Q and A: Wheelchair.

[After Shock Media]

Originally Posted by SmokeyTheBear

i never knew you were in a wheelchair.. i need to bend you ear some time..

Can i ask you a question ?

How long have you been in a wheelchair ?

Are you paralyzed ?

Do you think there should be an improvemtn in wheelchairs ? what kind of chair do you own ? does it satisfy you ?

Yup, here is a thread for just that if you wish while I have spare time.

Umm in 48 hours I will be having my twenty second aniversary.

Yes I am paralyzed. Roughly belly button level, though some areas on side or back may be higher or lower.

There has been a lot of improvements in wheelchairs over the years. Though yes there should be more. Problem is lots of inovation is hampered by insurance regulations. I currently own a fixed (non folding) action pro T. I also own a quickie light folding chair that is somewhere out in my garage. Does it satisfy me? hmm never thought about it really. It is a tool that I must use. It does the job well I suppose though it could be beter.

[EdgeXXX]

Originally Posted by After Shock Media

Problem is lots of inovation is hampered by insurance regulations.

What do you mean?

[polish_aristocrat]

edited: nevermind, not my biz

[After Shock Media]

Originally Posted by EdgeXXX

What do you mean?

It is damn difficult for companies who are not already in the wheelchair or medical equipment game to step in. Ya know basicly very little chance for a couple of dudes in a fabrication shop to whip out some new shit.
See each wheelchair must meet certain standards and like all medical equipment it must have its own insurance policy to protect the manufacturer.

[After Shock Media]

Originally Posted by polish_aristocrat

speaking about wheelchairs can someone clarify this, preferably the person in question by himself...

is Sly in a weelchair too...?

No he is faking it. Its a cool trick to get chicks and be allowed to look at everyone at tit level with no guilt.

[Manowar]

I always wondered this since i was a kid, so excuse me, but does your penis work normally if your paralysed?

[EdgeXXX]

Originally Posted by After Shock Media

It is damn difficult for companies who are not already in the wheelchair or medical equipment game to step in. Ya know basicly very little chance for a couple of dudes in a fabrication shop to whip out some new shit.
See each wheelchair must meet certain standards and like all medical equipment it must have its own insurance policy to protect the manufacturer.

Oh, I see what you mean.

[SmokeyTheBear]

ok a more personal question , feel free to get offended or not answer.. i'm not sure i would , but these questions arent exactly easily found , even on the interweb..

Can you feel your penis ?

Do you get hard-on's ?

Can you ejaculate ?

Do you have sex ?

[Violetta]

I didn't know that... But you are a very nice guy! That I know!

[SmokeyTheBear]

i should re-phrase the first question obviously you cant feel your penis , but can you hmm, i dont even know how to put it in words, when your sexually aroused is it all in your head ( well i guess it is , because im not paralyzed and its mostly in my head ) but does anything go on down there , maybe tingly sensation etc..

[After Shock Media]

Originally Posted by Manowar

I always wondered this since i was a kid, so excuse me, but does your penis work normally if your paralysed?

Depends on the person, the condition, and the idea of "normal.

Some people can be fully paralyzed and still get and maintain an erection with no outside interference. If they are also not paralyzed completely they can have full to partial feeling.
Some people need outside stimulation to achieve an erection. This could be a penis pump, catheter stimulation, a surgical implant, or erection pills. More often than not these people will not have enough feeling to achieve ejaculation, though a mental orgasm is entirely possible.
Some people just do not get erections and rely more on oral talent.

[SmokeyTheBear]

well i watched this program on a dude who invented a new kind of wheelchair to give more mobility, it looked allright but hard to conceive if your not using it or pralayzed.

I would imagine even if you had a kickass chair it would be strange getting used to it..

I have always thought that there should be a standup wheelchair , but it might just be because i can stand up and would find it irritating sitting all the time..

[After Shock Media]

Originally Posted by SmokeyTheBear

ok a more personal question , feel free to get offended or not answer.. i'm not sure i would , but these questions arent exactly easily found , even on the interweb..

Can you feel your penis ?

