http://cbs13.com/watercooler/Paraplegic.Man.Suffers.2.958151.html

pretty freaking cool.

3/14/2009 8:15:38 PM

MY GOD

THE SOLUTION HAS BEEN IN FRONT OF US ALL ALONG

3/14/2009 8:17:19 PM

3/14/2009 8:17:36 PM

3/14/2009 8:18:33 PM

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"The 48-year-old former boxer and dancer is taking it in stride, knowing his best days are still ahead. "

ahahhahhaha

3/14/2009 8:19:01 PM

Is he going to kill Willem Dafoe now?

3/14/2009 8:19:42 PM

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"taking it in stride"

LOL

3/14/2009 8:19:42 PM

p.s. i didn't know there were recluses in california

3/14/2009 8:20:54 PM

nice

3/14/2009 8:21:38 PM

3/14/2009 8:23:17 PM

My boyfriend is a paraplegic. He sent me this link via e-mail. Very cool.

3/14/2009 8:24:18 PM

3/14/2009 8:26:13 PM

^^

impress upon him that he shouldn't go and get himself killed

...

3/14/2009 8:26:58 PM

we should start letting various things nibble on the paraplegic and record the results

spider: they walk again

next up on the checklist - shark

3/14/2009 8:27:38 PM

shark: transcended to the next plane

next up on the checklist - christina aguilera

3/14/2009 8:38:18 PM

oh man, you know that one's gonna get infected

3/14/2009 8:39:39 PM

infected with love

and syphilis

3/14/2009 8:40:59 PM

haha

3/14/2009 8:42:34 PM

3/14/2009 8:43:24 PM

Paraplegic Man Suffers Spider Bite, Walker, Texas Rangers

3/14/2009 8:44:27 PM

3/14/2009 8:57:52 PM

does whatever a spider can

like walk

3/14/2009 8:58:51 PM

Quote :

"My boyfriend is a paraplegic. He sent me this link via e-mail. Very cool."

Am I the only one who went, "?????" at this post.

3/14/2009 9:15:45 PM

^ yeah, I was a little curious how that works myself.

3/14/2009 9:19:31 PM

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"Am I the only one who went, "?????" at this post."

whats so hard to grasp?

that her bf is a paraplegic?

or that a paraplegic can use email?

3/14/2009 9:28:17 PM

I'm just curious. It's not every day that you encounter someone who is dating a paraplegic.

Quote :

"or that a paraplegic can use email?"

That didn't even raise an eyebrow. I get lots of special needs and adapted living info because of my kid.

[Edited on March 14, 2009 at 9:32 PM. Reason : .]

3/14/2009 9:30:25 PM

Wow!!

3/14/2009 9:30:51 PM

brb, making sushi, then shower. then eat. then movie. won;t be back for a little while

3/14/2009 9:34:54 PM

i'm really let down that the spider itself didn't cure him.

3/14/2009 9:37:52 PM

I read an article a while back about a beekeeper with MS who says that the stings have helped his condition.

3/14/2009 10:52:06 PM

Amazing!

3/14/2009 10:59:46 PM

Quote :

"yeah, I was a little curious how that works myself."

What is so difficult to grasp?

Para= 2

Quad= 4

This means he can use his hands but not his legs.

3/15/2009 12:30:38 AM

can he use his... you know?

3/15/2009 12:32:43 AM

now that would be talent.

3/15/2009 12:33:22 AM

Quote :

"Paraplegic Man Suffers Spider Bite, Walker, Texas Rangers"

3/15/2009 12:34:52 AM

Quote :

"Para= 2 Quad= 4"

Oh, durr.

I just had a dumbdumb moment where I wondered if any paraplegics can use their legs, but not their hands.

3/15/2009 12:35:02 AM

He has a T3 spinal cord injury, T3 is about chest down.

He has no feelings from the chest down. Slight sensation below/around injury level. He can get an erection without pill but does not stay erect long enough for me. But we do have help from Mr. Viagra.

But everyone is always curious about that, and that's understandable. All I can say it's no different for me.

3/15/2009 12:35:28 AM

i honestly didnt think twice when you posted that....but now i do have a question.

how did it happen?? if you don't want to answer that's fine.

3/15/2009 12:37:52 AM

No it's cool. He's written about it on another msg board openly so I don't think it's a big deal. Everyone is generally curious.

I think for me, and I can't speak for him, but it kinda helps people to look at handicaps ( he hates that word) a different way. There's a whole bunch of stigmas and generalizations placed on them to begin with. So in a way, telling his story, educates people and maybe open up other people's mind that they're just like us, but they just do things differently.

When I started dating him, I had the same questions, same generalizations, that you or any one else on this msg board may have.


Long story short is:
He was a long for the ride with his friend to pick up some cocaine from who they thought was their "regular" drug dealer. Apparently, drug dealers swap phones all the time so they don't get caught. So this guy pretended to be him and told them to meet him at so and so.

He pulled out a gun on them and his friend who was driving smacked the gun out of his hand, and as they were driving away the guy retreived the gun from the ground and started shooting and their car.

It hit the back of my bf's seat and severed his T3.

3/15/2009 12:45:46 AM

It was a really FUCKING lucky shot.

3/15/2009 12:46:21 AM

wow. that's crazy!!!!!!!
yes, very lucky shot.

not what i was expecting...ehe

im glad he's ok!!!! (im sure you are as well)



[Edited on March 15, 2009 at 12:49 AM. Reason : are]

3/15/2009 12:48:36 AM

We knew each other through friends and I actually met him like that.
When he came around I always thought, "wow he's gorgeous, too bad he in a..." you know that sort of thing, and that was that, we would say hey but nothing substantial when we were around other people.


Then we got to talking again, and I realized, you know what fuck it I'm not going to let this opportunity pass because of any preconceived notions that I or anyone else may have. So that was the beginning of our relationship.

3/15/2009 12:59:26 AM

thats awesome.
how long have you two been together?

3/15/2009 1:00:24 AM

Just turned two years back in Dec.

3/15/2009 1:02:17 AM

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"All I can say it's no different for me."

No offense, but I hope none of your former boyfriends have heard you say this....

3/15/2009 1:04:44 AM

is it just me, or does that article seem like it was written by a middle schooler?

3/15/2009 1:07:41 AM

^ it's local news, so yeah that's about right.

3/15/2009 1:05:32 PM

does everyone's sympathy level go down when they find out how he got that way

or is it just me?

...

i'm sure he's use to it

the change from awww to oh

3/15/2009 1:12:43 PM

Congratulations you're a saint.

3/15/2009 1:14:51 PM

well

i can see that you're not use to it

sorry, my internet dick level is not down to zero yet

i'm sure it will be after a few more years

3/15/2009 1:16:32 PM