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The Feeling
Written by Sophie on Monday, April 2, 2007
People reckon that "that feeling" you get when you sit in your very first wheelchair is a feeling you have to lap up because you’ll never feel it again. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about that infamous feeling and I’m starting to think that I’ll be feeling that exact same feeling when I get to sit and wheel to the supermarket, or the movies, or anywhere again for the first time in months.
After spending so long "pretending" to be AB (able bodied) I think I’ll definitely feel that "shift" when I’m finally in the state I should be (or pretty close to it). My wheelchair hasn’t gone to Andy yet and I’ve been soooo tempted to pull it out of the shed and go for a wheel down the driveway (which is finally concrete after 15 years). Then common sense kicked in and I couldn’t bring myself to do it. What if my parents came home unexpected? What if my big brother came home unexpected? It’d open up a big can of worms that I’m not prepared to face. I can only tell myself that that "feeling" feel all the more powerful when I finally get to use my wheelchair again.
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I know how you feel Sophie and I think it’ll be a powerful experience when you finally go wheeling again:)
I have no idea exactly what I’ll feel when I finally get home and sit in my new chair but I know there will be some strong emotions coming through.
3 On 2 April, 2007, Sophie said:
I think we’ve already established that I’m crazy Sean :P
I think I should have said pretending to be “normal”, cuz we all know I’m not normal.
4 On 2 April, 2007, Sean said:
Crazy? hey! I resemble that remark ;) But there\’s a difference between being crazy and being deluded. :)
As for normal, isn\’t that a cycle on the washing machine? :)
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1 On 1 April, 2007, Sean said:
I think the feeling will be different. It will be intense, I’m sure, but I don’t think you can every recapture quite the original feeling of sitting in that chair for the first time.
As an aside, you’re not pretending to be able bodied. Unfortunately, you are able bodied. If you think that you are a “paraplegic with legs that simply happen to be working”, then I’ll be worried that you’re getting deluded ;)