Many disabled users?

[decafjava]

I should count myself lucky as I have just been dealt a minor disability by chance.

I had a medical emergency and was admitted to hospital Tuesday March 6 with a very painful and puffy painful right hand. Blisters on my fingers as well. Was formally admitted for overnight observation. Turned out to be an infection when despite antibiotics my index and middle finger turned blue and cold overnight. Surgery was urgent after more tests and in turned out to be necrotizing fasciitis (flesh eating disease). Probably due to pretty cold weather and my eczema getting worse with cracks and all. The actual culprit being Staphylococcus A I think must have gotten put ahead was apparently close to death and certainly could have lost my hand or arm.As it was I only lost the two fingers and some skin and tissue off the back of my hand and a bit off the palm. I will regain its use and the thumb and remaining fingers. Was on tons of antibiotics by IV for awhile now orally and waiting til it’s well enough for a skin graft ( from my thigh).


Still feel pretty optimistic as some of you are aware of my issues with my job last year as well as my father’s illness and passing. My current job is going well and most of all until it hits you the idea of getting the most out of life becomes a real imperative not just a nice slogan.

Courage to those of you managing with much worse issues.

 

[AlliFlowers]

Anyway, sorry for the "rant". I'm pretty stressed right now because I'm placed in a clinical office for outpatient and I'm working a lot of hours and dealing with a lot of patients and P.T. staff.

Sounds like you are doing extremely well, and should be very proud of yourself! Adult autism is something that usually is not discussed, and definitely not understood.

Several years ago I had a student with fairly severe autism. She is now in junior college. She follows me on Twitter and occasionally asks questions when one of my (mostly political) tweets confuses her. I'm pleased when she does this. She will never be at your level of control.

 

[elf69]

WOW @decafjava

glad they got it early enough it relatively minor amputation!

we take for granted all our fingers, its not until you injure or loose them it hits you how much you use them.

Although some my digits do not work they are still there and of some use still.
Wishing you speedy recovery.

 

[AutisticGuy]

WOW that's a hard day!

No therapy for me, I used to ride a bicycle every where but after an incident with a van (needless to say the van won, but the van was at fault) I no longer cycle.

I have great admiration for those with mental issues.
Nothing can be harder or scarier than battling with yourself 24/7.

Thanks, I appreciate it!

Maybe you should consider getting back on that bike. I’m sorry you had that experience, I’m sure that was pretty traumatic.

Autism is considered more a developmental disability than a mental issue such as depression, etc.
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Sounds like you are doing extremely well, and should be very proud of yourself! Adult autism is something that usually is not discussed, and definitely not understood.

Several years ago I had a student with fairly severe autism. She is now in junior college. She follows me on Twitter and occasionally asks questions when one of my (mostly political) tweets confuses her. I'm pleased when she does this. She will never be at your level of control.

Thanks! I’m not sure proud so much as determined. I don’t feel like I’m doing something “extra”, I’m doing what’s required to get a profession I can depend on while helping people get their function back (or slow down their deterioration).

 

[elf69]

I do know of a friend with Asperger Syndrome.

He is most calm when restoring old clocks, in particular grandfather clocks.

He struggles with a normal life sadly.
He has the odd "outbreak" as his parents call it.

He is very intellectual and I'd say smarter than myself in some areas.

 

[AlliFlowers]

Thanks! I’m not sure proud so much as determined. I don’t feel like I’m doing something “extra”, I’m doing what’s required to get a profession I can depend on while helping people get their function back (or slow down their deterioration).

Like my mother keeps telling me - be proud of being determined. There are plenty of people out there like us who gave up early and just sit home getting disability and being unhappy.

 

[A.Goldberg]

I should count myself lucky as I have just been dealt a minor disability by chance.

I had a medical emergency and was admitted to hospital Tuesday March 6 with a very painful and puffy painful right hand. Blisters on my fingers as well. Was formally admitted for overnight observation. Turned out to be an infection when despite antibiotics my index and middle finger turned blue and cold overnight. Surgery was urgent after more tests and in turned out to be necrotizing fasciitis (flesh eating disease). Probably due to pretty cold weather and my eczema getting worse with cracks and all. The actual culprit being Staphylococcus A I think must have gotten put ahead was apparently close to death and certainly could have lost my hand or arm.As it was I only lost the two fingers and some skin and tissue off the back of my hand and a bit off the palm. I will regain its use and the thumb and remaining fingers. Was on tons of antibiotics by IV for awhile now orally and waiting til it’s well enough for a skin graft ( from my thigh).


Still feel pretty optimistic as some of you are aware of my issues with my job last year as well as my father’s illness and passing. My current job is going well and most of all until it hits you the idea of getting the most out of life becomes a real imperative not just a nice slogan.

Courage to those of you managing with much worse issues.

Wow, sorry to hear that. Infections can be super scary. But it sounds like you’re pretty lucky all things considered. As the saying goes, it can always be worse. Working in hospitals I’ve seen the tragic results of such infections. I wish you the best in your recovery!

6 months back I pinched my radial nerve in my left arm, resulting in a completely paralyzed left hand for about 2 months, and then by month 3 was almost back to normal, aside from a little weekess. Now, thankfully, it is 100%.

I guess I never thought much about how difficult it would be to live with one hand... or at least only one functioning hand. I’m ambidextrous so at first I figured “this won’t be so bad” ...an idea that immediately reversed after about 24 hours. Buttoning shirts/pants, zippers, opening jars, keys w/doorknobs, TYPING, etc. Even operating a car could be difficult at times- basically using my hand as a noodle to use the left side controls (good thing the US is LHD).

I’m a pharmacist, but thank god I don’t work in a pharmacy filling scripts. There’s no way I could have could have done that job with any degree of efficiency. But even with my consulting job using a keyboard was awful.

Having herniated disks from a sports injury, my main source of exercise is swimming. Generally I swim 1.5-2 miles/day 4-5 days a week. But frustratingly this was not possible with the hand paralysis.

It was an insightful 3 month experience. I’m grateful things are back to normal. Thankfully at the time I had an inpatient who had suffered paralaysis from a stroke years earlier taught me a bunch of tricks and I’m grateful for my girlfriend, friends, and co-workers for picking up my slack and being patient. I really admire people living with disabilities who adapt so well in a world not designed for them.

 

[Tech198]

I'm sorry to hear about your condition and it sounds like you are doing the best you could with it. You have a real disability unlike many people claiming to be disabled nowadays (many on SSI disability).

Everyone has both physical and mental problems that they occasionally have to deal with. They all affect quality of life but most aren't disabilities.

not physical, but mental would be as well.. depends really what and who defines based on the service you are getting..

Centerlink for instance, clarifies 'mental illness' as a disability, even if others may not. like I have.

I wouldn't say i'm just getting payment for whatever reason, but it doesn't have to be psychical issue only ? i don't think so. Otherwise, what good are those tests done ?