tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88446472011-11-27T19:35:40.013-05:00I am a paraplegic. I am living life and trying to get back to where I once was.bigvig316http://www.blogger.com/profile/01435597773764682458noreply@blogger.comBlogger301100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8844647.post-42906535897018535662009-04-17T02:43:00.000-05:002009-04-17T02:44:27.427-05:00

Trying to get healthy while having Medicaid as your only insurance is an up hill battle that I am glad I have a nurse who is willing to fight them in order to get me the meds I needs to get better. I currently have this weird bug in my urine that I am not even going to try to type out, I can't even say it. Anyways, To cure it, I need this one IV. Well it requires prior authorization from Medicaid

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Well, it is Easter is here and lent is over. As we celebrate the life of Christ and the tragic tribulation and final ascension into heaven, I wanted to share a thought and feelings that I had earlier this week watching something on a TV that really got to me. I was watching the show “House” from this Monday night. For those who don't know what it is, it's a TV show about a Doctor and his team

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Life in the wheelchair has been a hard life for my to adjust to over the last two years, but that is what I have been doing. Adjusting. The one that that I have been really having a hard time is the perception problem. This breaks down into a couple of different ways. One is the way I see myself in the chair and how it has become a part of me, and the second is how I feel how other perceive me in

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I've hated my dreams since my surgery. It is always about things I can do or have, like walking, doing normal things I know I'll never be able to do again. They seem to drive me nuts. They seem so real. So real that I think I am in real like and real life is the dream. It is hell when you wake up and you're still in hell after having a dream of heaven. It just drives the depression deeper. I

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Mornings suck. I hate the morning. What it means is a lot of rolling around. I have to roll from side to side to pull my shorts up and get them right. Then slide my catheter through the leg on one side. Then I have to put the bed up to swing my legs over by hand over the side of the bed. Then I have to slide into the chair with the slide board. This usually messes up my shorts and a little pee

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So it dawned on me that this being paralyzed thing is going to be permanent. I have thought about it, but in the back of my head I have always thought that I would walk again. But I cam to this harsh realization that I am going to be stuck like this for the rest of my life. It hit me as I was watching my shadow as I wheeled down the all after getting some coffee from the machine. I seen it and

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In one of the ideas of parallel universes, there is a universe for every decision that you do or do not make. Also, there is is a dimension where everything is the opposite to what you are today. That when something bad happens to you here in this dimension, something good happen in the other one. If this is true, then the Ralph in the other dimension that is getting all the good stuff better

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What do you think America is? How would define what America is? Is it the freedoms that we enjoy that other countries don't. Is it your freedom to speak your mind, worship the God you want, the freedom of the press to bring you the news of your country with out the pressure of the government telling them what to tell you. Is it your right to bare arms. Your right to personal protection of self

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Normal, what is it, and what does it mean to us? It is a question that I was posed with today while in conversation with someone who is in the same boat as me. Paraplegia. We were talking about things that I am going through because I am new at this and she has been dealing with it since she could remember. I was talking about these new braces that were robotic. They are still in the prototype/

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As I go through life, I am confronted in many different situations. Most of them are simple and come to a quick and easy solution. Some are more complex. When this happens I run the who thing through an algorithm. An algorithm, as defined by Merriam-Webster Online, is defined as a step-by-step procedure for solving a problem or accomplishing some end especially by a computer. I'll sit there and

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The past year has been one of weirdness and setbacks. I went from one end of the emotional spectrum to the other. Where to start. I guess the beginning is always a good place. Well it really starts back in the end of 2007. I came to Andover Village Retirement Center (AVRC) for rehab for my paralysis. I chose here because they have been featured on Discover Health Channel as being equipped for

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Today I was reading the news on what is going on in the world today and have come to the realization that our country fears it citizens and are trying everything to keep us down. They have just passed a law in the house and the senate that would let us pick up any person, who is suspected of being a terrorist, arrests them, detain them with out trial, and execute them with out a trial. The worse

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Why are we nervous around certain people? Why is it we are sometime anxious when we tell a person that we want to go out with them or like them? We are all just people. In the end we are just people. I have been dealing with this issue for a while with being able to show my true feelings towards people. I put on an outward act to hide the real person inside of me. Recently I was talking to

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This was in to responce of a friends blog who was questioning the existance of god and who is going through some tough time. find it here ( has since been deleted )Because, God as we call it, was developed by man. In My opinion. I look at the whole God situation as a development of the human mind made out our deep spring and feeling of hope. We want to god to be there because we want to feel safe

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Well Folks, It is Friday and it’s 1131pm est. And I am on here. Well not all of us can have lives. But things are looking up. Today was very busy.First I have to give you a back story. On the 5th I had an interview with a company called Edgepark Surgical. It was about a 90 minute interview and went very good but I thought that they would never call me back because of my lack of experience.I got a

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Well folks, I have moved to Cleveland and everything is going fine. I got moved in and now on the Job hunt. I hope that I will be able to find something up here doing some kind of tech support. I have been having hard time trying to find my stuff from the move. Oh well. I will give you guys more updates as they come.

