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Went out with my wife just to get out and about and take care of some business (Motor's Cheyenne sendoff). After shopping I went to drive my mobility scooter up the ramp and into the van.
The scooter popped a wheelie, slamming the back of my head into the asphalt seven feet below. My back was mostly saved by the chair back; my head took pretty much the whole impact.
I'm okay...I think.
After losing my cat buddy and my brains in the last forty eight hours I'm afraid to find out what's next--they say bad things come in threes.
  Author: Mayan Solstice: A Novel of 2012 ( http://www.createspace.com/3420054) If you would know a man, observe how he treats a cat.- from "The Door into Summer" (1957), chapter 1 (Robert Anson Heinlein) Love is the condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own. (again, RAH)
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That's it! You're grounded! JK, you really are having a crappy week. It can only get better from here! 
ANA+ RF+ Rh- HLAB27+
Dx JRA 1967, GAD 1997, AS 2009, HMs 2010, CPS 2013
pulmonary edema w/ NSAIDS 2009
Movin' it so I don't lose it!
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I hope so. I'm feeling a bit loopy. Not sure how I'd cope.
Author: Mayan Solstice: A Novel of 2012 ( http://www.createspace.com/3420054) If you would know a man, observe how he treats a cat.- from "The Door into Summer" (1957), chapter 1 (Robert Anson Heinlein) Love is the condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own. (again, RAH)
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Hi Johninco,
Man what a way to ruin your day. I don't even know if this is possible, but I would try to think of a way to make portable handrails for your ramps. Make them out of chains (or something) for something to grab onto. Is this a cargo van or is this a customized van? I ask because there might be something on the net that might help and still be affordable.
They also sell wheelchair lifts and hoists for this purpose. Expensive I imagine, but I think it would drastically cut down on slipping and falling.
Can you make it up the ramps in reverse? That might help alot too.
Take care,
James
HLA-B27+, JRA diagnosis in 1981, re-diagnosed as AS in 1988. Also iritis, colitis, and psoriasis. NSD + low carb helps me. My health makes it hard for me to post in a timely way.
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Nope. My ramps are two 2x6s with metal on the ends. In order to avoid it happening again all I need do is dismount the scooter and roll it up under power while standing beside it.
This accident happened through my own stupidity--I should never, ever have tried to ride it partway up a twenty four degree incline. The scooter is already topheavy to the rear; my 240 lbs put the center of gravity, in my estimation, about five inches above my waist. It HAD to go over backwards, and it did.
It's a 2000 Olds Silhouette minivan with no modifications whatsoever. My MD is trying to get me more substantial means of getting the scooter into the van through the VA.
With the death of the most awesome cat I've ever had yesterday this was just the icing on the cake.
Author: Mayan Solstice: A Novel of 2012 ( http://www.createspace.com/3420054) If you would know a man, observe how he treats a cat.- from "The Door into Summer" (1957), chapter 1 (Robert Anson Heinlein) Love is the condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own. (again, RAH)
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oh my! i certainly hope you are ok. that sounds just like i'm sure it felt! 
sue
Spondyloarthropathy, HLAB27 negative
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LDN/zanaflex/flector patches over SI/ice
vits C, D. probiotics. hyaluronic acid. CoQ, Mg, Ca, K.
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glad to hear you will be OK Man didn't your wife tell you not to upgrade to that V8 engine and dual carb in that scooter  Insert tim the tool man grunts here
No families take so little medicine as those of doctors, except those of apothecaries.
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Popping wheelies?! Really, John! Motor will not get his send off if you keep this up. Take care of yourself.
Micki
Mom to 9
Dx'ed Ocular Herpes, Sept. '08
Dx'ed AS May '09, suffering on and off since 1979
Dx'ed Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma May '08, relapse Oct '11
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Hope your week gets better. (At work, we get upset with people who say 'it can't get any worse' because something else will surely happen). So I'll leave it with hugs for a better tomorrow.
DX: Psoriatic Arthritis, Osteoporosis, Psoriasis
Meds: MTX since Oct 2009, 15mg/week. Cimzia-restarted after 2 yrs away.
Epidural Steroid Injections x8; Lumbar Radiofreq Ablation x2
SIJ Steroid Injection x3; Bilateral Radiofreq Ablation SIJ x9
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Thank you, Rumble. I learned not to say that YEARS ago, along with never saying, "It's too quiet..." Just like in every John Wayne movie, saying that brings all the Bad Guys pouring in from over the horizon.
I have a great question for Medical Science:
Why do traumas always hurt worse the next day?
My spine and shoulders haven't hurt this bad in a very long time. Fortunately my skull is intact, and I'm no more obtunded or obtuse than usual.
You have a good day too.
Author: Mayan Solstice: A Novel of 2012 ( http://www.createspace.com/3420054) If you would know a man, observe how he treats a cat.- from "The Door into Summer" (1957), chapter 1 (Robert Anson Heinlein) Love is the condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own. (again, RAH)
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