Do you get hard-on's ?

Can you ejaculate ?

Do you have sex ?

Not really, early on it was a pressure thing then that sort of died out. Can not say no completly though either. Hard to explain. It is sort of like trying to explain how something tastes without using another taste or food word.

Used to get them all the time, typical morning wood, spontanious wood, so on. This has died down over the years. For the most part I can say no. The majority of the drugs out today sort of work but again they sort of do not. And honestly the best one required injection and well I am not to keen on that.

From stimulation, no.

Yes I still have sex.

[After Shock Media]

Originally Posted by SmokeyTheBear

i should re-phrase the first question obviously you cant feel your penis , but can you hmm, i dont even know how to put it in words, when your sexually aroused is it all in your head ( well i guess it is , because im not paralyzed and its mostly in my head ) but does anything go on down there , maybe tingly sensation etc..

A lot more is in your head than one would think. People can and so have full on orgasms (same or greater feeling) with no penile stimulation at all.

[Sly]

Originally Posted by SmokeyTheBear

I have always thought that there should be a standup wheelchair , but it might just be because i can stand up and would find it irritating sitting all the time..

There is a stand-up wheelchair.

I just use mine as an excuse to stare at tits without getting smacked. It works too.

[Sly]

Originally Posted by polish_aristocrat

edited: nevermind, not my biz

Why did you delete your question?

[After Shock Media]

Originally Posted by SmokeyTheBear

well i watched this program on a dude who invented a new kind of wheelchair to give more mobility, it looked allright but hard to conceive if your not using it or pralayzed.

I would imagine even if you had a kickass chair it would be strange getting used to it..

I have always thought that there should be a standup wheelchair , but it might just be because i can stand up and would find it irritating sitting all the time..

They have some chairs that can climb stairs with no issues, up to almost a 45 degree incline. Think of a chair on a gyroscope with tank treads.

Getting used to a new chair really is not that big of a deal. Well aside from feeling the dimensions. Ok that may not make sense. Basically I can almost feel the space needed for my chair down to a few millimeters. I will know at a glance if I have enough room or not.

Again there are chairs that could allow you to go up, and even reach a standing position. Problem with them is blood flow. You have any idea how it feels to be sitting or laying most of the time then to stand up? Lets just say it is not pleasant.

[Manowar]

and were you born paralysed or how did it happen?

[SmokeyTheBear]

Originally Posted by After Shock Media

Yes I still have sex.

But i suppose theres alot more focus on the other person..? Like can you jerk off , or would it be kind of pointless to you..

Like when i have sex theres obviously alot more going on than JUST the physical stimulation of my penis, but the penis being stimulated is the "majority" of the pleasure, but i suppose if my penis didnt work i would just focus on the things that didnt involve stimulation of the penis .. ( although i suppose it could be argued that jerking off involves more than just the stimualtion of the penis , ).

All i can say is its hard to imagine..

[polish_aristocrat]

Originally Posted by Sly

Why did you delete your question?

I asked it because I remember you saying like 2 years ago you're on a wheelchair but I had no idea if that was true or some kind of joke that i didn't get back then.

But i figured I dont really need this information and thought that you perhaps don't want to speak about it...

I dont know anyone in a wheelchair personally, so I dont know if the people that are in wheelchairs want to talk about it at all....

[After Shock Media]

Originally Posted by Manowar

and were you born paralysed or how did it happen?

No I was not born paralyzed. I became paralyzed when I was twelve.
The true story behind it was that I had a tumor surrounding my spinal cord that went miss diagnosed to long. They thought I had something else that was causing my paralysis and by the time someone had figured out what it actually was my spinal cord had been choked off and deprived of blood for to long and had died from the bottom up.

[Sly]

Originally Posted by After Shock Media

Again there are chairs that could allow you to go up, and even reach a standing position. Problem with them is blood flow. You have any idea how it feels to be sitting or laying most of the time then to stand up? Lets just say it is not pleasant.

Yeh, it IS really weird, someone who hasn't experienced it wouldn't understand. But the weird feeling does go away after a little while and a couple times trying. Its very good for the organs, too. I had to do it in my physical therapy class freshman year. At first I didn't care for it much, but after a couple tries it started to feel real good.

