RESOURCES FROM WHEELCHAIR USERS WHO ARE CURRENTLY BATTLING OR HAVE BEATEN CANCER
“I had to train the techs who did the radiation treatment on some really important fine points about the transfer.
People don’t understand that when you don’t have use of your legs, you basically are balancing on your butt,” he says.
“Being upright is critical. As soon as I land, I need to be upright.
If not, I feel like I’m falling forward, and that’s panic mode.”
Despite all his precautions and training staff to switch him from side to side every two hours, Karp developed a pressure sore that took months to heal.
He
advises those with SCI to be hypervigilant about protecting their skin during
treatments.
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