I stopped smoking pot permanently last week because I began to actually go out. I am 20 years post injury, C-5, at 57 years old. I no longer go out but I loose all faculties until coming around. Helps if someone makes a fist and pushes hard into my belly.
_____ From: shirley bell [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2009 4:55 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Passing Out no,I am 50. I'm sorry you are having this problem.We all have so many challenges. Mine is just discovering I have severe osteoporosis in my hips. Have you had any fractures? How long injured are you and how old. Best, Shirley Bell www.ShirleyBellDesigns.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Merrill <mailto:[email protected]> To: 'shirley bell' <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2009 5:17 PM Subject: RE: [QUAD-L] Passing Out Do yo mind if I ask if you are 34 years old or have you been in the chair that long? _____ From: shirley bell [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2009 2:05 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Passing Out Hi Merril, no, I dont have that problem.Get checked by Dr. Good luck. Shirley c/5-6 34 yrs Best, Shirley Bell www.ShirleyBellDesigns.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Merrill <mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2009 3:56 PM Subject: [QUAD-L] Passing Out I have had my C-5 injury short of twenty years now. In this time I have become familiar with low blood pressure. To help I have taken Ephedrine, Modderin and Espresso coffee. The abdominal binder is a major help This past year there has been an increase in episodes of nearly passing out, or whiting out as I describe. Fortunate for me is the tilt on my wheelchair where I have been increasingly spending much of my time. Lately if I begin talking I be come faint. I am worrying that something else is going on but wonder if this is common amongst older quads.