[After Shock Media]

Originally Posted by SmokeyTheBear

But i suppose theres alot more focus on the other person..? Like can you jerk off , or would it be kind of pointless to you..

Like when i have sex theres obviously alot more going on than JUST the physical stimulation of my penis, but the penis being stimulated is the "majority" of the pleasure, but i suppose if my penis didnt work i would just focus on the things that didnt involve stimulation of the penis .. ( although i suppose it could be argued that jerking off involves more than just the stimualtion of the penis , ).

All i can say is its hard to imagine..

It is easy to imagine when you have too.

Yes lots of focus on the other person and yes jerking off would be very pointless for me. Honestly sex to me is not a big deal or issue. I am not driven by it, it does not occupy many of my thoughts, and I am not persuaded or lead by it.

[Sly]

Originally Posted by polish_aristocrat

I dont know anyone in a wheelchair personally, so I dont know if the people that are in wheelchairs want to talk about it at all....

Some are in denial. I'm not. Doesn't bother me any. I like questions, I think its funny for some reason.

[After Shock Media]

Originally Posted by Sly

Yeh, it IS really weird, someone who hasn't experienced it wouldn't understand. But the weird feeling does go away after a little while and a couple times trying. Its very good for the organs, too. I had to do it in my physical therapy class freshman year. At first I didn't care for it much, but after a couple tries it started to feel real good.

Yeah I do it still every so often. I just really really do not like it. Again though this may be more of a different injury type of situation.

[After Shock Media]

Originally Posted by Sly

Some are in denial. I'm not. Doesn't bother me any. I like questions, I think its funny for some reason.

Some, many, most, whatever To many are hung up and or in the majority who can not and will not ever deal with it. Yes the majority of people who end up in a wheelchair can not hack it.

I do not mind questions at all, and I feel most people that can hack it do not mind them either. Parts are funny, specially some of the assumptions or fears of asking things.

[MetaMan]

very informative thread. alot of questions that i was going to ask like about sex are already answered.

[SmokeyTheBear]

Originally Posted by After Shock Media

Again there are chairs that could allow you to go up, and even reach a standing position. Problem with them is blood flow. You have any idea how it feels to be sitting or laying most of the time then to stand up? Lets just say it is not pleasant.

hmm , well obviously i dont know how it feels , but if you had a stand-up chair you would be standing up more so wouldnt it just be like normal , or does the paralysis cause something to feel strange when standing up ?

Like i had always imagined something like a wheelchair that was something like standing in a large tube.

Like if you fell down a 6 ft well in the ground that was just as wide as you shoulders , you would continue to be standing up right.. your legs would be unable to bend to allow you to fall down even if your paralyzed, now obviously that would be uncomfortable but if it was more like a sleeve-harness that was mounted on 4 vertical posts on a simple hydraulic lift , so it would be like a harness that went around your waist-midsection that held you up ( so theres no weight strain on the legs ) the four vertical posts would be fitted with hydraulics so the person could bend by simply lowering the hydraulics ( and your legs would naturally bend as the harness was lowered )

I might be totally offbase because its hard to visualize the feeling of being paralyzed if your not

[polish_aristocrat]

Originally Posted by Sly

Some are in denial. I'm not. Doesn't bother me any. I like questions, I think its funny for some reason.

well i'd be in constant suicide mode if i was suddenly put in a wheelchair for the rest of my life, thats for sure

if you have a strong character and dont feel inferior in any way, and you're able to enjoy life, then its great

also if you have a gf that has no problem with it and supports you, then even better...

[pornguy]

ASM, Every day you step a little higher on my Stand up guy meter. And today was three steps. It takes a lot to answer some of the questions that these guys are asking. And you have answered some of the ones that have been in my mind in the past.

[After Shock Media]

Originally Posted by SmokeyTheBear

hmm , well obviously i dont know how it feels , but if you had a stand-up chair you would be standing up more so wouldnt it just be like normal , or does the paralysis cause something to feel strange when standing up ?

