[QUAD-L] Jim Mullen
Im sitting here thinking about your situation. It is bull that the pension board refused allowing you to go back to work at the station for 15 a month. I would think if you stir the pot enough maybe you can get that reversed. I really hope you can pull it off...we are all in the same sort of situation with different details. You are doing a good job at getting yourself out there...keep it up Ron c7
[QUAD-L] Fwd: Fw: Audio transcript of the Senate Finance Comm. Community Choice Act H...
** See what's new at http://www.aol.com ---BeginMessage--- - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 8:15 PM Subject: Audio transcript of the Senate Finance Comm. Community Choice Act Hearing from 9/25/07 Hi, For those of you who were unable to tune into the Senate Finance Committee Community Choice Act Hearing on September 25, here is a link where you can hear the whole thing. Go to . http://www.endeavorfreedom.tv/ About a third of the way down the page on the left next to the video list is a link to the Senate Finance Committee CCA Hearing. If you click on #1 the hearing will start, and will go automatically from #1 to #2 and so on. Bob Liston from Montana was asked by Senator Baucus to represent the national disability community on the hearing panel. Other panel members included researcher Mitch LaPlante, University of California, San Francisco; Patrick Flood, Director of Health and Human Services, Vermont; and Kevin Concannon, Director of Health and Human Services, Iowa. Thanks to Zen Garcia of Georgia for capturing the hearing on his EndeavorFreedom site, especially since the Senate Finance Committee seems to have lost their video tape of the hearing because it was held in a room other than the regular Sen. Fin. Comm. Hearing Room. Marsha - --- Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! NATIONAL ADAPT MAILING LIST - Adapt Community Choice Act List http://www.adapt.org ---End Message---
Re: [QUAD-L] Quad Police officer and work
HI,, RON.I WAS CURIOUS ON THIS SUBJECT, I KNOW YOU WERE A POLICE OFFICER ALSO, YOU SAID YOU GOT HURT WHILE OFF DUTY---WERE YOU ABLE TO DRAW A PERCENTAGE LIKE THE OFFICER MENTIONED HERE OR DID IT REQUIRE A CERTAIN LENGTH OF TIME ON THE JOB OR REQUIRE GETTING HURT WHILE ON DUTY?? ALSO DID YOU EVER GET THAT HAND-BIKE AND IF SO HOW DO YOU LIKE DRIVING-RIDING IN IT? DAN H. RONALD L PRACHT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Hi, I think Ill comment on this since I was a Police officer myself back in 98. I think he is really getting a pretty good deal to receive 75 percent of his income before injured. You have to realize he looks like he was a veteran officer when he was injured ..so he was probally bringing in 40 grand or so before injury.75 percent of that isnt bad. I think he should keep his position at the station as volunteer only. This may sound harsh but actually if he was under volunteer status then when he was ill, had a pressure sore or couldnt get an attendant that day it wouldnt be a big deal. As John mentioned which I agree on is we are all going through these same issues, and some of us would love to be able to receive 75 percent of a 40 grand salary to live on. I have much empathy for the mans situation, but hes not anyone special and this sort of things goes on everyday. ron c7
Re: [QUAD-L] quad police
Mr Mullin and his wife Athena, are not members yet. But as friends, I send him copies of many of the postings to review. The posting regarding his dilemma was forwarded to me from Sam Schmidt's secretary and I sent it to the Quad List. I hope this explains Best Wishes In a message dated 10/12/2007 12:26:37 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hey Jim, I wasnt aware you were actually on the list, lol.I thought people were just talking about your situation. Anyway if I was in your shoes and had the backing you have I would do the same thing you are doing. You obviously have friends in the right places, and I sure wouldnt condemn you for taking advantage of that And there is nothing to debate...I was just sticking up for the no name quads that are receiving under 1000 a month to live on. Ron c7 ** See what's new at http://www.aol.com
[QUAD-L] Dan Hearn
Hey, I was a fairly new officer when I was involved in a rollover crash in my personal vehicle. I spent the next 4 months in St. Johns Mercy. My department called my father after 1.5 months and told him that they were seperating from me. My dad then told them we would be speaking to a lawyer regarding the situation. The situation on the evening preceding my accident was my watch commander called me to a meeting on my day off. On the 37 mile trip back home I skidded in a corner and rolled my Geo Tracker convt, was ejected..resulting in a broken neck and damaged spine at the c7 level. After six years of court battles the judge and the review board deemed my accident in the line of duty because I was called in by my superior officer. The sad part to my situation was since I was a Rookie officer I wasnt making much, but I did get 80 percent of my backpay wages paid for the six years I was in court. I took the lump sum settlement for the rest of the deal...which again I was thankful for but didnt amount to near what you would expect. I did hire a financial planner to help me figure out how to make this last and if I live small it might . The hell I went through with nothing but 688.00 a month for my first six years as a quad humbled me to say the least. I couldnt