I really can't remember.... but it all takes time to adjust.. a good few years after injury for everything to settle down..
Regards, Mark On 27 Sep 2010, at 15:12, Dr. Bo Machado wrote: > How long, after off the vent, did it take for your voice to be heard above a > whisper? > In His Grip, > Bo > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark BB [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 10:01 AM > To: [email protected] > Cc: Dr. Bo Machado > Subject: Fwd: [QUAD-L] voice > > Same for me here > > I'm C3/4 half of my diaphragm is paralyzed. I was on a ventilator 6 months > and was slowly taken off of it. I do have a quiet voice and cannot be heard > in loud places > > Regards, Mark > > Age 46 > C3/4 Complete since 1986 > > http://www.markbb.co.uk > > > Begin forwarded message: > >> Resent-From: [email protected] >> From: "Daniel Espinoza" <[email protected]> >> Date: 27 September 2010 12:42:45 GMT+01:00 >> To: "', "'Fragile'" <[email protected]>, "'quad-list'" > <[email protected]> >> Subject: RE: [QUAD-L] pain >> >> Yes however the injury was asymmetrical so half of my diaphragm is > paralyzed. I was on a ventilator when I went for my rehabilitation at Craig > hospital and was slowly taken off of it. I do have a quiet voice and cannot > really yell either.. >> What's your fathers functional injury level? >> >> Danny Espinoza 27/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 >> My social networking sites: >> http://www.myspace.com/DannyLNX >> http://www.facebook.com/DannyLNX >> >> >> From: Dr. Bo Machado [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2010 9:10 PM >> To: 'Daniel Espinoza'; 'Fragile'; 'quad-list' >> Subject: RE: [QUAD-L] pain >> >> My dad has a recent c5 Fx and is not vent dependant, but has too little > breath to have voice. It that typical of C5 level quadriplegia? Many of you > have higher injuries. Do you have enough expiratory force to create voice? >> In Him, >> Bo >> >> From: Daniel Espinoza [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2010 11:56 PM >> To: 'Fragile'; 'quad-list' >> Subject: RE: [QUAD-L] pain >> >> I take 200mg per day >> >> Danny Espinoza 27/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 >> My social networking sites: >> http://www.myspace.com/DannyLNX >> http://www.facebook.com/DannyLNX >> >> >> From: Fragile [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2010 5:06 PM >> To: quad-list >> Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] pain >> >> Lyrica 800 mg twice a day? I take 300 mg twice a day and I can't think > straight. Was told 900 mg per day was the max. >> >> On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 4:59 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> Dana, I take Vicodin four times a day, Lyrica 800 mg twice a day, Cymbalta > 60 mg once a day, and 150 mcg of Duragesic pain patch. What is causing the > pain in his shoulder? I ask because I have a two finger subluxation in my > right shoulder, and it's very painful. All the arm braces I have tried, > cause pain somewhere else. >> In a message dated 9/24/2010 12:55:45 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: >> >> What do any of you take for pain and the inability to sleep? Is there any > kind of shot for shoulder pain? >> >> Thank you, >> Dana >> C-4-5, 36 years post, Prairie Village, Kansas >> >
