Marie – What were the important milestones in rehabilitation?
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Feeding myself, that was a biggy, and wheeling my own chair, which I never quite got to, and I insisted that I would be wheeling my own chair. And it’s funny, the things you hang onto can also be the things that are holding you back. So for a y...
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Feeding myself, that was a biggy, and wheeling my own chair, which I never quite got to, and I insisted that I would be wheeling my own chair. And it’s funny, the things you hang onto can also be the things that are holding you back. So for a year, I sat because I was not strong enough to functionally wheel my chair around to be independent. And I finally did give in, and got a power chair, and how it opened up my life. Once I finally accepted my limitations and realized that, “You’re going to a lot more functional once you buy into some of this stuff.” And that really opened up many doors.
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Feeding myself, that was a biggy, and wheeling my own chair, which I never quite got to, and I insisted that I would be wheeling my own chair. And it’s funny, the things you hang onto can also be the things that are holding you back. So for a year, I sat because I was not strong enough to functionally wheel my chair around to be independent. And I finally did give in, and got a power chair, and how it opened up my life. Once I finally accepted my limitations and realized that, “You’re going to a lot more functional once you buy into some of this stuff.” And that really opened up many doors.
Marie – What were the important milestones in rehabilitation?