Re: [QUAD-L] Cold / Heat

[Stacy Harim]

My Mom is in Florida and told me the employment is terrible down there.  Her and her boyfriend have had on a off troubles since they have been there.  They get comfortable in a job and then get laid off.  Her boyfriend had an awesome job at Brunswik and got laid off.  When they started hiring again he had to apply and get interviewed all over again.  He did get hired so its not like he wasn't doing a good job. Evidently in Florida employers are not required to hire  those they have laid off first.  Same with my Mom.  She ended up working for a temp agency which isn't much work either.  Also the benefits down there are terrible for disabled.  My mom had to get state help and ended up with a terrible doctor.  They chose the doctor for her based on where she lives.  That could be her county though.  I'd rather be cold then put up with that crap plus I just don�t like it there very much.  The only benefit is it's warm in the winter, but way too damn hot in the summer.  I love it where I live.  The summers aren't that bad because I live just a couple of miles from the ocean.  We do get snow but not very much.  They are calling for a storm that they will definatly get snow up the road a bit and we might.  Although I said that, we will get it.  There is just so much humidity in the air by the water, we get rain.  I would probably only move is if work was somewhere else.      Stacy ----- Original Message ----- From: Dana Miller To: quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 5:00 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Cold / Heat Yeah here on the show-me state the humidity also is a big factor!  I too wish to move down south, but family and my support system is good here and it sounds pretty scarey to move somewhere else.  Seems like attendant care is not as good, nor the hospitals.  There are a 'lot' of quads and para's in Columbia and the biggest hospital is quite used to having us in for flaps etc.  It has changed over the years tho--when my injury was fresh, it seemed like they did not know how to do things, but now they 'listen' to us and we can direct our care--if your on the right floor! take care, Dana and ? [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <quad-list@eskimo.com> Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 3:16 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Cold / Heat > I'm exactly the same.......the cold and winter is hell  on  me......I live > in > Missouri so it is not as bad as up north but when I get cold I  shiver my > neck and muscles tighten up and I feel like needles of ice flow thru  me > ugh ! > takes a long time to warm up again. If it were not for  family , I would > move > to Florida or Arizona or such. In the summer I usually  overheat only > about 2 > or 3 times a year, then I drink lots of water and put on  ice packs and > get in > front of the fan after I cool down my strenghth is  zapped--I gotta take a > nap then i'm ok again  lol >          Dan >