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Well Folks I has been another year. I am another year older, another year wiser. I feel the same as I did yesterday but I sit and I reflect back on what I can add to my life experience.1.) People are assholes. On every level. I have found in the Tech support field is that the more degrees and titles some one achieves in life the dumber they become when it comes to simple things and problem

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Well as some of you know I am a big Tribe fan and trying to write this between innings. It is an old match up between Cleveland and Boston. They have played each other over a thousand times. It goes back to 1897.As you all know I currently work at Nationwide Insurance doing IT support. It has been part-time for now. I had a great interview at a place called Cardinal Health. I am hoping to get in

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I am one of the biggest Star Wars Fans in the world. But please George, give it a rest. You have totally fucked up the series from all of your bad plot lines and changing the entire premise of the story. Here is a list of how Lucas has Fucked up: 1.) The force went from Spiritual to a Medical condition. Yes, midichlorians. Good fucking job. You ruin the force as a part of the

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Well Guys it is 2 A.M and I have to be up in four hours for work. Well I guess I am not going to get any sleep tonight. The only thing worth watching is Mel Brook's History of the World Vol1. I don't mean that in a bad way, but I have seen it about 30 times and can almost recite it from memory.Any ways I hate being up so late knowing that I have to go to work tomarrow. I guess this is what I get

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Well guys I got a new job through TEKsystems with a great company called Nationwide IT tech support. For all of you Calltechers who are still working for them, I suggest to you to call TEKsystems and try to get your self out of Calltech because for all the responsibilities that you have there you would all be getting paid 3-4 times more that what you are now. GET OUT WHILE YOU STILL CAN. I will

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Life is a weird place. No one values hands on skill.I recently had an interview with a staffing company for an IT consultant/ analyst position. The interview was going good. We where having a great conversation about what I have done and where I have worked. It was one of the best interviews I have ever gone through.At about the end of the interview he said that I need to take a test on Windows

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We’ll folks it’s Christmas time again and it is my third here in Columbus. It has been along road down here, meet with success and failure. I have gone to my favorite school Ohio State and now I can’t go back until I pay them 1200 bucks. I got, what I thought was going to be a good job, that has turned out to be a hassle at times. But other than that things have been, for lack of a better term,

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Outsourcing. Definition: the practice of subcontracting manufacturing work to outside and especially foreign or nonunion companies. This is according to Merriam Webster online dictionary (www.m-w.com). This is a big problem facing this world today. Trust me I would know, I work in tech support. I have to live in the fear that some one over seas is going to be taking my job because it is "

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Did you ever feel that everything you want you can't have. That everytime when you think that everything is about to turn around and change you slammed back down and end up lower than where you started. This seems to be a commen them in life. Everyday I try to wake up and think to has got to be better than yesterday. It never does get better. For an example, the otherday at work we were doing

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This Saturday came the buckeyes their first win in the Big Ten. The 30-7 win came on the arm of a Sophmore quarterback Troy Smith and on the legs of Freshman runningback Antonio Pitman and widereveiver Ted Ginn Jr. This was a big win for the Buck after dropping three staight in the Big Ten, which was the first time since 1988. Though the buckeyes have been looking very anemic over the last few

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The Browns loss a close one to the Eagles this weekends game. It took over time to get an outcome, but it was not to be. This was the first loss at home this year. It was still a great game though showing that the Browns are not to be over looked in this league. With the injury to Andre Davis and the trade of Morgan to the Cowboys, it was time for Dennis Northcutt to

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This week, the Browns, take on the Eagles in Cleveland. This could be an up set week end for the Browns. The Eagles come in to this game with a 5-0 record and boast on of the best quarterback wide receiver combos in the league with Donovan McNabb and Terrell Owens. They also have the nimble Brain Westbrook in the backfield. The Browns on defense this year has been grate at home stopping

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The Cleveland Indians, this year, ended the season with 80 wins and 82 loses. This is where most people expected them to finish about where they did for being a young team. There is a lot of tallent in this team with it’s young starting pitching rotation with C.C. Sabathia and Cliff Lee as the a good one two starters for the future and Jake Westbrook that was a pleasant surprise moving form

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Hi, I am Ralph Vigarino. I am a 24 year old college student at Ohio State, majoring in Agraculture Communication. I am studing in this feild to get in to the broadcasting and reporting career feild preferably in sports. I have writen sevral articals that you can find on this site. I am starting my second year here at Ohio State. I am Junior and about to be a Senior. I previously

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