Re: [QUAD-L] anyone on the list of 65 can help for a paper
Thanks for the offer. I so wish that I could use people 50 and over because it would be so much easier :-). If any of you know of anyone over 65, can you give them my email and see if they would like to answer any questions? Does anyone have the emails to the 2 guys that used to be on the list about a year ago? I think that they have a wealth of knowledge. I know I miss them being on the list. Stacy - Original Message From: David K. Kelmer [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: Stacy Harim [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Quad-List quad-list@eskimo.comSent: Friday, October 20, 2006 1:24:20 PMSubject: Re: [QUAD-L] anyone on the list of 65 can help for a paper Hi Stacy, I am only 53 but if I can help just let me know. Good luck, and work hard, on your courses, and you will climb mountains with your knowledge! With Love, CtrlAltDel aka DaveC4/5 Complete - 30 Years PostTexas , USA Stacy Harim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey guys, I know I am not as active with the group as I should be but I've been pretty busy. I am taking online courses with University of Maryland online and of course I have to take 4 classes to get school paid for by vocrehab. One of my courses is psychology of adulthood and aging and I have to do a paper about aging that touches on a few points in my course.I would like to do a paperon people that get a disability or spinalcord injurybefore 65 and have aged with that disability. I am going to look up information and use a combination ofinformation I find and questions answered, ofany of you over 65that aged with your spinal cord injury. I am just curious if there is anyone on the list over 65 before I compile questions I would like to ask. I was thinking about heart disease, circulation; if not too personal, maybe addictionand depression. I haven't quite decided on the exact questions I want to ask, I want to know if thereI know there were a couple of activepeople that wouldn't mind helping me out. I know we had a few, but I haven't seen them in quite sometime. It would be greatly appreciated, Stacy Get your own web address for just $1.99/1st yr. We'll help. Yahoo! Small Business.
Re: [QUAD-L] LYRICA
Hi John, My nephew is a chief investigator with the police department and he has a drug dog. When you get a dog like this they live with you and become part ofyour family.Our house is where all the family comes to eat and congregate. We have them over ever week or 2 to eat and watch a game or race and the dog comes along. When Jimmy needs to go places without the dog he will have a " play date " at our house. We have often said that the dog could bust us for all the meds we keep in our house. I bet he would let Jimmy know if I tried to hide some " pot " in this house. At the University of Mississippi ( Ole Miss ) they do grow pot there for the school of pharmacy. Kathy
Re: [QUAD-L] anyone on the list of 65 can help for a paper
Hi Stacy, I am 58 but sometimes I feel 65 or older! If you need my help I would be glad to help! Good luck on your paper. Lindaf
Re: [QUAD-L] LYRICA
I have a cousin that's a cop, another is a deputy Sherriff and an uncle that is a captain of the guard for the Sheriff's dept' where they handle prisoners all day. In this part of the country pot laws are looked at as just plain stupid ways to fill jail cells. They could go set up a watch on a nightclub where extacy and coke are being sold in bulk to teens or they could bust the 40 yldguy sittin at home, watching cartoons, eating a twinkie. Pot is no longer a big money crime drug. So many people grow their own and theres virtually no violent crime attached to it. It is Kentucky's #1 cash crop. The reduculous part is when I see them smuggling it in from mexiico when everyone knows, Canada has the good stuff. The best stuff comes from basements and is grown using hydroponics. In any case, I don't buy it or sell it. An ounce lasts me about 6 months. If they choose to arrest me for it I'll cost them about $6500a day to keep in custody at a local hospital and I haven't got the money to pay a fine. The only reason pot is illegal is because a study done in the 1930's stated that marijuana made blackl and hispanic men want to rape white women. Thiswas also a time when it was illegal to marry between races in many states. Just think of all the space we would have in jails and prisons if we dumped that one stupid law and taxed the stuff. It isn't even addictive. The US government has not recognized any medical studies that show it has a medicinal value and has misspent billions of dollars eradicating a weed thats native to the western hemisphere while subsidizing tobacco and alcohol which are both addictive and poisonous. Teach the dog a practical job and have him sniff out money john In a message dated 10/23/2006 12:21:41 PM Eastern Daylight Time, LadyOnWheels725 writes: Hi John, My nephew is a chief investigator with the police department and he has a drug dog. When you get a dog like this they live with you and become part ofyour family.Our house is where all the family comes to eat and congregate. We have them over ever week or 2 to eat and watch a game or race and the dog comes along. When Jimmy needs to go places without the dog he will have a " play date " at our house. We have often said that the dog could bust us for all the meds we keep in our house. I bet he would let Jimmy know if I tried to hide some " pot " in this house. At the University of Mississippi ( Ole Miss ) they do grow pot there for the school of pharmacy. Kathy