Ok the main issue is that due to atrophy of the muscles your circulation sucks ass. See over time your leg muscles shrink a great deal since they have no real use any more. By the way this is sort of a good thing cause lifting dead weight with your arms is a huge pain in the ass, so the lighter your legs the better. Back to the point. When your leg muscles have shrunk a great deal they no longer circulate the blood as well. Your legs do happen to have a crap load of muscle tissue in them as you may have noticed in comparison to the rest of your body. So when you stand your heart literally has to work extra hard to pump the blood properly.
Then you must combine that with the tendency for your muscles to store up or pool the blood (swelling). Since they do not constrict much and push the blood back up your body it makes you very woozy to say the least. Oh and a small pin prick in a swollen limb like a foot will bleed somewhat akin to a Japanese anime character in a fight scene.
Lastly is the spasms issue. I have fairly bad spasms and well they do not go along well with standing up.

[Sly]

Originally Posted by polish_aristocrat

well i'd be in constant suicide mode if i was suddenly put in a wheelchair for the rest of my life, thats for sure

Everyone thinks that. And though I'm sure everyone goes through that mode at one point in their life, you do learn to accept and move on.

I really have no idea why so many people think being in a wheelchair is so horrible. Sure its a pain in the ass, but worth dying over? Ha! I do more than most "able bodied" people do.

[baddog]

Originally Posted by After Shock Media

No he is faking it. Its a cool trick to get chicks and be allowed to look at everyone at tit level with no guilt.

I knew it!!

[After Shock Media]

Originally Posted by pornguy

ASM, Every day you step a little higher on my Stand up guy meter. And today was three steps. It takes a lot to answer some of the questions that these guys are asking. And you have answered some of the ones that have been in my mind in the past.

Stand up, muhahaha Ok its not that funny.

So far the questions are not even the difficult ones.

[fuzebox]

Originally Posted by SmokeyTheBear

ok a more personal question , feel free to get offended or not answer.. i'm not sure i would , but these questions arent exactly easily found , even on the interweb..

Can you feel your penis ?

Do you get hard-on's ?

Can you ejaculate ?

Do you have sex ?

I know Sly likes to get his freak on

[baddog]

Okay, I have a question.

I remember when I broke my leg and had a full cast it hurt like hell to stand up because all the blood would rush down to my foot but there was limited muscle action to help push the blood back up.

I presume at some point you must go into a standing mode (of some type) even if it is to go from your chair to your bed.

Do you experience this same pain, or does paralysis eliminate the pain?

[After Shock Media]

Originally Posted by Sly

Everyone thinks that. And though I'm sure everyone goes through that mode at one point in their life, you do learn to accept and move on.

I really have no idea why so many people think being in a wheelchair is so horrible. Sure its a pain in the ass, but worth dying over? Ha! I do more than most "able bodied" people do.

I will beg to differ (crowd yells cripple fight!).

I also never had thoughts of suicide and I was too accepting of it. So much that the doctors tried to medicate me. But I regress.

The vast majority of people who are not born into it and end up in a wheelchair can not cope. According to the statistics of assorted therapist roughly only 10% off all people will actually deal with it in a healthy way and of that 10% only 5% of them will actually lead a full life with little to no regrets and succeed at life in general. Yes that means in reverse that roughly 90% will either entertain constant thoughts of suicide, perform slow deaths via drugs, drinking or what not, or just give up in general and wait to die.

[Mr Pheer]

I was in a wheelchair for a few months after my motorcycle accident, I absolutley fucking hated it. I seriously thought about putting a gun to my head a few times. Only thing that kept me going was the doctors telling my its only temporary... but it felt like an eternity.

[polish_aristocrat]

Originally Posted by Sly

Everyone thinks that. And though I'm sure everyone goes through that mode at one point in their life, you do learn to accept and move on.

