A week ago * almost* i posted about how there was a support group and that i was going to ge. well i went.
first off i was the youngest, no i was the youngest one there. and im not talking youngest by a few years, im talking DECADES! lol. not to be rude. but the next closet person was at least 3 decades older than me, and i was a little uncomfortable with the fact that everyone there could have been my parent, grandparent or in one case my GREAT grandparent.
but it was good for me. everyone had stories to share about life and how its been for them and how they have dealt with life as an amputee. i thought i was going to be the one whod been an amputee the longest because of all the amputees i no, i am! 17 years is a long time and i thought i had *won* that award.
well i was wrong. the really sweet guy next to me had been an amputee for 53 years, an the lady across from me had been on for 60! that was and is quite a long way off from mine.
so it was good for me, and i enjoyed it. the only part that was hard on me was being the baby, literally. so if there are any support groups in your area, go to them. it might benefit you more then you know.
That's funny! I'm 33 in two days, and I'm the youngest one who shows up for the support group at the rehab...lmao... I do get some good info there. But noone does the things I want to be able to do ( hike, snowboard, ski, waverun, camp...name it!) So I'm not really getting what I want out of that particular one. Now the prosty shop I go to has a thing once a month that I haven't yet gone to, that does stuff like that. next month there hosting an amputee snowboarding day. I can't wait for that one. They also do some day hikes and such too. But keep it up if it works for ya. how's everthing else?
jimmy01:15 PM CST