tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447231911472953681.post690843743998101096..comments2023-10-10T09:13:36.708-07:00Comments on Meyrick Jones Racing: Helping - How?MJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00534776540520644883noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447231911472953681.post-46159064545933472152009-02-27T12:46:00.000-08:002009-02-27T12:46:00.000-08:00MJ,Just reading this now. Great post. I have enj...MJ,<BR/><BR/>Just reading this now. Great post. I have enjoyed helping others in the past. The 'tntsdh' in my blog name is team in training san diego hawaii. I did TNT twice, and it was a blast.<BR/><BR/>I liked the end part of your blog that encourages ANYone to write about ANYthing - even if they think no one will read about it.<BR/><BR/>Good post man. There is a so much more I could say, but just ain't the same over text.<BR/><BR/>Keep on keepin' on...Ryan Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15610212139793074476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447231911472953681.post-16128127972570963322009-02-19T19:10:00.000-08:002009-02-19T19:10:00.000-08:00wow. that is exactly what I needed to read right ...wow. that is exactly what I needed to read right now. thank you for being so inspirational!Chloehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17943160527886185508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447231911472953681.post-8914257422944292512009-02-19T10:30:00.000-08:002009-02-19T10:30:00.000-08:00thanks for the inspiration to blog...Kthanks for the inspiration to blog...<BR/>KAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447231911472953681.post-74631409710919440252009-02-18T03:43:00.000-08:002009-02-18T03:43:00.000-08:00I really don't know who I help, other then to vent...I really don't know who I help, other then to vent and rant in my own mind (on my blog). While I can't relate to you and the hand you've been dealt, it is inspiring just the same...makes me feel like a total whimp and forces me to do something even when it might not be comfortable or a workout I just don't wanna do!Missyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15398496906384738920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447231911472953681.post-60519615653282988232009-02-18T01:52:00.000-08:002009-02-18T01:52:00.000-08:00Man I can absolutely relate to the feeling of some...Man I can absolutely relate to the feeling of someone wanting to indoctrinate me into some "lame club". I didn't want any part of that. It took a while before I wanted to talk to "another one" and even then, it was only because I saw how active you were. I was seeking that same level the best way to get there is to surround yourself with the best.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12201995177108279270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447231911472953681.post-79895117384858074412009-02-17T16:35:00.000-08:002009-02-17T16:35:00.000-08:00Hey Linda,Thanks for sharing this. I definitely h...Hey Linda,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for sharing this. I definitely had my mind made up about how I was going to tackle the challenge. Not that I was so smart or so strong but I was still "at battlestations" trying to survive.... kind of in shock. I think I worried that someone else would come in and make me question myself. I had already seen some TERRIBLE brochures about being an amputee and I was finished with outside influences - I was going to go it alone (and with my family of course).<BR/><BR/>It was all a bit too early in my case... also in the cases when I went to the hospital for the others. The situations you describe sound a lot better. I have since done a fair amount of peer counseling with amputees and it seems to work out a lot better after an initial grief period passes.<BR/><BR/>Thanks so much for reading and sharing your experiences here. Someone WILL read it and get something from it.<BR/><BR/>Cheers,<BR/><BR/>MeyrickMJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00534776540520644883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447231911472953681.post-16657186265509859562009-02-17T15:39:00.000-08:002009-02-17T15:39:00.000-08:00Meyrick,This shows just how unique we all are in d...Meyrick,<BR/>This shows just how unique we all are in dealing with life events and grief. Following my amputation in Dec. 2007, my prosthetist asked if I would like to talk with someone who had a fairly recent amputation, someone about my age. I decided it would be a help and a man who had lost his leg a year before came to see me at the Skilled Nursing Hospital. That helped, showed me what could be in a short time, and in year’s time. I was at the Skilled Nursing Hospital for 99 days, and one day a nurse asked if I would talk with a patient who was facing an amputation the next day. I was happy to do so. Apparently it helped her a great deal. She wanted to talk to me twice that day. Soon word got around to all the nurses and back to me, that she called me an “angel.” LOL. I saw her about three months later and she thanked me again. Made me feel very good! Then while going back to the hospital for physical therapy after my release I was asked to speak to a class of nurses aids CNAs, in training. I loved doing it. I was able to show them my leg, how it all worked, and to share and give suggestions on what they might do for an amputee patient based on my early hospitalization experiences. My prosthetist also had me talk with one of his elderly patients, which I was pleased to do several times. The hospital knows they can call on me at anytime to talk with patients. I believe the loss of a leg due to illness, accident, results in fear of the unknown, fear of losing independence, fear of not being able to make a living, things such as that. When those fears are addressed, when there is inspiration, hope, then emotional healing, grief healing, can take place. No way around it, the loss is grief. And grief is a personal journey and not everyone deals with it in the same way. <BR/><BR/>For me personally, as soon as the fear of the unknown, (such as seeing how prosthetics work), seeing how easily independence can be regained, seeing how walking and much more is possible in a relatively short time, it all became hardly anything more than a new life challenge. I tell everyone, no matter their physical setback, take advantage of all the physical therapy the insurance gives you and then continue. I’ve seen people following knee surgeries for instance, give up on their physical therapy long before they have to. One thing I have learned this past year, physical therapy is invaluable. <BR/><BR/>Every little bit of inspiration we give to others, comes back to us ten times, one hundred times and more! You know that well, Meyrick, and I thank you for the inspiration you put out there for others to share in. <BR/><BR/>After all, that is what life is all about....Linda Pendletonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04333787752335329007noreply@blogger.com