Comments on: Source of Solace http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/sarah-thoughts/source-of-solace.htm Talking about Body Integrity Identity Disorder - Just another disability! Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:14:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-beta2 hourly 1 By: Chloe http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/sarah-thoughts/source-of-solace.htm/comment-page-1#comment-16427 Chloe Fri, 28 Nov 2008 18:28:23 +0000 http://transabled.org/?p=1056#comment-16427 Earlier this year I thought I would be too embarrassed and self conscious to use leg braces or a wheelchair in public. I found that didn't happen at all. Instead it felt normal and authentic. I hope you will have a good experience on your trip, and I look forward to hearing about it. I also have a cupboard full of back braces, which I've had since long before my back injury. Now that I've had a physical need to wear a back brace for most of the last two years, it's just part of the daily routine and nothing special. I'm wondering if I will feel that way about the wheelchair after I become paraplegic. Do I understand that you prefer a neck brace to a back brace? If so, why? Thanks for getting me thinking :) Earlier this year I thought I would be too embarrassed and self conscious to use leg braces or a wheelchair in public. I found that didn’t happen at all. Instead it felt normal and authentic. I hope you will have a good experience on your trip, and I look forward to hearing about it.

I also have a cupboard full of back braces, which I’ve had since long before my back injury. Now that I’ve had a physical need to wear a back brace for most of the last two years, it’s just part of the daily routine and nothing special. I’m wondering if I will feel that way about the wheelchair after I become paraplegic.

Do I understand that you prefer a neck brace to a back brace? If so, why?

Thanks for getting me thinking :)

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