volunteer, work or even mention doing anything during the six years for fear of not getting a dime. I was driven around in a baby blue 1984 ford wheelchair van with no tie downs that I was trapped on at least six occassions. My parents divorced during this time and I was written off by my entire family except for my dad, mom and lil bro. The thing that I did that saved me was I wheeled the 3 mile loop in my neighborhood and met enough people to get me into the swimming program, regional center, and a few other services. Cheerios and a banquet tv dinners was my meal everyday unless mom picked up a burger. My father at that time worked second shift and was gone from 2-12 midnight and I was on my own during those times. He would come home in a rage and ask me why I lived...tell me I should have died and rid him of the burden. I was ready to purchase the bike. I called sportaid and all but I was having issues on where to store it so I held up for the time being. Im still going to do it though. Will tell you about it when I get it. Ron c7
[QUAD-L] PICCs, central lines, and such-- my specialty!
Hi Danny, A PICC is a peripherally inserted central catheter.They're strung through your subclavian, into the large vein to your heart via arm. Usually, they stay in 6 months TOPS. I have a hickman-- a central line tunneled under the skin into the subclavian or jugular vein. The lumens protrude from my upper chest. I have had one for 20 years, because my form of MD destroyed my ability to digest food or medicine, and I had to have my upper intestine removed b/c of infection. I get all my nutrition, fluid, and meds (including antibiotics) via Hickman. They can be left in indefinitely, but are replaced every so often if they break or I have a bloodstream infection. (in most folks.) I'm on my 38th line, so we keep them and treat and cross our fingers. I was released two days ago from my 110th bout of hemosepsis (blood infection). When my Hickman has gotten infected, I have had PICCs. Here at my hospital, they're done as a day procedure if you're a central line virgin. The department of Interventional Radiology does them under fluoroscopy. They CAN theoretically be done bedside, but it is a lot easier of they aren't working blind. Your doctor can order one through interventional radiology by sending in an order for it. I don't think that goes to you in prescription form, I think it gets sent directly over to your hospital. Once you have one, be really careful not to expose the entry site (under a tegaderm) and depending on whether you have one or two lumens, keep the lumen/lumens CLEAN. Home nursing will come out to teach you/your caregiver how to care for it. If you have caregivers to run the antibiotics yourselves, that's cool. If you don't, the nurse will come x-number of times a day, hook it up, clean and flush it. Whenever the dressing is wet, it has to be replaced to avoid hemosepsis. If you want something kind of on call for IV meds, there is something called a mediport.It is placed in the large vein with a reservoir to access it but it stays under the skin. Way less infection, just needs to be flushed with heparin every 3-4 weeks if it is unused, but you can have it accessed and presto, central line when you need it. Way less infection, no worries in showers that the site is wet unaccessed, and it doesn't show unless you're using it. If you have sensation, it is less painful because it is just breaking the skin with the needle, not a vein. And it can stay in indefinitely. You doc can schedule you with a line surgeon, takes 30 minutes in OR under twilight sleep. Rambling today. Bad night. If I can help, please e-mail or send a note via quad-l. Best of luck! Miri Danny Hearn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Lori-- I know a while back you had a picc line for antibiotics. Over the years I have only been hospitalized twice for serious UTI , both those times it was pseudamonas and each time it took nearly a week of IV antibiotics to get me well--each time I got so ill with bad AD and had most of my white blood cells destoyed. In each case my Urologist told me to wait as long as i can to see what happens. Both times I was rushed to the emergency and admitted. Well this Is my 3rd time being diagnosed with Pseudamonas in my Urine culture. We asked the Urologist how to go about getting a picc line for the IV drugsthe only type that can help me because this wacko Urologist made me take cipro every single day for one entire year!! And now the bug is resistant to that. Anyhow he said you don't need any IV drugs now-just wait and lets see what happens..same advice he gave me both other times! My family doc wants to try to help but can't see me till next tuesday---hope I can survive without getting deathly sick...I don't know if this stuff can go away on its own, I'm drinking tons of water, cranberry pills juice-vitamin c and all the usual stuffPlus flushing bladder every 4 days or so with acetic acid when urine gets way to fowl smelling to stand. ( I know i'm rambling but here is my main question How to you go about getting a picc line does a doctor order it or will emergency room? I see my family doc next Tuesday about it. Also---with a picc line does a person just go to the hospital each day or do they come to your home?? Our insurance will allow 20 nurse visits a year but so far I have never used a home nurse. Thanks in advance for any advice Dan H. - Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games.