I really have no idea why so many people think being in a wheelchair is so horrible. Sure its a pain in the ass, but worth dying over? Ha! I do more than most "able bodied" people do.

you didnt answer the question about gf, but since you're the one who insisted on questions, i'll ask it again

you're 22 or 23 old or so? (this is what i think, i could check in your pfrofile perhaps, but im already typing it lol )

so most girls at this age rather want fun and i hardly can imagine a typical girl who'd like to either have fun having a boyfriend in a wheelchair or to plan the entire life with someone disabled in that way

dont get me wrong, surely there're far more important things about a person than being in a wheelchair or not, and i also have never been the guy who looked only on the superficials, but still honestly i know i could not get attracted to a woman in a wheelchair. if i'd been married for 5 years, had a kid and so on, and my wife suddenly had an accident and was put in a wheelchair , then i'd surely support her and be with her till the end of our lives, but starting a relationship with someone in a wheelchair is something that i cant imagine for myself.

[chadglni]

Well I'm definately not afraid to ask questions but can't think of anything new to ask. BTW a wheelchair I could accept but the full body paralysis would most likely drive me insane. Gotta have my typing fingers!

[Sly]

Originally Posted by polish_aristocrat

you didnt answer the question about gf, but since you're the one who insisted on questions, i'll ask it again

you're 22 or 23 old or so? (this is what i think, i could check in your pfrofile perhaps, but im already typing it lol )

so most girls at this age rather want fun and i hardly can imagine a typical girl who'd like to either have fun having a boyfriend in a wheelchair or to plan the entire life with someone disabled in that way

dont get me wrong, surely there're far more important things about a person than being in a wheelchair or not, and i also have never been the guy who looked only on the superficials, but still honestly i know i could not get attracted to a woman in a wheelchair. if i'd been married for 5 years, had a kid and so on, and my wife suddenly had an accident and was put in a wheelchair , then i'd surely support her and be with her till the end of our lives, but starting a relationship with someone in a wheelchair is something that i cant imagine for myself.

You didn't ask a question about a girlfriend. You made a statement. Just like you didn't ask a question in this post except my age (22). You just made a few statements. LOL.

What you said is pretty much true. What exactly is your question?

[polish_aristocrat]

Originally Posted by Sly

You didn't ask a question about a girlfriend. You made a statement. Just like you didn't ask a question in this post except my age (22). You just made a few statements. LOL.

What you said is pretty much true. What exactly is your question?

my only question is how do you deal with it...

and to be more precize - would you want to settle down once and have a normal family etc? if yes, and if you're not in a serious relationship now, then aren't you afraid you wont find the right person?

[polish_aristocrat]

shit, i feel uncomfortable asking such questions, it sucks that ASM quoted my original post about you, before I edited it !

[After Shock Media]

Originally Posted by baddog

Okay, I have a question.

I remember when I broke my leg and had a full cast it hurt like hell to stand up because all the blood would rush down to my foot but there was limited muscle action to help push the blood back up.

I presume at some point you must go into a standing mode (of some type) even if it is to go from your chair to your bed.

Do you experience this same pain, or does paralysis eliminate the pain?

For me it is a new type of pain that can not be even associated with what people assume to be pain. As most should know pain is really just a mental state, it does not really exist where the injury is. Though if you treat the effected area your brain compensates and knows to adjust it some.
Well for me when I hurt an area I can not feel some of the impulses still make it through to my brain to alert my it that there was an injury (sometimes it just makes one up by the way). Well my brain turns on the pain to let me know something hurts. Well it has no real idea how bad the injury really is so it over compensates and to add insult to injury it sends the pain signals elsewhere. It also has no way for me to sooth the pain at the point of injury.
So in essence I get to just ride out the pain until my brain forgets about it, which can can a long time. Or on the freak chance that my brain suddenly decided to make up pain for its own reason (no injury) it lasts much longer.

[nofx]

I've got some questions too:

ASM/Sly,

do you think you could beatdown an able bodied person in a fight and win?

is there an UFC for people in wheelchairs?

honestly, does the chair attract the chicks?

ever meet a girl who had a wheelchair fetish? think there is one?

do you hate it/get annoyed when people ask to push you around?

do you prefer motorized or manual wheelchairs?

