Well said Ron! Smile Everyday
> On Jun 14, 2014, at 2:50 AM, RONALD L PRACHT <[email protected]> wrote: > > Everybody is jealous of somebody. The c1 just wants to breath on his own. The > c4 has dreams of self transferring. The c5 wishes he could push a manual > chair faster and up hills. The c7 wishes he had just a little more to perform > all the tasks of a bowell routine. The t4 wants more ab control. The t12 > wishes he could urinate on his own. The l1 wishes he could feel his penis. > The guy that can stand and shuffle wishes he could walk. The guy that can > walk a little wishes he could run. The man that runs wishes he had the guts > to ask his dream girl out. The guy with the dream girl wishes he had more > time to himself. > > The meaning of what Im saying is life is a gift and is short. Thousands of > people die everyday. Thirty five thousand people die in car accidents every > year. Thirty thousand people commit suicide each year. Ten thousand are > paralyzed each year. All of this just in the united states. > > Try to do what you can with what you have left. Comparing yourself to others > will bring you misery. If you do one thing each day to improve yourself, it > will amount to something b4 you know it. > > Ron > > > On Saturday, June 14, 2014 1:05 AM, Danny Espinoza <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > *jealous of those of you who have enough function to handcycle > > -Danny > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Dreams > From: RONALD L PRACHT <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, June 13, 2014 8:04 pm > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > Another drug that works well to calm you and wont hurt you is lorezapam. You > can take a 1mg pill and it helps out a lot. > > I have dealt with the crazy dreams at night. When Im experiencing pain or > when im dysreflexic from needing to urinate my dreams get more intense. > > One more thing to add is activity during the day to wear you out helps you > sleep. Obviously your level of function depends on how much you can wear > yourself out. When I wheel my chair at least a mile or attach my handcycle > and do a few miles Im in a better mood, less pain and sleep better. Each > person can probally figure some activity to tire themselves out, maybe a > handcycle on a table like at rehab or have some 20 min routine you do with > moving your arms or a light freeweight attached to a cuff. > > There is a guy on youtube that sets up basic simple workout routines for > people in chairs that require very little. I set goal for myself of 30 miles > each month on my attachable rio dragonfly handcycle. I document the miles and > write it all down. It helps my mind and the pain from my syrinx and hernia. > > Good luck > Ron > > > On Friday, June 13, 2014 8:23 PM, Quadius <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I have been having a similar problem, but not as often. I usually have it a > couple of times a night. I have found putting my TV on a timer and listening > to a historical-based documentary has helped me get to sleep without having > these terrible dreams. If they keep up, I might consider asking for > medication. > Quadius > > > On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 8:20 PM, Larry Willis <[email protected]> wrote: > Panic attacks. About four years ago I began having them at night. Not as > frequent as yours, but I still felt like I was going to explode. It was > horrible. My doc gave me a small dose of Xanax to take at bedtime. I haven't > had one since. Good luck. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: greg <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, June 13, 2014 > Subject: [QUAD-L] Dreams > To: [email protected] > > > For weeks now I've been waking up every few hours, with panic dreams. My > heart is racing, pounding. My breathing is heavy, and I feel like I need to > get up. I haven't changed meds or anything. If it was just waking up in the > morning like that I could handle it, but it's like 5 times a night. Often I > think I can't breath. Other times I'm getting chased by a mob, etc. I'm so > tired. > Greg > > > > > >
