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  1. F

    Panic attack

    I had a rough night last night. I finally reached another loss and it is time to use the hoyer lift. I was hoping my legs would continue to work for a couple more months because my husband is having hip replacement surgery on Monday and he is my CALS from 2 pm until 9 am. (I have care lined...
  2. J

    Hoyer lift on carpet

    How or what can I do to allow the Hoyer life to work on a carpeted floor?
  3. M

    Things are getting pretty real...

    Hello! I haven't been on the forums in quite awhile. Tonight I decided to log on and thought I would share some of what I am feeling, since you know all to well what I am going through. Quick background.. my husband (PALS) was dx'ed Sept 2015, he is currently 40 years old. Since then we have...
  4. A

    Ranting Thanks or Thankfully Ranting

    M has progressed significantly in the last year. He has given up walking and currently is using his Zinger (our traveling electric wheelchair) in the house. We have an appointment at Spaulding for him to be fitted for a power chair. I have appreciated the recent threads regarding the PWC...
  5. A

    New to forums CAL to husband

    Hi to all. I hope to learn much from this group. Eric diagnosed Oct 2015, unable to stand, walk, balance at all. Unable to use R arm at all. No speech, but grunts when trying hard to turn in bed-only able to turn from back toward right. Puréed foods and syrup consistent liquids. Ok enough...
  6. Nuts

    Tipover #8 -- in the ER

    Well, he says it's number 8. I've stopped counting. No kidding, he fell asleep at the wheel--err--joystick while walking the dog and woke up to feel himself going over the edge and into another ditch. I was outside working and didn't hear the phone when he called, so he called a neighbor who...
  7. M

    Neurogenic bladder and issues pooping

    Everything seems to going wrong all at once in the past couple weeks. My mom lost use of both her legs (we are getting a hoyer lift) and we were just starting to nail down a new routine for that. However yesterday I notice she was unable to pee all day. We took her to the bathroom 3 times per...
  8. F

    Fear

    I need help. I have been able to go the bathroom on my own. I move my PWC as close to the bathroom door as I can, get up and grab anything I can to reach the toilet. No problem, yet, with doing that. Problem I am having - it is getting harder to get myself up. I have the attached elevated...
  9. Nuts

    Handicap Hotel Rooms---good, bad, and ugly

    I have found a new favorite hotel!! We stopped at a Drury Hotel last night, after trying two other hotels (one had no roll in showers and the other had the bed on a box instead of legs). This hotel is 5 years old, so it was built to comply with ADA. The room is huge and so is the bathroom. The...
  10. B

    Hoyer lift

    Forgive my ignorance but can a hoyer lift help get you off the floor if you fall? I have a small rubber coated step stool to get in my bed because of its height. Well I was an ass last night. My right leg is much weaker than my left and for some reason I stepped on the stool with my right foot...
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