This is incredibly good advice below from Quadius. I know... for the first four or five years of my paralysis I went everywhere trying to find a miracle to overcome my paralysis. What did I get it... a lot of quacks.
SO... I decided to do the best I can do with what I have and I began to read books on the power of the mind because that was the one part of my body that was still functioning 100%. This was the best decision I've ever made in my life. I focused on making money to be able to be financially secure by the time I was 30 as the doctors had told me I would be a ward of the state by that age and would die before I was 40 because of poor care. Today I am 71 and I work at least eight full hours per day making money to live in the style of a life I desire. I personally believe every quadriplegic that can somehow operate a computer today can make a good living through the Internet. Example: go to Google and on their homepage, just below where you insert your keyword search, there is a link "Business". Click on this link and read everything about AdSense that they offer. I know of several people who are creating over $200,000 per year for simply having a simple and basic website with Google AdSense advertising on their site. You simply choose a subject and become very knowledgeable on that subject, i.e., Siamese cats. Then, recruit all the information you can on that subject and Google will place ads from others on your website concerning that subject and you sit back... raking in the money each month. FACT: Google revenue is over $6 billion per year from their AdWords (advertising) and they give away approximately 50% of this revenue to people just like you and me who place AdSense on their sites. Good luck to everyone... Roy Roy Abell President PIE*Medical Int., Inc. www.mybowel.com From: Quadius [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 4:38 PM To: Joan Anglin Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Speaking of Miracles.... Pragmatism is the key word. If we continue to be driven by false hope, when that inevitable day arrives that we're not able to regain anything further we will be devastated. It's better to be realistic and continue to try to improve, but doing so with the knowledge that it is highly unlikely. That way if you do improve you will be pleasantly surprised and if you don't then you won't be. Try to plan your life as if you're not going to get any improvement. That's what I have done and I know my mental health is significantly better than many others. At least I think it is. :-) On 5/27/08, Joan Anglin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The stories are wonderful to read, but as you say, not very common. I would think the majority of us on this list are more pragmatic. As a C4 quad I have no movement below my shoulders, but since hope springs eternal, I still put my half hour daily working on my makeshift sling-spring apparatus. I still have no movement, but I have found that if I do not work out regularly I begin to get stiff through my shoulders and neck. And who knows, perhaps someday I will be actually able to reach out and touch somebody J If warm weather ever decides to stay here, one week ago it was 96°and yesterday it was 59°, I will love being outside in the warm sunshine. This last seven days has been too much like England weather, drizzly and foggy. I returned to Reno because of our 325 days of sunshine a year, can't wait for it to come back. This list means so much to me, the fun stories, the inspiring stories, and most of all the support that everyone gives to one another. Have a great day every one. Joan No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.24.1/1466 - Release Date: 5/25/2008 6:49 PM