Re: [QUAD-L] Dan Hearn
Glad that they ruled for you in line of duty and helped you get at least that settlement, Man -- what you had to live on those 1st 6 years indeed would have been tough ! . Also the mental strain of your Dad saying things like that is awful. Glad you survived and found ways to be a bit more independent and found those activities to do. Dan** RONALD L PRACHT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Hey, I was a fairly new officer when I was involved in a rollover crash in my personal vehicle. I spent the next 4 months in St. Johns Mercy. My department called my father after 1.5 months and told him that they were seperating from me. My dad then told them we would be speaking to a lawyer regarding the situation. The situation on the evening preceding my accident was my watch commander called me to a meeting on my day off. On the 37 mile trip back home I skidded in a corner and rolled my Geo Tracker convt, was ejected..resulting in a broken neck and damaged spine at the c7 level. After six years of court battles the judge and the review board deemed my accident in the line of duty because I was called in by my superior officer. The sad part to my situation was since I was a Rookie officer I wasnt making much, but I did get 80 percent of my backpay wages paid for the six years I was in court. I took the lump sum settlement for the rest of the deal...which again I was thankful for but didnt amount to near what you would expect. I did hire a financial planner to help me figure out how to make this last and if I live small it might . The hell I went through with nothing but 688.00 a month for my first six years as a quad humbled me to say the least. I couldnt volunteer, work or even mention doing anything during the six years for fear of not getting a dime. I was driven around in a baby blue 1984 ford wheelchair van with no tie downs that I was trapped on at least six occassions. My parents divorced during this time and I was written off by my entire family except for my dad, mom and lil bro. The thing that I did that saved me was I wheeled the 3 mile loop in my neighborhood and met enough people to get me into the swimming program, regional center, and a few other services. Cheerios and a banquet tv dinners was my meal everyday unless mom picked up a burger. My father at that time worked second shift and was gone from 2-12 midnight and I was on my own during those times. He would come home in a rage and ask me why I lived...tell me I should have died and rid him of the burden. I was ready to purchase the bike. I called sportaid and all but I was having issues on where to store it so I held up for the time being. Im still going to do it though. Will tell you about it when I get it. Ron c7
Re: [QUAD-L] PICCs, central lines, and such-- my specialty!
