By the way I forgot to mention I can feel my shoulders I just can't really move anything under all my left side but I can feel halfway down my left bicep, on my right side I have feeling and can move up to my wrist in case you were wondering if I could feel or not where I am having it, I can. I have no plans or intentions on using it where I cannot feel as I would prefer not to even risk burning myself and causing autonomic dysreflexia I plan for it to be mainly used were my hardware is which is from C2 to T1. They were able to remove enough of it to give me limited left and right movement and limited forward and backward movement which is a huge improvement over none.
Danny Espinoza 26/m/California Occupation before accident: Network engineer / SR. Network security engineer What happened: I broke my c2,c6,c7 in a horrible car accident Traumatic brain injury from blood going to central cortex from spinal cord not vent dependendent anymore. :] My website: <http://www.thespinalcordinjured.net/> http://www.thespinalcordinjured.net My social networking sites: <http://www.myspace.com/DannyLNX> http://www.myspace.com/DannyLNX <http://www.facebook.com/DannyLNX> http://www.facebook.com/DannyLNX From: Daniel Espinoza [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 4:31 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [QUAD-L] USB heating blanket How does just wanting to get some feedback from you guys, at Craig Hospital they warned me to not use a heating blanket where I couldn't feel for obvious reasons. I was wondering what your thoughts are on using this heating blanket I found to be used while on my computer http://www.improvementscatalog.com/product/code/361025.do?cm_mmc=Amazon-_-Ex ecutiveGifts-_-2009-_-361025%20BRN <http://www.improvementscatalog.com/product/code/361025.do?cm_mmc=Amazon-_-E xecutiveGifts-_-2009-_-361025%20BRN&code-macs=MP9W028&code=MP9W028> &code-macs=MP9W028&code=MP9W028 . I will not be using it to heat my lap as one of the primary ways it says to use it, but for the second way to use it, over my shoulders and on the back of my neck. It's getting cold lately and was just wondering what your thoughts were on it. It's heated via USB from your computer, meaning you would have to be close to the computer which I am at night. The reason I am really thinking about this is mainly to stop the pain I get from the hardware in my neck when it gets cold. The things I like about it mainly is the fact that it heats up via a USB with a low setting and a high setting, meaning it isn't plugged into the wall but into a USB port which I can enable or disable from a software on my computer so I don't have to wake someone up or even have them adjust it as I can just disable the port, or ports. The second and the main reason I like it is because it's not plugged into the wall, even though I am sure there is a fuse on it if the USB hub detects a short or failure in the USB device it will tally depending on what operating system you are running, which gives you not only a warning but a way to shut it off immediately. The third reason I like it is more of a personal preference but it is a geek gadget. Let me know what you think, basically I am depending on your feedback before I purchase this. Thank you in advance! Danny Espinoza 26/m/California Occupation before accident: Network engineer / SR. Network security engineer What happened: I broke my c2,c6,c7 in a horrible car accident Traumatic brain injury from blood going to central cortex from spinal cord not vent dependendent anymore. :] My website: http://wwwthespinalcordinjurednet <http://www.thespinalcordinjured.net/> My social networking sites: http://www.myspace.com/DannyLNX http://www.facebook.com/DannyLNX
