Hello to all you ladies,

Let me introduce myself. I was involved in a near fatal bicycling accident on
March 22, 2008 in which I sustained an incomplete C4 SCI and was paralyzed from
the neck down. I was living and working overseas and had to be medivaced back
to the states. My nickname in the hospital was the "Quad from Japan". The
prognosis was not good but 16 months later and a lot of blood, sweat and tears I
am now walking, functioning and living independently again. I do have residual
damage that I will live with until research catches up, bu all in all grateful
for the progress I have made and now my nickname with all the medical staff is
the "miracle quad from Japan".

Now I am going vent...please be patient with me. I really don't know what has
been more painful...the physical rehab or the bs I have been having to go
through lately with finances. I went through all of my savings and state
disability insurance and was now forced to request hardship money out of my
401k. This is a nightmare! I had to actually be involved in an eviction process
with my landlord to claim hardship, per the IRS regulations. The eviction went
through within 48 hours after it was initiated and a judgement was made against
me. The sheriff were scheduled to come out and lock me out of my apartment next
Tuesday. I finally got the hardship approved and the monies FEDX'ed to me, with
nly a few days to spare. Though the eviction has been terminated the eviction
judgement stands on my credit report. So now not only am I fighting to regain my
physical life back...I now have to fight to clean up my credit. For anyone out
there thinking about accessing your 401k on a hardship....DON'T DO IT!!!!!!!!

Oh! by the way... anyone thinking about taking out long-term disability
insurance...make sure you research the company and understand all the ins and
outs about their polices. My company sold me on taking out extra insurance
coverage with Cigna and they have not followed through with good faith
practice...meaning I haven't recieved the monies I paid to receive if ever
disabled.

Thanks for being here.
anokij



--- In womenwithsci@yahoogroups.com, laura.beaudin@... wrote:
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> Hi all,
>
> I guess I should post an introduction. I'm Laura and I live in Edmonton,
Alberta. I just turned 31 and have been stuck in the hospital and away from my
two young daughters since March 15.
>
> I guess I should say that I do not have an SCI. I have multiple sclerosis and
either my condition has evolved into the secondary-progressive form, or I have
TM. I went to the Emergency in March for pain-control for back spasms and
steroids and couldn't walk sincre I got there. I'm now waiting for a neuro-rehab
bed at the hospital next door.
>
> I hope you guys don't mind me on the list...being essentially paralysed, I'm
hoping that this would be a good place to swap info...even from the rehab. Point
of view, it seems like I've already been lumped in there with the SCI crowd.
>
> Laura
> Sent on the TELUS Mobility network with BlackBerry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "ladybug_nicole2006" <ladybug_nicole2006@...>
>
> Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 01:07:54
> To: <womenwithsci@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [Women with SCI] Pregancy
>
>
> Well im 6 week pregnant and im L2 incomplete and i can walk some with braces
and a walker...But im a little worried. One of my concerns is being weighed
every visit not being able to stand by myself. Well if anyone can give me some
advice that would be great!
> ~Nicole~
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