Shyonetx, 67

wanting to meet more paraplegics as friends Hello to all,
my name is susan and iam a 53 year old paraplegic due to a car wreck in 1998.its been alot for me and my family to adjust to and we still are. and all its brought since that horrible night. cause the night it happened it knocked me out completely and when i did come to at times i was complaining of my back and they would just give me a pain shot and back out i went..they called my sister and told her i was ready to be picked up and i wasnt even able to wiggle my little toe! when my sister came to get me it was in feburary and she touched my leg and i didnt flinch a bit and at that point she went out into the hall and was yelling "she cant move her legs".well at that point they ran me thru a mri and other xrays and found the damage..it was at t4 and t5.after laying there all night all the damage was set in and was too late for the steriod shots that might of not landed me in a wheelchair for the rest of my life! so i had surgery just to secure my back and there wasnt anything they could do to reverse what damage was already set in that the other hospital neglected to take care of when i was first brought in..its been a really up and down roller coaster since that night..i have often hospital stays related like to kidney infections, bowel obstructions,etc.i dont get out but maybe once a month when i go to one of my drs and the other dr i have comes here to see me so, i dont have to ride the really big public bus. i live alone in my one bedroom apt.iam able to get in and out of bed and do anything else that anyone can do but, i just do it sitting down..my daughter gets me and so i do my car transfers to get in and out of most cars but, cant get into trucks because of the height of them.i have 4 grand children that i just adore.and i have a 5th coming in feb. and i cant wait!i would just love to make somemore friends so that when iam sick etc that i can talk their ears off to keep from being lonely and bored.and i hope this is the place for that!