Thank you for that information Miri, Wow you have been through quite a bit.. hang in there, Dan* Miriam Braunstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Danny, A PICC is a peripherally inserted central catheter.They're strung through your subclavian, into the large vein to your heart via arm. Usually, they stay in 6 months TOPS. I have a hickman-- a central line tunneled under the skin into the subclavian or jugular vein. The lumens protrude from my upper chest. I have had one for 20 years, because my form of MD destroyed my ability to digest food or medicine, and I had to have my upper intestine removed b/c of infection. I get all my nutrition, fluid, and meds (including antibiotics) via Hickman. They can be left in indefinitely, but are replaced every so often if they break or I have a bloodstream infection. (in most folks.) I'm on my 38th line, so we keep them and treat and cross our fingers. I was released two days ago from my 110th bout of hemosepsis (blood infection). When my Hickman has gotten infected, I have had PICCs. Here at my hospital, they're done as a day procedure if you're a central line virgin. The department of Interventional Radiology does them under fluoroscopy. They CAN theoretically be done bedside, but it is a lot easier of they aren't working blind. Your doctor can order one through interventional radiology by sending in an order for it. I don't think that goes to you in prescription form, I think it gets sent directly over to your hospital. Once you have one, be really careful not to expose the entry site (under a tegaderm) and depending on whether you have one or two lumens, keep the lumen/lumens CLEAN. Home nursing will come out to teach you/your caregiver how to care for it. If you have caregivers to run the antibiotics yourselves, that's cool. If you don't, the nurse will come x-number of times a day, hook it up, clean and flush it. Whenever the dressing is wet, it has to be replaced to avoid hemosepsis. If you want something kind of on call for IV meds, there is something called a mediport.It is placed in the large vein with a reservoir to access it but it stays under the skin. Way less infection, just needs to be flushed with heparin every 3-4 weeks if it is unused, but you can have it accessed and presto, central line when you need it. Way less infection, no worries in showers that the site is wet unaccessed, and it doesn't show unless you're using it. If you have sensation, it is less painful because it is just breaking the skin with the needle, not a vein. And it can stay in indefinitely. You doc can schedule you with a line surgeon, takes 30 minutes in OR under twilight sleep. Rambling today. Bad night. If I can help, please e-mail or send a note via quad-l. Best of luck! Miri Danny Hearn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Lori-- I know a while back you had a picc line for antibiotics. Over the years I have only been hospitalized twice for serious UTI , both those times it was pseudamonas and each time it took nearly a week of IV antibiotics to get me well--each time I got so ill with bad AD and had most of my white blood cells destoyed. In each case my Urologist told me to wait as long as i can to see what happens. Both times I was rushed to the emergency and admitted. Well this Is my 3rd time being diagnosed with Pseudamonas in my Urine culture. We asked the Urologist how to go about getting a picc line for the IV drugsthe only type that can help me because this wacko Urologist made me take cipro every single day for one entire year!! And now the bug is resistant to that. Anyhow he said you don't need any IV drugs now-just wait and lets see what happens..same advice he gave me both other times! My family doc wants to try to help but can't see me till next tuesday---hope I can survive without getting deathly sick...I don't know if this stuff can go away on its own, I'm drinking tons of water, cranberry pills juice-vitamin c and all the usual stuffPlus flushing bladder every 4 days or so with acetic acid when urine gets way to fowl smelling to stand. ( I know i'm rambling but here is my main question How to you go about getting a picc line does a doctor order it or will emergency room? I see my family doc next Tuesday about it. Also---with a picc line does a person just go to the hospital each day or do they come to your home?? Our insurance will allow 20 nurse visits a year but so far I have never used a home nurse. Thanks in advance for any advice Dan H. - Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games.
Re: [QUAD-L] Lori--and others familiar with picc line for anti-biotics
Hey Danny, Firstly, I am no specialist except for first-hand experience many many many times. And, to be blunt and perfectly honest, that is most often the best type of specialist! :-) BUT you simply cannot be having *a raging UTI or you would be in bed 24 hours a day with a fever with chills that you can not stand or in the hospital. It has been well over a month now that you have been talking about having a pseudomonas infection.