Re: [QUAD-L] LYRICA
I heard thatin the 1800s, they decided to outlaw something and pot was considered to be the black man's drug of choice so they outlawed that instead of alcohol, the white man's drug of choice. Then in the early 1900's of course they tried outlawing alcohol, now they really need to wise up and legalize pot as well - (prostitution too) regulate and tax the crap out of them like they do now with tobacco and alcohol. We waste such great resources chasing these two 'evils' it is just unbelievable. O'C ]In a message dated 10/23/2006 11:31:31 A.M. US Mountain Standard Tim, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have a cousin that's a cop, another is a deputy Sherriff and an uncle that is a captain of the guard for the Sheriff's dept' where they handle prisoners all day. In this part of the country pot laws are looked at as just plain stupid ways to fill jail cells. They could go set up a watch on a nightclub where extacy and coke are being sold in bulk to teens or they could bust the 40 yldguy sittin at home, watching cartoons, eating a twinkie. Pot is no longer a big money crime drug. So many people grow their own and theres virtually no violent crime attached to it. It is Kentucky's #1 cash crop. The reduculous part is when I see them smuggling it in from mexiico when everyone knows, Canada has the good stuff. The best stuff comes from basements and is grown using hydroponics. In any case, I don't buy it or sell it. An ounce lasts me about 6 months. If they choose to arrest me for it I'll cost them about $6500a day to keep in custody at a local hospital and I haven't got the money to pay a fine. The only reason pot is illegal is because a study done in the 1930's stated that marijuana made blackl and hispanic men want to rape white women. Thiswas also a time when it was illegal to marry between races in many states. Just think of all the space we would have in jails and prisons if we dumped that one stupid law and taxed the stuff. It isn't even addictive. The US government has not recognized any medical studies that show it has a medicinal value and has misspent billions of dollars eradicating a weed thats native to the western hemisphere while subsidizing tobacco and alcohol which are both addictive and poisonous. Teach the dog a practical job and have him sniff out money john In a message dated 10/23/2006 12:21:41 PM Eastern Daylight Time, LadyOnWheels725 writes: Hi John, My nephew is a chief investigator with the police department and he has a drug dog. When you get a dog like this they live with you and become part ofyour family.Our house is where all the family comes to eat and congregate. We have them over ever week or 2 to eat and watch a game or race and the dog comes along. When Jimmy needs to go places without the dog he will have a " play date " at our house. We have often said that the dog could bust us for all the meds we keep in our house. I bet he would let Jimmy know if I tried to hide some " pot " in this house. At the University of Mississippi ( Ole Miss ) they do grow pot there for the school of pharmacy. Kathy Dave daveoconnell.com C3
Re: [QUAD-L] LYRICA
Hi Diane,And I've found that parts of my body that I hurt post SCI aches a lot more as time passes. Age puts a strain on the body of someone with a SCI.With Love, CtrlAltDel aka DaveC4/5 Complete - 30 Years PostTexas, USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 10/21/2006 4:41:31 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Anyway I'm just curious to know if most of your pain levels increased -- got better -- or remained about the same ??? Dan Hi Dan, As for me they got worse,,,after the 1st year. Diane
Re: FW: [QUAD-L] Magic Bullets
Unfortunately the generic brands which have the same primary ingredients do not yield the same results. Be careful! The VA was utilizing the generic and almost all of the quadriplegics were having an unbelievably difficult time.QuadiusPaul Jacobson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Magic Bullet = Bascodyl Suppository(10 mg)- Original Message - From: Ray Trostem To: Quad-l Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 2:52 PM Subject: RE: FW: [QUAD-L] Magic Bullets Does anyone know another name for magic bullets? My Pharmacist doesnt know that name. Ray T Do you Yahoo!? Get on board. You're invited to try the new Yahoo! Mail.
