt a person in there who could walk at my pace, and some just couldnt walk.

Thats all; sorry for the misleading thread title, but my threads usually suck.

=

You ever been hurt and had to re-learn something? Man oh Man oh Man worst I got was some minor surgeries, but nothing like what these peeps had.

<IMG SRC="http://members.aol.com/miketeachr/newsig4">

[FUNKMAN]

You ever been hurt and had to re-learn something?


not too much re-learning but i had my jaws wired for 6 weeks so i had to get used to chewing again... i was lucky in a sense where i had 7 of my front teeth knocked out so i could get in macaroni and cheese where i would suck the cheese off the elbows and then swallow them whole(boy that statement can get ripped) and pieces of sardines i would press against the top of my mouth to crush them before swallowing... mashed potatas were easy and plenty of room for a straw...

having your jaws wired was an effective way of losing weight, lost 10 pounds in 6 weeks

<img src="http://www.grandfunkrailroad.com/images/mdm100.gif">

[sr71blackbird]

I had a bad back for a few years and it got bad to the point that I had to go to PT for it. I had to re-learn how to lift things and bend and stuff. Nothing like what you describe Mike, but it was kind of hard on me to try and use muscles and methods I wasnt used to and to change my methods so I wouldnt reinjure myself. All the while in pain from my pains. Im glad your moms ok. I said prayers for her after your initial post about her surgery.


<center>
http://www.chaoticconcepts.com/randomizer/random.php?uid=8 </center>


<center><B>My Thanks to Just Jon, Reefdwella, ADF, Yerdaddy,Monsterone and Katylina for the sig-pic help and creation!</B></center>
<marquee behavior=alternate><font size=1>Which Witch Wished Which Wicked Wish?</marquee>

[JPMNICK]

My dad has had a series of small strokes over the past 6 months, culminating in the inability to do some things. I have taken him to PT a few times. It is crazy to see what goes on there. It literally will take him 2 minutes to be able to get up out of a chair. And forget about walking up stairs or showering, thats more of a project than an activity. stupid things like grating cheese at dinner for pasta eh can't do because his one hand is not strong enough (the left side of his body is messed up).

I agree with Mike though, it really makes you appreciate what you have. And for me, it keeps me from making a big deal about the small things. Stupid stuff like bitching about taking out the garbage. Just be happy you are ever able to do that.

http://home.comcast.net/~nickcontardo/a_schilling_ft1.jpg
Thanks to Monsterone for my first sig.

[Mike Teacher]

I just remember an experiment I do with classes, nice and low budget; I have them try to do things like open a can, or I'll ask for a cigarette lighter [someone always has one...] and ask then to take it out and light it, or button and unbutton something [joke here] without using any part of their thumbs whatsoever; not even touching part of the thumb as leverage, and man it's tougher then ya think.

<IMG SRC="http://members.aol.com/miketeachr/newsig4">

[SatCam]

Hope your mom feels better soon, Mike. It really must suck to have no use of parts of your body. I've seen a few older people who are confined to a wheel chair and they try to keep a smile on but I can tell how hard it is.

And Mike, who the hell lights a cigarette ligher with their thumb?

<img src="http://img30.photobucket.com/albums/v91/SatCam/sig87_general_cathy.jpg" align="right" alt="SatCam is so sexy" /><a href="http://www.satelitecam.tk">Ron and Fez Drops and Bits</a>

50%[color=white]

[blakjeezis]

Nicoderm patch and a Marlboro red
Wild Turkey in the bottle, gauze covered where the wrists bled.
I begged and plead then fled
Rockin' the hospital gown, brain dead.
Hitched a ride with a guy named Fred.

Hey Fred! Fuck that rehab shit.
Seems that I'm so comfortable, uncomfortable and sad.
Everybody else gets so damn mad.

Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear.
I look at Fred from here and I need bread for beer.
They're probably discovering my empty bed about now.
No turning back, oh my God.
I turn up the radio, rain smacking the window.
I'm the Mario inside the Super Nintendo.
Can't hide when your sick
And the chemicals are holding the joystick

Hey Fred! Fuck that rehab shit.
Seems that I'm so comfortable, uncomfortable and sad.
Everybody else gets so damn mad.

