Just one year after my accident, in October 1994, I went back to work. I was starting out working just twenty hours a week and hopefully I would build up to working full time. In March of 1995, I quit working. I just couldn’t do even twenty hours a week. I was still learning how [...]
After doing nothing about my pain for years, I finally went to see a pain specialist, in Atlanta, that specializes, in pain, in patients with a spinal chord injury. He was a great doctor that really understood what I was going through. I had finally found a doctor that knew what I was talking about.
He [...]
Saturday September 11, 1993 is a day I will never forget. There was a volleyball tournament that I really wanted to play in, but my usual partner had committed to play with someone else. It was going to be the biggest and best tournament our area had ever seen because some great players, from out of [...]
I was 15 years old and was left at home with my brother for the weekend. It was a Saturday night, and I wanted to drive my dad’s truck, to a friend’s house, but my brother wouldn’t let me. I got so upset with him because he had ruined my night. I had to stay [...]
October 17, 1993
I remember the phone ringing around 5:00am. Lamar and I had only been home a few hours, from the Alabama/Tennessee ballgame. He answered the phone, and they told him our son had been in a wreck. I got on the phone and asked was he okay, and they said they weren’t allowed to [...]
How many times have you been tempted to park in the handicapped parking space, when you’re just going to be a minute? How many times have you seen a completely healthy person park in the handicap parking, with a handicap permit? Does that annoy you as much as it does me?
I’m more disabled [...]
April 24, 2009
I thought I would take some time to remind everyone to take a moment and think about how blessed you are. Too often in this world, people focus on the negative things in their life instead of all the positives. Thankfully, I’m not one of those people. I’m always being reminded of just how blessed I am. [...]
April 24, 2009
Since I’ve had my accident, there has been one constant, in my life. It is nonstop pain, from my neck down. The pain last 24/7. There is rarely a break from it. This is very common in patients with incomplete spinal chord injuries. It is called neuropathic or phantom pain. This pain [...]
April 9, 2009
When I look back, at my accident, the thing that hurts the most is what I put my family and friends through. Ever time I hear their stories, about their reaction, it just kills me inside. I can barely talk about what my mother went through, without getting choked up. If I [...]
April 3, 2009
Just recently I woke up about six ‘o clock one morning. As I was laying in bed, I had all these thoughts going through my head about my life. I was thinking about the future and what I really wanted, in my life. I was thinking about how my disabilities had always [...]