* Either the laboratory is not getting it right (a GREAT possibility) or it is not affecting you very badly or you would be in the shape that I mentioned above. And most definitely not being able to write an e-mail. Pseudomonas is an aggressive pathogen. It is not like E. coli or some other ones that can exist for long long periods of time without any symptoms. When I get an infection I feel like I am going to die... like I said before until the correct the antibiotic and ibuprofen brings down the high fever ... one that will not go down until it either kills me or it responds to the medications.. If these goings on with you is not the laboratory (and without being so redundant) your urologist is a total quack and a jerk. If you go back to him I am going to commit you to an insane asylum myself! LOL. But seriously! I would be asking him so many questions or turning him into the state board for not treating you for a pseudomonas infection. Unless you are non-symptomatic which seems to be the case or you would not be able to function. In any case... none of this story jives. If you already HAVE a urinary tract infection... trying to flush out your system with lotsa water, taking cranberry pills and juices as well as vitamin C is not going to do crap! All of those things are only preventatives... not treatments!!! What Miriam said about PICC lines was correct and well written. BUT, if the laboratory is wrong and the diagnosis is wrong... the LAST thing that you want to do to yourself is having the most powerful form of antibiotics going into your system if you do not need them. Because, as you know, if there is a time when you REALLY need them... they may not work. -- Now I will add my two cents about the last two summers (not including this last one but the two before) about what I had to do to get rid of my two different infections that were only going to respond to IV antibiotics... and one better make sure that they are the right antibiotics taboot! *A doctor of course has to order that it has been determined that no oral antibiotics will work on the type of infection* *you have. That being the case... IV antibiotics are the only other option*. I am trying to remember the exact order of events but I believe that my doctor gave me the prescription and I contacted the area of the hospital that puts in PICC lines and I chose a day/time (of course as soon as possible) they had open and I could get over there. Most hospitals only have two specialists that work together in a small area of the hospital *and their only expertise (job or existence there) is putting in these lines.* So anyway... I go over and have inserted. It goes into the arm and then thread carefully it into your chest cavity. You do not feel a thing for the most part except for the pinprick of the entry. But because I am such a baby I always have them choose a spot where I have no feeling. After it is inserted... they take a quick x-ray that can be done in your chair to make sure that it is in the proper place in the chest. After that, I go home and the home health agency is responsible for coming once a day to administer the dose of antibiotics and flush the line twice to keep it clear of clots or anything else. About 90 minutes. Both in the summers of 95 and 96... it was a 10 day course. The line can stay in longer and it probably should stay in until another specimen of your urine takes place to make sure that the antibiotics hit it. Otherwise you are going to have to go through having the line put in all over again. Like another person on the list recently mentioned (pardon me as I have forgotten at this moment) ... one of the IV antibiotics was called Zosyn. Come to find out later... a pharmacist told my husband that Zosyn was essentially only a stasis drug. In other words it is not an aggressive attacker as an antibiotic like one needs to have when they have a serious infection like Pseudomonas or Proteus Mirabilis (the 2 big bad infections that I was dealing with that were resistant to oral antibiotics). To be honest... pharmacists usually know much more about antibiotics and their functions since that is their job! So the 10 day course of Zosyn in the summer of 95 was a really bad call on the part of my doctor... my regular physician at that time. I have left him since. He was a jerk. Also, because Medicare is my only insurance... it only pays for the antibiotic. When you have a PICC line put in... local pharmaceutical
[QUAD-L] 15 years married 25 together ~ wow
Hi All, Pete I met when I was 9 years post. I'm C 5,6 motor cross jumping accident 1973. We just celebrated 15 years married 25 living together. Pete has been my soul care giver 24/7 for well over 20 years. I'm mentioning this to those of you not yet in a relationship. There is someone out there for you. I found Pete in a bar. ~ Peace ~ Bobbie Pete ** See what's new at http://www.aol.com
Re: [QUAD-L] Lori--and others familiar with picc line for anti-biotics
Thanks Lori-- I never get fevers ever---this amazes some of the doctors, I can be on my deathbed but no fevers. I went 5 months uti free the September 5th I came down with this bad one I got now, my family doc had a culture done then but had more than 2 organisms as always, so the lab threw it out...my family doc gave me 10 days of macrobid and that only slowed it down and reduced the fowl smell,,after the macrobid ran out then came the horrible bladder pain again and very fowl smelling urine. Ran a 2nd culture and got pseudamonas results. Family doc office said call the urologist and tell him because he is on vacation and can't see me till next Tuesday. So that is where I am at now,,, waiting in severe pain, thank god for Vicodin. The Acetic acid is keeping me from the emergency room I think because it backs it off but only for a while. I always know when I get a bad uti because the pain and awful smell and cloudy urine plus I get severe Bladder and Body spasms. I never get bad body spasms any other time. Take careI will have my wife flush my bladder again tonight or in the morning. Oh this Quad life is grand LOL Dan Lori Michaelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Hey Danny, Firstly, I am no specialist except for first-hand experience many many many times. And, to be blunt and perfectly honest, that is most often the best type of specialist! :-) BUT you simply cannot be having a raging UTI or you would be in bed 24 hours a day with a fever with chills that you can not stand or in the hospital. It has been well over a month now that you have