I agree with these for the most part. I haven't been able to wear a shoe on my left foot for a couple of years. I wear a sock and cushion. Not the best arrangement, but I get by. Foot stays swollen too bad for shoe.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *RONALD L PRACHT* <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, October 2, 2014 Subject: [QUAD-L] Funny thing happenned to my Jay 2 cushion To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> The worst things the disabled do in public 1) no shoes 2) exposed urine bag 3) just plain dirty or have a stench 4) chair has food and scum all over it 5) legs fallen over to a side or bowed severely( especially on ladies) 6) scared to look people in the eye Theres more,but that's what sticks out in my mind. I an say this because Im a quad myself ......16 yrs post. We cant help many things , but some things we can do something about. Ron On Thursday, October 2, 2014 1:37 PM, "[email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>" <[email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: funny. i put rolled up hand towels on both sides of my thighs. otherwise my legs spread like men legs. dianna had to add my 1 inch wedge adductors to each side of the new cushion to keep my long legs from bowing. I cant stand paralyzed people that let their legs bow or fall to one side. It looks terrible and its fixable. -----Original Message----- From: wheelchair <[email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> To: r.pracht <[email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>>; quad-list < [email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> Sent: Wed, Oct 1, 2014 8:00 pm Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Funny thing happenned to my Jay 2 cushion Have you considered contacting Jay and ask if they are looking for a very qualified cushion tester? Best Wishes In a message dated 10/1/2014 3:06:16 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> writes: I came in from my handcycle trip last night and was rolling around the house when I looked at my hand and it was covered with this nasty yellow stuff. I looked at the front of my cushion and at the bottom below the cover was a massive amount of yellow crap. I jumped in bed with my new cushion and a trash can and pulled the cover off the old cushion which had a hole in the front and threw all the nastiness away then had to use rubbing alcohol to clean the stuff off my seat sling. This was the second Jay 2 to do this to me. The last one popped when a girl sat on my lap. I get about 4 yrs out of each one then boom. The stuff that comes out is oil based and very hard to get off of your stuff. I was home alone but managed to get the old one off and cleaned, and the new one on. I also had to add my 1 inch wedge adductors to each side of the new cushion to keep my long legs from bowing. I cant stand paralyzed people that let their legs bow or fall to one side. It looks terrible and its fixable. A new Jay 2 is going to cost me over 400 and an extra air exchange cover will be 65. Crazy but that's how she goes in the handicap world. I need to put a new seat sling on the chair but that's hard to do yourself and if you fail you have no chair, lol. Ron
