I too got a 3rd degree burn on my upper arm when I fell asleep in bed with a hair dryer on in college. I HATED waking up soaking wet from sweating all night long. I remember taking exams or notes in college while drips of sweat would mark my papers and books. My teacher's thought I was sick and always asked if I was OK. The worse part was dating with a towel around my neck. But I figured if I'm going to sweat anyway, why not go on living my life. But the winter's in Northern New Jersey were NOT fun when I'd be dripping wet. Bobbie
Sent from my iPad On Oct 20, 2012, at 4:50 PM, Larry Willis <[email protected]> wrote: > Speaking of hair dryers, a few years ago I was drying me ol' sweaty neck and > very nonchalantly fell asleep at the wheel. The dryer fell softly into my lap > where it continued to blow hotly and fiercely straight on to me ol' quad > belly for nigh on to 10 minutes. The result was third degree, very nasty > burns all across me bulging mid-part. I still have a host of ugly scars to > remind me of the unfortunate incident! The moral is, be very, very careful > when using the ol' beloved dryer. > Me use of "me" is a piful attempt to sound kinda Irish. :) > > Sent from my iPad > > Begin forwarded message: > >> Resent-From: [email protected] >> From: Nan <[email protected]> >> Date: October 19, 2012 10:19:01 PM EDT >> To: Don Price <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" >> <[email protected]> >> Subject: [QUAD-L] Hair dryers >> Reply-To: Nan <[email protected]> >> > >> I buy 2-3 at a time - just in case I burn one up or roll one over (klutz). >> My Ex thinks I'm crazy and/or that I'm just trying to annoy him. I <3 my >> hair dryer! >> >> From: Don Price <[email protected]> >> To: Eric W Rudd <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" >> <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 2:55 PM >> Subject: Re: Fwd: [QUAD-L] Pain Management >> >> >> I've done the hair dryer thing too,....many, many times. I've also sat in my >> van with the heater cranked for hours. >> >> Don. >> >> From: Eric W Rudd <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 9:19 AM >> Subject: Re: Fwd: [QUAD-L] Pain Management >> >> LOL...I thought I was the only one whose best friend was the hair dryer. >> >> Eric W Rudd >> [email protected] >> >> From: Larry Willis >> Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 6:29 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Fwd: [QUAD-L] Pain Management >> >> To state the obvious: It's easy to say don't take meds when you are not the >> one suffering. We have cold sweats, clammy and miserable, not heat sweat >> like a runner might have. We freeze and then start tightening our neck and >> shoulders into a knot of pain that further increases the misery. I can't >> count the days I have sat with a hair dryer blowing on my face and neck. It >> really angers me when doctors say the equivalent of "Take an aspirin and >> call me in the morning." Quality of life means something, and a life of >> constant misery is not one of quality. Sorry for the rant. >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> Begin forwarded message: >> >>> Resent-From: [email protected] >>> From: Mandy <[email protected]> >>> Date: October 19, 2012 4:01:06 AM EDT >>> To: "<[email protected]>" <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Pain Management >>> >> >>> Wow, she must be the wisest person alive to know something like that. Of >>> course, many of us would rather take Aleve than narcotics. Hell, one or two >>> of us would even consider going without pain for a few days. To make such a >>> pat statement without at least discussing the increase in pain and how it >>> is effecting your life is irresponsible. >>> >>> I hate that, when a doctor makes you feel like an addict, but when I feel >>> unjustly ashamed of my pain med requests I remember what one of my Craig >>> nurses said when I backed off the meds at a time when I really needed them, >>> for fear of the harm they could do to my body. She said, "make note of ALL >>> the symptoms that go along with your pain- is your heart working harder? >>> Are you losing sleep? Are you able to eat normally? Do you tense up and >>> create more pain?" (She was referring to my frozen shoulder) She pointed >>> out that if the answer to most of these questions was yes, then the pain >>> medicine should be taken because overall, it would do more good than bad. >>> >>> Just my 2 bits. >>> >>> Mandy c6-7 >>> >>> On Oct 18, 2012, at 2:35 PM, "Derrick" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> same here. my doc says paralyzed people are not given narcotics.i'm to >>>> take aleeve.... >>>> i put up a survey online asking if u used narcotics but it did not get >>>> much response >>>> i wanted to take to doc and show her >>>> derrick >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: [email protected] >>>> To: [email protected] ; [email protected] >>>> Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2012 4:03 PM >>>> Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Pain Management >>>> >>>> my doc says 3 a day (oxycodone) 5 mg. and no more. i may go to pain >>>> management after i talk to the spine specialist. they make me feel like >>>> i'm a drug seeker. >>>> he started me on 6 5mg of oxycodone to start and I still take 3 1mg of >>>> lorezapam per day. i will adjust and figure things out as i go, but so >>>> glad hes open to work with me. well worth the trip >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: RONALD L PRACHT <[email protected]> >>>> To: diannal767 <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Thu, Oct 18, 2012 1:00 pm >>>> Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Pain Management >>>> >>>> he started me on 6 5mg of oxycodone to start and I still take 3 1mg of >>>> lorezapam per day. i will adjust and figure things out as i go, but so >>>> glad hes open to work with me. well worth the trip >>>> >>>> ron >>>> >>>> From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Sent: Wed, October 17, 2012 8:49:41 PM >>>> Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Pain Management >>>> >>>> Hi Ron, >>>> If you don't mind me asking, what did they start you out on? I'm seeing a >>>> new spine specialist at the end of the month. >>>> >>>> >>>> I went to pain management today and they helped me. Gave me what I needed >>>> and is willing to work with me. Thank God! I feel validated as a human >>>> being. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Danny Hearn <[email protected]> >>>> To: RONALD L PRACHT [email protected]>; quad-list <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Wed, Oct 17, 2012 6:20 pm >>>> Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Pain Management >>>> >>>> cool Ron, glad they helped you,Dan H. >>>> >>>> From: RONALD L PRACHT <[email protected]> >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Sent: Wed, October 17, 2012 4:18:23 PM >>>> Subject: [QUAD-L] Pain Management >>>> >>>> I went to pain management today and they helped me. Gave me what I needed >>>> and is willing to work with me. Thank God! I feel validated as a human >>>> being. >>>> >>>> >>>> ron c7 >> >> >> >>