RE: FW: [QUAD-L] Magic Bullets
Interestingly enough when I first started using Magic Bullets as a replacement for the oil based suppositories, I also found them to be considerably quicker. However, as time went by they became just as slow as the oil based ones. When I tried to go back to the oil based suppositories, I found they did not work on me at all. It seems as if the Magic Bullets become addictive. Now I can use nothing else. I have tried the little mini suppositories (I can't recall the name right now) that others on here use, but they do not have any effect whatsoever. I additionally have had the opportunity to use mini suppositories which have the main ingredient which makes up the Bullets, but these also have no effect.My warning to everyone is be careful. If you have a product which is working now, you may want to stick with it if at all possible. When they were having "supposed" difficulties with production, I was forced to pay the exorbitant price of $100 for 50 of them. It was either that or end up in the hospital numerous times with impactions.QuadiusDanny Hearn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ray i ordered a hundred Magic Bullets and they work much faster than the oil based type but I find I have accidents more if I use only them. They seem to make my waste much more runnier, so what I do is use the regular oil based type and only use Magic bullet if my stools are getting to hard or if the 1st suppository comes out without having a bowel movement. On those rare days We lay me back down insert a Magic bullet type then get up and 2nd try always works fine. By the way very many online medical stores sell the Magic Bullets. DanRay Trostem [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know another name for magic bullets? My Pharmacist doesnt know that name. Ray T Do you Yahoo!? Get on board. You're invited to try the new Yahoo! Mail.
Re: [QUAD-L] LYRICA_PAIN
In a message dated 10/23/2006 4:14:59 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi Diane, And I've found that parts of my body that I hurt post SCI aches a lot more as time passes. Age puts a strain on the body of someone with a SCI. With Love, CtrlAltDel aka DaveC4/5 Complete - 30 Years PostTexas, USA Speaking of time passing, I recently started medication for osteoporosis, should have started long ago but anywaydo any of you think we have this sci pain due to this bad joints from sitting? We can't feel or pinpoint what's the problem ( I can't anyway) such as an ingrown to 'whatever' so my body redirects the pain to where i can feel or I get increased leg spasms. I don't get the burning or pins needles type pain but tightness stiffness which if it gets too bad, i get stomach back spasms. I then take a few more meds that I already maxed for the day. I tried pot but it didn't work here. Diane
Re: [QUAD-L] Dragon NaturallySpeaking
Hey Steve All, How do you use your keyboard in bed? Where is your tower? Thanks Lindaf
Re: [QUAD-L] Dragon NaturallySpeaking
Dillon, I personally have not used a computer from bed in quite some time, but this is more of a situation where I feel like I get enough computer use when I am up in my wheelchair and do not want to spend any more time on it from bed. I still have a laptop, but it is quite old and will not support the current version I have of Dragon NaturallySpeaking. However, since you wanted to know how I had it set up I thought I would share this with you. I sat my laptop on a bedside table (this was a hospital table I was able to get for free) at an angle where I could still watch TV, yet view the computer. Since I am unable to touch anything with my hands or arms and am completely reliant on the voice technology, it became a little tricky. If one of the programs froze up or the computer locked up, I was forced to shut off the computer utilizing my environmental control unit. Unfortunately, when I was forced to shut off the computer using my ECU I was unable to reboot the computer, since it was a laptop and it needed to be turned on by the power button. I never found a solution to this problem. As far as microphones go, I utilized a microphone I purchased from RadioShack for a reasonable price and a USB external sound card which provided very quality sound. The microphone was similar to the ones you see newscasters wearing on television and it could be placed on my chest. I used to fold a towel across my chest so I could clip the microphone to it without having it directly attached to my skin. The only drawback was all ambient noise was able to filter through and this meant I could not have