been talking about having a pseudomonas infection. Either the laboratory is not getting it right (a GREAT possibility) or it is not affecting you very badly or you would be in the shape that I mentioned above. And most definitely not being able to write an e-mail. Pseudomonas is an aggressive pathogen. It is not like E. coli or some other ones that can exist for long long periods of time without any symptoms. When I get an infection I feel like I am going to die... like I said before until the correct the antibiotic and ibuprofen brings down the high fever ... one that will not go down until it either kills me or it responds to the medications.. If these goings on with you is not the laboratory (and without being so redundant) your urologist is a total quack and a jerk. If you go back to him I am going to commit you to an insane asylum myself! LOL. But seriously! I would be asking him so many questions or turning him into the state board for not treating you for a pseudomonas infection. Unless you are non-symptomatic which seems to be the case or you would not be able to function. In any case... none of this story jives. If you already HAVE a urinary tract infection... trying to flush out your system with lotsa water, taking cranberry pills and juices as well as vitamin C is not going to do crap! All of those things are only preventatives... not treatments!!! What Miriam said about PICC lines was correct and well written. BUT, if the laboratory is wrong and the diagnosis is wrong... the LAST thing that you want to do to yourself is having the most powerful form of antibiotics going into your system if you do not need them. Because, as you know, if there is a time when you REALLY need them... they may not work. -- Now I will add my two cents about the last two summers (not including this last one but the two before) about what I had to do to get rid of my two different infections that were only going to respond to IV antibiotics... and one better make sure that they are the right antibiotics taboot! A doctor of course has to order that it has been determined that no oral antibiotics will work on the type of infection you have. That being the case... IV antibiotics are the only other option . I am trying to remember the exact order of events but I believe that my doctor gave me the prescription and I contacted the area of the hospital that puts in PICC lines and I chose a day/time (of course as soon as possible) they had open and I could get over there. Most hospitals only have two specialists that work together in a small area of the hospital and their only expertise (job or existence there) is putting in these lines. So anyway... I go over and have inserted. It goes into the arm and then thread carefully it into your chest cavity. You do not feel a thing for the most part except for the pinprick of the entry. But because I am such a baby I always have them choose a spot where I have no feeling. After it is inserted... they take a quick x-ray that can be done in your chair to make sure that it is in the proper place in the chest. After that, I go home and the home health agency is responsible for coming once a day to administer the
Re: [QUAD-L] Voice activated phone Finally
We came across that site a little over a year ago. That dude, if he makes many or any sales at all, is robbing people blind. Firstly he wants that astronomical amount of money just for the phone! Over $600! Then, if you really really really examine closely everything else you would need for your bed, for your wheelchair, etc. etc. etc. that are really only little wires or little plastic parts... the total bill gets up to around $1400. And that is before even beginning to talk about the phone service bill! We were considering it until we examined it much closer. What people try to get away with. And it is a shame that it seems to be another quad that is robbing other quads/severely disabled folks in a manner of speaking. Lori C4/5 complete quad, 28 years post Tucson, AZ On 10/11/07, RollinOn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here it is folks and it looks like what everyone's been asking for and more. HYPERLINK http://store.accesstr.com/Search.bok?category=Aids+for+Daily+LivingpageID=1 * http://store.accesstr.com/Search.bok?category=Aids+for+Daily+LivingpageID=1 * Mark Jackson 501-840-2291
[QUAD-L] BEWARE! *Sink Testing* in the labs....
*Within the lab... it is the lab technicians who call this phenomenon *sink testing*.* Even though this is not something new it is probably running rampant now more than ever. Sink Testing It was in the 1970s that my husband was a Chief Laboratory Technician with his own laboratory in a medium-sized hospital. In other words... all the other technicians worked under him and he trained them and he was the head honcho. So he was the one doing and overlooking all laboratory work including bloodwork, urinalysis, etc. etc. etc.. On so many occasions he would see other lazy technicians who were simply too lazy to say, for example, run the test for ordered blood gases (to be run on a person which is very important) ... and simply just dump the blood *down the* *sink* and ONLY write down numbers (just flat out not doing their job). In other words, the test never took place! Of course my husband had a boss and there was one occasion when my husband saw an equal colleague doing this all the time. He reported it to his boss who would not, or cared not, to do anything about it. So, with my husband's set of ethics and morals he just told them that he was going to report it and did not want to work in such a facility and moved on. I should mention here that my husband worked in several hospitals in several states as he was going through school and so on. So he has seen this many times in many places. But