[Sly]

Originally Posted by polish_aristocrat

my only question is how do you deal with it...

I don't really want a girlfriend so it isn't an issue for me. And honestly, I haven't the slightest idea if it would be "difficult" or not. I've never tried or cared.

Originally Posted by polish_aristocrat

and to be more precize - would you want to settle down once and have a normal family etc? if yes, and if you're not in a serious relationship now, then aren't you afraid you wont find the right person?

I think most people want to "settle down" at some point in their life. My thought is... when it happens, it happens. I don't really believe in rushing things.

Am I afraid I won't find the "right person"? That's kind of a strange question. Aren't YOU afraid you won't find the "right person"? This question pretty much applies to everyone. Look at how many people get divorced these days. Those are cases of not finding the right person.

[Sly]

Originally Posted by nofx

I've got some questions too:

ASM/Sly,

do you think you could beatdown an able bodied person in a fight and win?

is there an UFC for people in wheelchairs?

honestly, does the chair attract the chicks?

ever meet a girl who had a wheelchair fetish? think there is one?

do you hate it/get annoyed when people ask to push you around?

do you prefer motorized or manual wheelchairs?

These questions rule.

I could probably break a toe or foot I suppose. But then they could flip me over. Game over!

No idea about UFC, but the other day I saw something about rugby. Thought that sounded pretty crazy.

Does the chair itself attract chicks? No, but my sly charm and amazing good looks do.

Never met anyone with a wheelchair fetish though there are plenty of people that love to care for others. So yeh, I'm sure it exists.

I need people to push me around so I don't care. One of my friends always says "I like hanging out with you because I get to push you around all I want!" Ha.

I have manual. Couldn't get a power to work properly for me and I really don't care to look anymore into it right now.

[SmokeyTheBear]

ok some dirtier questions , sorry but i gotta ask while the op presents itself..

Can you feel yourself piss ? shit ? colostomy bag ?

When you tickle your feet does anything happen . like in your head maybe.. The nerves must still exist right ?

How do you feel about stem cell research.

Do you think a non-paralyzed person could ever beat a pralyzed person at a wheelchair race ?

[After Shock Media]

Originally Posted by polish_aristocrat

you didnt answer the question about gf, but since you're the one who insisted on questions, i'll ask it again

you're 22 or 23 old or so? (this is what i think, i could check in your pfrofile perhaps, but im already typing it lol )

so most girls at this age rather want fun and i hardly can imagine a typical girl who'd like to either have fun having a boyfriend in a wheelchair or to plan the entire life with someone disabled in that way

I think this was to sly, though I will also answer.

I am 33 and will turn 34 this month.

I have had girl friends for the most part ever since I was about 15. I think there was a stint between 17 and 18 where I did not have one.

I can tell you that yes there are a lot of superficial people in the world. I also can assure you that there are many who consider other aspects well ahead of anything superficial. Many women are indeed turned on by intellegence, humor, compassion, strength, and interest in life. Unfortunatly not many people actually really enjoy what life has to offer as much as they should and they do not understand this until parts are taken away. I can show someone such interest and joy in things that many can not even fathom. It is just something that comes out and others feel it.
I can tell you though that many if not most women put compassion and other elements way above physical attirbutes when it comes to thinking about whom to settle down with.

[SmokeyTheBear]

Originally Posted by After Shock Media

I think this was to sly, though I will also answer.

I am 33 and will turn 34 this month.

I have had girl friends for the most part ever since I was about 15. I think there was a stint between 17 and 18 where I did not have one.

I can tell you that yes there are a lot of superficial people in the world. I also can assure you that there are many who consider other aspects well ahead of anything superficial. Many women are indeed turned on by intellegence, humor, compassion, strength, and interest in life. Unfortunatly not many people actually really enjoy what life has to offer as much as they should and they do not understand this until parts are taken away. I can show someone such interest and joy in things that many can not even fathom. It is just something that comes out and others feel it.
I can tell you though that many if not most women put compassion and other elements way above physical attirbutes when it comes to thinking about whom to settle down with.

i have noticed that wheelchair dudes always get the babes, so you def have something there