people talking around me when I was dictating. Sorry I couldn't be of any more help to you, but I'm sure you will give adequate advice from others. Quadius PS below I have listed a website where you can look at the USB external sound card I utilized.http://www.emicrophones.com/microphones/prod_details.asp?prodID=003Dillon Ewa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:I understand you guys have a computer set up for you to use while you're in bed. Would you please describe the accommodations you have made that allow you to use your computer while laying down in bed, wireless microphone, wall mounts, bed stand, software and other accessories.How easy is it for you to use the computer, any drawbacks, are you able to do paid work from your bed using the computer? I am thinking of getting the computer for myself to use from bed for both recreational work and private employment. I would appreciate any information or assistance you guys can provide.Thanks Dillon"B. Kimberlin (Quadius)" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In that case, I will be looking at Circuit City to see if they have any. My experience with Plantronics has been very positive, so if I could get a backup to use when my battery is depleted on my wireless, that would be great.Billy (Quadius)[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Billy,I don't wear my head, it is on boom that is over my bed for my bed computer and a stand that is used for microphone when I am in my wheelchair as my monitor moves from the bed to where I can reach it in my chair, and on my desk I have been other gooseneck with a clamp . They both have clamps to hold the microphone . I don't want to be tethered to my computer either. Sorry I did not make that clear.DanaDana,Thanks for your response. I am unable to use a wired headset, because it tethers me down to the computer. I have been fortunate enough to voice have wireless, but I am looking for a desk mounted microphone which has the ability to filter out extraneous noises. I have seen some, but unfortunately they cost about as much as the wireless microphones.Good luck and hopefully you will be able to continue to use your system. I would say if it's not broke don't fix it, especially when it comes to microphones.Billy[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I got my Plantronics USB headset for a micro Center in the store and I also have additional one-year warranty for micro sooner . I don't see them on the web site. I hope they are still carrying about the store. I know there's the other stores used to carry such as Circuit City. they seem to work pretty well and are cheaper than the wireless although I would like to try it sometime.Dana Do you Yahoo!?Get on board. You're invited to try the new Yahoo! Mail. Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less. Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail.
Re: [QUAD-L] LYRICA
Hi O'C,The State laws were passed before the Federal ones, but it was in the 1900's that the first laws appeared. The three main reasons brought about State laws against marijuana are immigration from Mexico, the substitution concept, and religion. http://www.forces.org/articles/files/whiteb/white04.htmThe first criminal law at the Federal level was in 1914, and comes down to the biggest reason marijuana is still illegal today, money! http://www.forces.org/articles/files/whiteb/white03.htm With Love, CtrlAltDel aka DaveC4/5 Complete - 30 Years PostTexas, USA[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I heard thatin the 1800s, they decided to outlaw something and pot was considered to be the black man's drug of choice so they outlawed that instead of alcohol, the white man's drug of choice. Then in the early 1900's of course they tried outlawing alcohol, now they really need to wise up and legalize pot as well - (prostitution too) regulate and tax the crap out of them like they do now with tobacco and alcohol. We waste such great resources chasing these two 'evils' it is just unbelievable. O'C ]In a message dated 10/23/2006 11:31:31 A.M. US Mountain Standard Tim, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have a cousin that's a cop, another is a deputy Sherriff and an uncle that is a captain of the guard for the Sheriff's dept' where they handle prisoners all day. In this part of the country pot laws are looked at as just plain stupid ways to fill jail cells. They could go set up a watch on a nightclub where extacy and coke are being sold in bulk to teens or they could bust the 40 yldguy sittin at home, watching cartoons, eating a twinkie. Pot is no