Posts by George Fosnaught »
The Voice of Experience
Tom, looking at the responses from the Christmas blog, one realizes how just being able to write a few lines about situations that pertain to living life to the best you are capable of; blesses and encourages others immensely.
Christmas Reflections
You know that Christmas is a great time for family and friends to get together. In Julie's and my case, we cannot have family or friends with children in. The Christmases that we’ve had the children and grandchildren in, I ended up in the hospital with pneumonia. So, we have to have the family in only when the weather is warm. I am not sure how this affects the other quadriplegics, but some of my difficulties could be with my age.
Small Wounds, Big Problems
I want to share an experience and information about a wound. Approximately two years, I received a fistula (skin tear), on my right inner thigh and buttocks area from a Hoyer sling. The fistula was treated by the wound care nurse at the VA, and also by a civilian doctor off and on. But it was only being treated when it would bleed. All the treatment did was treat the surface area and get it to close. My wife, who is my caregiver, even pointed out that there appeared to be a knot with the fistula.
Self Preservation
[This post is also on our forum] I need to apologize for not being on here for a while. I got caught up in school projects that took up a lot of my time and then that was complicated with some medical problems. I believe in this forum, and I think it is a great way for us to share information.
Enjoying New Hobbies
I have many hobbies that I occupy myself with. Before I acquired my spinal cord injury, I liked fishing, hunting, coin collecting and stamp collecting. I can still do these, just have to do them very differently, but all with assistance and some only virtual reality wise.
Getting Setup to Use the Computer
I am a user of the AccuPoint head tracking hardware. I used AccuPointTW keyboard when I first started, but I currently am using AccuKeys. I go to college online at UALR working on my Master’s degree in Rehabilitation Counseling. AccuPoint and AccuKeys have made a huge impact on my abilities to get my assignments completed and being able to be a participant in chat rooms with both fellow students and professors. Another invaluable asset is using two monitors side by side to make it much easier to take notes and have references open when typing assignments.
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