From: "RollinOn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: "RollinOn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Eric Olson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Lori Michaelson"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Silas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
CC: <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Re: Quad Expenditures_ Paul_C5 Driving
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 17:37:10 -0500 (Central Daylight Time)
That's awesome Silas!
You must of been a person people in your county thought a lot of.
Says a lot about your character.
Mark
-------Original Message-------
From: Silas
Date: 06/17/06 16:55:47
To: Eric Olson; Lori Michaelson
Cc: Quad
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Re: Quad Expenditures_ Paul_C5 Driving
The good people of my county threw a 2 day fund raiser, they did about
anything you can think of. It raised over 50, 000 dallars for me, I also
bought a van a automatic door opener also a 4wheeler to get around the
farm.
Now its a anual event to raise money for the needy, I don't know what I
would have done if not for such generous people!
Silas
----- Original Message -----
From: Eric Olson
To: Lori Michaelson
Cc: Quad
Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2006 2:15 PM
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Re: Quad Expenditures_ Paul_C5 Driving
My first van was paid for with money raised at a fund raiser that some
friends of my parents through for me while I was still in rehab. Nothing
fancy. Just a $5 all the beer you can drink type thing.
Eric
Lori Michaelson wrote:
Welcome to this list Paul! Yes, we could all write a book and more!
But your post reminded me of something that I wanted to post here for a
long
time. Essentially, a great majority of quads are on public assistance of
some sort. All of our situations differ greatly but I always wondered
that
for those who can only have so much money and so much assets [dictated by
state or county or whatever] ... how can they possibly afford a van?
Especially with the prices these days!
And even if they already have a van ... what about all the maintenance,
the
insurance, and so many other factors? Not to mention if someone had to
get
a new van?
The government has it set up whereby "the system" has many of us to be
practically destitute but does not take into consideration things like
vans,
home modifications, miscellaneous medical expenditures that are not
covered
by Medicaid or Medi-Cal, etc., ...... just to scratch the surface!
It seems that we all get by one way or another. But has anyone else ever
thought of it that way?
Lori
-------Original Message-------
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 6/16/2006 2:22:52 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [QUAD-L] C5 Driving
Hi All,
I am a C5/6 complete quad.Fifteen years ago today I broke my neck.I could
write a book about my life as a quad,I'm sure many of you could write a
book
also.I just keep on rolling.Due to a lawsuit I received just enough money
to
buy a new mini-van with a ten inch drop floor and a sliding door with a
ramp
Division of Vocational Rehab payed for the driving adaptions.The van gives
me such a feeling of freedom.The van and all the adaptions cost
$50,000.If
not for the money from the lawsuit I would never be able to afford the
van.I
feel bad for the many that are not able to afford such a van.I was
thinking
that if I did not have that much money,I would try to buy a used van
without
all the adaptions and use some fold up ramps to enter and exit. Peace,
Paul