longer a big money crime drug. So many people grow their own and theres virtually no violent crime attached to it. It is Kentucky's #1 cash crop. The reduculous part is when I see them smuggling it in from mexiico when everyone knows, Canada has the good stuff. The best stuff comes from basements and is grown using hydroponics. In any case, I don't buy it or sell it. An ounce lasts me about 6 months. If they choose to arrest me for it I'll cost them about $6500a day to keep in custody at a local hospital and I haven't got the money to pay a fine. The only reason pot is illegal is because a study done in the 1930's stated that marijuana made blackl and hispanic men want to rape white women. Thiswas also a time when it was illegal to marry between races in many states. Just think of all the space we would have in jails and prisons if we dumped that one stupid law and taxed the stuff. It isn't even addictive. The US government has not recognized any medical studies that show it has a medicinal value and has misspent billions of dollars eradicating a weed thats native to the western hemisphere while subsidizing tobacco and alcohol which are both addictive and poisonous. Teach the dog a practical job and have him sniff out moneyjohnIn a message dated 10/23/2006 12:21:41 PM Eastern Daylight Time, LadyOnWheels725 writes:Hi John, My nephew is a chief investigator with the police department and he has a drug dog. When you get a dog like this they live with you and become part ofyour family.Our house is where all the family comes to eat and congregate. We have them over ever week or 2 to eat and watch a game or race and the dog comes along. When Jimmy needs to go places without the dog he will have a " play date " at our house. We have often said that the dog could bust us for all the meds we keep in our house. I bet he would let Jimmy know if I tried to hide some " pot " in this house. At the University of Mississippi ( Ole Miss ) they do grow pot there for the school of pharmacy. Kathy Dave daveoconnell.com C3
[QUAD-L] Re: Portable phones with headset
Hi Lori,I'll be more than happy to pass your question on to the Quad-List for you. Anything for a lovelyblond Quad! ;-)With Love, CtrlAltDel aka DaveC4/5 Complete - 30 Years PostTexas, USA Lori Michaelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Dave, I am still unable to post to the quad list because Eskimo is not excepting Comcast e-mail. I still have not had the time or inclination to use Yahoo or complain to Comcast for numerous reasons. So can I ask you a favor? Please delete this part of the e-mail if you worried and post the following question for me if you would. -For the past nine years I have been usinga portable phone with a headset mostly when I am in bed so it is hands-free but I can also clip it to my clothing or strap to carry around the house with me and have the headset on my head so that I do not have to use a Speakerphone all the time. I have gotten this phone from RadioShack the last nine years but we went to our local store and they do not carry them any longer. Well, they had a very similar one but the buttons were so tiny that I can not use it.Very disappointing because they were quite reasonable [$29.95 or $35.95]They do not take up much room at all as one good feature and the second major feature was that they had big buttons. They also came in cool colors like blue or purple.Essentially, the phone itself was probably a size and a half bigger than a deck of cards. I could put the unit into the charger to charge all night long and then use it whenever. The headset was connected directly with a cord. THE HEADSET WAS NOT SEPARATE from the phone.In any case, now I can not find anything similar! It was absolutely perfect for my needs and now I can't find one. To give you an idea of what it looks like you can go to the following site and see. You will see that it is a RadioShack sitehttp://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2102583cp=2032052.2032066pg=9parentPage=familyThis is the exact one we picked upFROM RadioShack today but the buttons are not big enough. Anyway, it gives you an idea of what my other one SORTA looked like. Mine was just a little bit wider to accommodate the bigger buttons.I also live in an area whereby I can not just use voice dialing JUST by saying the person's name. When I lived in New York State ... for four dollars a month for my home phone .. I could get that feature. But that feature is not available anywhere on any plan HERE. Many cell phones come with that option but that is not what I am looking for.Just a nice inexpensive phone like I used to get from RadioShack.Any ideas? Thanks in advance! PS -- my husband just went looking around different stores to no avail. In a city of half a million people you would think you would have some competition.Lori C4/5 complete quad, 27 years post Tucson, Arizona