Vegitation euforic hope, I'm graspin'.
Walkin' out the methadone clinic,
Fuck it, I'm relapsin'.
Geeked up on more snow than Aspen.
Lookin' for fudge ripple. I got my rig
Life is good. Oh how you fig
Pump up my dose to triple
Main line noddin' out fallin' on my spine.
CC's and cheap wine back in the land of the blind.
Rewind, opium dens knockin' out brain cells
In the tens of thousands
Hookers and junkie hens and shitty housin'.
How arousing, they sit in the desert
On a horse with no name.
Gradual suicide but whose to blame.
I guess it's nobody's fault, I'm just lame, nothin' stops
Cause if I'm headed back to Detox,
I'm drinkin' Clorox

Hey Fred, fuck that rehab shit
Cause I don't know if I want peace that bad
Seems that I'm so comfortable, uncomfortable and sad
But everybody else gets so damn mad

Quick Fred floor it, I gotta get away
Hands me a 'J', says it'll be okay.
Like an old friend is the smell and the taste.
You know Fred, I just couldn't take that place

Hey Fred, fuck that rehab shit.
'Cause I don't know if I want peace that bad.
Seems that I'm so comfortable, uncomfortable and sad,
But everybody else gets so damn mad.

I know this thread isn't about drug rehab, but I was reminded of this song by the group Rehab, off their album Southern Discomfort. If you've ever had problems with drugs, alcohol or depression or had anyone you care about go through that shit, I cannot recommend this album any more. It's like looking in a mirror. It's fucking great.

<IMG SRC =http://www.blakjeezis.homestead.com/files/lucius.gif>
If I were any better, I'd have to be twins!!
<marquee><font color=red>INRI</font> White people are so scared of blakjeezis<font color=red> INRI</font></marquee>
Broken bones sticking out of her virgin, white gown/She spread herself out like butter when she smacked the ground.

This message was edited by blakjeezis on 7-29-04 @ 8:34 PM

[peacefrog081]

Mike, is your mother at the Kessler institute up in west orange? I was there last year and it definitely was an eye opening experience, really makes you appreciate what you have. I used to dread going every time I had to go, I will admit that it was certainly depressing at times. It is certainly not the place to go if you are already feeling down or depressed, I hope your mom feels better soon and wish you good luck when you have to go there.

<img src="http://members.aol.com/latinspicexox/images/peacrfrogwhitesig.jpg">

[Mike Teacher]

Jersey Shore Rehab. I feel bad bringing it up coz she's sailing along as fabulously as the first knee, she'll be outta there in a week or so and then she's golden. Like most, the only regret is they didnt do it sooner. There are people in Agony who just wont have the surgery; my Uncle said his hip was constant torture before he gave in; and was literally like born-again afterwards he was so happy.

It is depressing, all of this side of life; people get sick, the body fails, accidents, etc. but how lucky we are to have access to this kinda stuff at Rehabs.

[Edit: And she was expecting, and planned for this. The motorcycle accident guy? He's not very psyched, and has to deal with the trauma of the accident. Yow. That's Bad Times. I mention that coz my cousin was a PA for a place that worked almost exclusively with MVA and motorcycle accidents; first joint replacements, and now prosthetics, and sadly, there is a steady supply of patients.

<IMG SRC="http://members.aol.com/miketeachr/newsig4">

This message was edited by Mike Teacher on 7-29-04 @ 9:38 PM

[Yerdaddy]

You ever been hurt and had to re-learn something?

I'm going to have to re-learn to use my penis.

<img src="http://scripts.cgispy.com/image.cgi?u=bonedaddy5">
Fuck it from behind.

[fiestygal]

yerdaddy always adds a bit of class to all threads he posts in :)

<IMG SRC="http://tenbatsuzen.homestead.com/files/fiestysig1.jpg">

AIM- yelowrose1981

Its time to party.... Italian Style

[Alice S. Fuzzybutt]

I wish your mom the best. Glad she came out of the surgery ok.


<IMG SRC=http://img18.photobucket.com/albums/v53/monster6sixty6/guests/alice_sig.gif>

Thanks M1! Again!

I try to comprehend you but I have a dyslexic heart.