http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/the-in-laws.htm Talking about Body Integrity Identity Disorder - Just another disability! Wed, 23 May 2012 18:36:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/the-in-laws.htm/comment-page-1#comment-17515 Sophie Fri, 20 Mar 2009 07:56:03 +0000 http://transabled.org/?p=1915#comment-17515 It's different for a lot of people. For some people they have a better quality of life if they use a wheelchair, and other people (because of their illnesses) end up going downhill once they end up in a wheelchair. My Gran had polio and TB as a child and she spent most of her life going in and out of hospital to avoid ending up in a wheelchair. When she died at age 65 the doctors said she had the body of an 80 year old, she'd eventually died after fighting cancer and a stroke finished her off. Once something tipped the scales that was her health she went downhill really really fast. It’s different for a lot of people. For some people they have a better quality of life if they use a wheelchair, and other people (because of their illnesses) end up going downhill once they end up in a wheelchair. My Gran had polio and TB as a child and she spent most of her life going in and out of hospital to avoid ending up in a wheelchair. When she died at age 65 the doctors said she had the body of an 80 year old, she’d eventually died after fighting cancer and a stroke finished her off. Once something tipped the scales that was her health she went downhill really really fast.

]]> http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/chloes-thoughts/the-in-laws.htm/comment-page-1#comment-17510 Tora Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:27:16 +0000 http://transabled.org/?p=1915#comment-17510 The bit about being determined not to be in a wheelchair... That always kinda caught me off guard about people. Like, the other day, my dad and I were watching a documentary about how maybe our long lifespans aren't always so great because some people get really sick, and there was a shot of some old guy walking really slow pushing an empty wheelchair. I was like "why doesn't he just get in the wheelchair?" And my dad was like "well if he doesn't practice walking, he'll be in the wheelchair forever." And I didn't say anything (I'm already afraid he might have figured it out, but I might just be paranoid) but I was thinking "what's wrong with that? I wouldn't mind it one bit..." The bit about being determined not to be in a wheelchair… That always kinda caught me off guard about people. Like, the other day, my dad and I were watching a documentary about how maybe our long lifespans aren’t always so great because some people get really sick, and there was a shot of some old guy walking really slow pushing an empty wheelchair. I was like “why doesn’t he just get in the wheelchair?” And my dad was like “well if he doesn’t practice walking, he’ll be in the wheelchair forever.” And I didn’t say anything (I’m already afraid he might have figured it out, but I might just be paranoid) but I was thinking “what’s wrong with that? I wouldn’t mind it one bit…”

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