[QUAD-L] where else can the pain be
Sometimes I will ask my husband to apply pressure here or rub there and I findout that I have told him the wrong place. He says I wear him out before he even finds the area that is hurting me. The pain from the nerves surprise me about the location. When I go to have the botox injections in my legs we will mark my legs the night before. We have to do a a few at a time because I loose the ability to know the exact pinpoint area to shoot. My nerves in my legs are so fragile that the EMG machine is not much help. I think as we all get older we are going to have to deal with all types of pain obstacles. I just don't know what else it can be. Kathy ---BeginMessage--- Hi Diane,And I've found that parts of my body that I hurt post SCI aches a lot more as time passes. Age puts a strain on the body of someone with a SCI.With Love, CtrlAltDel aka DaveC4/5 Complete - 30 Years PostTexas, USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 10/21/2006 4:41:31 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Anyway I'm just curious to know if most of your pain levels increased -- got better -- or remained about the same ??? Dan Hi Dan, As for me they got worse,,,after the 1st year. Diane ---End Message---
Re: [QUAD-L] LYRICA
Drug dogs are rewarded with playtime. When they find, they play. If they don't find... they don't play. Chasing the ball is one game to consider. W In a message dated 10/23/2006 11:22:36 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: We have often said that the dog could bust us for all the meds we keep in our house. I bet he would let Jimmy know if I tried to hide some " pot " in this house. At the University of Mississippi ( Ole Miss ) they do grow pot there for the school of pharmacy. Kathy
Re: [QUAD-L] LYRICA
It's usually called a kong. Its a chew toy the dog associates with play and affection with is his reward for performing tasks. Amazingly enough, service dogs for the blind rarely rely on such toys. The service dogs are so much smarter than drug or bomb dogs that they are often capable of getting their own food and water. I'm not putting drug dogs down because they do a fabulous job, and the bomb sniffers have saved thousands of lives. I'm sure some are probably as smart as service dogs. I did see a guy on tv who had his dog trained to sit in front of people with the largest amount of cash when given the command "where's the money?". lol I do love dogs and wish I had one. john In a message dated 10/23/2006 6:00:41 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Drug dogs are rewarded with playtime. When they find, they play. If they don't find... they don't play. Chasing the ball is one game to consider. W
Re: [QUAD-L] dogs
In a message dated 10/23/2006 6:38:05 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I do love dogs and wish I had one. what a shame your so far away :-) my neighbor has a beautiful dog that she needs to find him a home. he's a good dog but he won't listen to her. he slips his collar often and calls us because after he's done running he comes here for water. once i didn't know he was loose, i went to the sunroom to let mine in and here follows edison...just walks right in. i have 2 too many so we can't take him. if you had a fenced in yard, he'd be good company for a quad. my 3 yr old grand daughter calls him medicine cuz she can't say edison. diane
Re: [QUAD-L] dogs
Don't know what I would do without my 6 month old Great Dane, Gigi. What a difference a pet can make. Paul C5-6 San Diego, CA - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 5:27 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] dogs In a message dated 10/23/2006 6:38:05 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I do love dogs and wish I had one. what a shame your so far away :-) my neighbor has a beautiful dog that she needs to find him a home. he's a good dog but he won't listen to her. he slips his collar often and calls us because after he's done running he comes here for water. once i didn't know he was loose, i went to the sunroom to let mine in and here follows edison...just walks right in. i have 2 too many so we can't take him. if you had a fenced in yard, he'd be good company for a quad. my 3 yr old grand daughter calls him medicine cuz she can't say edison. diane
