Howe's Bayou?

chaim613
chaim613 Community member Posts: 4 Listener
in Start here and say hello!
It's good to find a wheelchair user's forum!
All the Best, Chaim613

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  • steve51
    steve51 Community member Posts: 7,122 Championing
    Hi @cham613

    Welcome to our online community /family ?

    I am one of the Community Champions here at Scope. 

    Please please have a good look around.

    And let me know if you need any further help / support ??

    @steve51
  • Ami2301
    Ami2301 Community member Posts: 7,879 Championing
    Hi @chaim613 and welcome to the community! Would you like to tell us a bit about yourself? :)
  • Adrian_Scope
    Adrian_Scope Posts: 11,555 Online Community Programme Lead
    Welcome @chaim613. :smile:
  • chaim613
    chaim613 Community member Posts: 4 Listener
    Thanks for the welcome!
    I'm at the 67th Level in age, and married to a wonderfully supportive wife!
    She often forgets about my Ataxia, in a good way. I suffered a heat stroke while running 8 years ago which resulted in non-degenerative Ataxia. Enjoy writing poetry, reading, learning and taking care of my wife.
    A motto I learned to live by: "If you  want a helping hand, look at the end of your arm!"
    But Be Humble! In July, I was traveling backwards as usual (Stronger legs than arms), and someone said "Can I push your wheelchair?" I responded "Of course not! I do this all the time!" I raced up a hill to keep up with a group I was with, didn't notice the sidewalk turned 90 degrees and plunged down a steep incline 25 feet and was stopped by a concrete structure. There was blood everywhere and a broken wrist! Lesson: Pride comes before a fall!
    All the Best,
    Chaim26 
  • steve51
    steve51 Community member Posts: 7,122 Championing
    Hi @chaim613

    No probs, I have also suffered a “Stroke”for my “Sins”

    @steve51




  • chiarieds
    chiarieds Community member Posts: 16,347 Championing
    Great to read more about you @chaim613, but not about your latest accident!
    I also enjoy reading; haven't written poetry for years, but still enjoy both reading & poetry. What sort of books do you like?

  • chaim613
    chaim613 Community member Posts: 4 Listener
    A Poem about my heat stroke:

    Stroke Deliverance

    When discombobulated, Hit the Restart Button,

    Restart...Happened 6 July 2011,

    Now the 7th Milestone,

    Dr. Cooper rescued my life before we were to Daven,

    Unconscious 5 hours, 105* F., was able to say "I was Yidden",

    Asked "Did I recognize anyone?",

    "Yes, Barbara! My wife Lovin'!",

    "Teshukos", God has No needs but Desires to Overflow for Man,

    As does Barbara! Who spent Day & Night at Mt. Pleasant,

    Who'd have expected? An Earthquake! What's It All Portend?,

    Also Massei we read, the 42 Journeys, this was surely One,

    7, "Leave Well 'Nuff Alone!", Shabbos, 1,000 Mosiach yrs., B"H "Stroke's End",

    Thank you Dr. Cooper, Barbara, Rav Shuch, I'm to be still Kickin'!!!

     


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