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An incredible sense of longing
Written by Sean on Sunday, August 6, 2006
Yesterday, a friend showed me a video she had gotten from the site of a paraplegic woman selling photos and videos of herself. My friend wanted feedback on how this woman transferred. And the video grabbed me by the guts and twisted and scrunched my emotions.
Well, a transfer is a transfer is a transfer. There are few real methods, but tons of different ways, everyone transfers in a way that works for them, and where they grab their chair, or the seat they are transfering to really depends on their own preference. It’s hard to give more feedback than that.
In fact, an Occupational Therapist working with my late spouse told her that there was nothing she could teach my spouse, seeing that she’d been doing transfers "the right way" for the last 30 years! The point was, in my spouse’s case, that because or arthritis, she needed to find a different way. But that’s neither here nor there.
What I really want to say is that seeing that short bit of video really gave me a sense of longing that was nearly unbearable. A sense of "geee, I so wish that was me".
Only, it’s not me. I am most unparalysed. My legs work, feel, are healthy. More’s the pity. And seeing that woman really brought the point home even harder that I’m not physically a para.
Oh hummm. Life goes on.
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