many days i go without shoes in the summer...with my capris and painted toenails. an abled body woman would wear flip flops, not much difference so i beg to differ with you ron! i'll agree with the rest. i'll have you know i pay $20.00 for those painted toes and i want people to see them. along with the fact i find it hard to get sandals and flip-flops on my swollen feet.
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. -----Original Message----- From: RONALD L PRACHT <[email protected]> To: quad-list <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, Oct 2, 2014 3:15 pm Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Funny thing happenned to my Jay 2 cushion 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]" <[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]> To: r.pracht <[email protected]>; quad-list <[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] 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