the point I want to make is that I know unequivocally that more and more and more of this is going on still today. Cuz of lazy, incompetent lab techs. Instead of doing a urine culture, as another example, a technician might just do a simple urinalysis or just sink test it which means pouring it down the drain and just writing down the name of any bug OR that the test was negative. Just plain laziness but so detrimental to so many patients! I have experienced the latter several times within the last year. I know that I experienced it firsthand but proving it is another matter. After I had my big bladder stones removed... I still had some systemic (fever) infections and after 25 years of being a quad... I KNOW exactly how my body responds to a bad UTI when it involves a fever I shake and shake and shake until I think I am going to die. I of course immediately send a urine specimen to the laboratory. Over the last year and a half it has been taken to my urologist's office and they send it out to the laboratory that they use for culture and sensitivities. Three or four different times the results came back negative! I have a high fever, the most awful looking urine, and the tests come back negative? I don't think so but I can't prove it! Since I had the antibiotics on hand (that the bug in question fortunately responded to!) I took them and treated myself. I had no choice unless I wanted to put myself in grave danger. The other problem is that the doctor begins not to believe you and they do not have the spine to question the laboratory. God help everyone! It's a nasty medical world out there... Lori C4/5 complete quad, 28 years post Tucson, AZ
Re: [QUAD-L] 15 years married 25 together ~ wow
At the end of next month... my husband and I will hit the aluminum anniversary of 10 years of marriage! That makes me laugh to think that 10 years is the tinny, aluminum anniversary year! I think it should at least be a ruby or something! I guess I could give my husband one of the many, many empty tin cans we have around. LOL. But, if I can pull it off and because he is so hard to buy for, I think I know what I'm going to try to get him. I can't even tell you guys until it is complete because it is a secret. I also inherited three stepchildren at the time of our marriage but two of them were already on their own and in college and the daughter was with her mother. But they all know me and the 27-year-old has three kids already so I am a stepgrandmother of three as well! My husband was my knight in shining armor whom I met online and rescued me from an assisted living facility that I moved into after my Ex-Significant Other decided he wanted to move on after 12 years. All in all, since I lost my parents very young and have always had little family left... I feel like I have been blessed with men in my life as partners in life and, in my current situation, the real deal-- commitment equals marriage! He has saved my life on so many occasions for someone a different reason that I can't even count them! We both wish we had met each other long, long ago but things happen for a reason so here we are and every moment is cherished! ~Love and Marriage, Love and Marriage... ...~ Lori C4/5 complete quad, 28 years post Tucson, AZ On 10/12/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: *Hi All,* * Pete I met when I was 9 years post. I'm C 5,6 motor cross jumping accident 1973. We just celebrated 15 years married 25 living together. Pete has been my soul care giver 24/7 for well over 20 years. * * I'm mentioning this to those of you not yet in a relationship. There is someone out there for you. I found Pete in a bar.* * ~ Peace ~ Bobbie Pete*
Re: [QUAD-L] 15 years married 25 together ~ wow
Consider that many modern marriages failure before the ink dries on the marriage certificate. You have not only beat the odds, you guys together had done it in style with merits! For this, you deserve nothing but the very best in wishes for both of your futures and the continuing success of your marriage. Best Wishes W In a message dated 10/12/2007 6:08:30 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: He has saved my life on so many occasions for someone a different reason that I can't even count them! We both wish we had met each other long, long ago but things happen for a reason so here we are and every moment is cherished! ~Love and Marriage, Love and Marriage... ...~ Lori C4/5 complete quad, 28 years post Tucson, AZ ** See what's new at http://www.aol.com
Re: [QUAD-L] Quad Police officer and work
I believe the primary focus of the story was to highlight how the majority of disabled people who want to work are unable to do to stupid constraints in the law. Just my opinion. Quadius On 10/11/07, RONALD L PRACHT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I think Ill comment on this since I was a Police officer myself back in 98. I think he is really getting a pretty good deal to receive 75 percent of his income before injured. You have to realize he looks like he was a veteran officer when he was injured ..so he was probally bringing in 40 grand or so before injury.75 percent of that isnt bad. I think he should keep his position at the station as volunteer only. This may sound harsh but actually if he was under volunteer status then when he was ill, had a pressure sore or couldnt get an attendant that day it wouldnt be a big deal. As John mentioned which I agree on is we are all going through these same issues, and some of us would love to be able to receive 75 percent of a 40 grand salary to live on. I have much empathy for the mans situation, but hes not anyone special and this sort of things goes on everyday. ron c7
[QUAD-L] Total humiliation
This afternoon was such a total dignity sucker that I'm too embarrassed to even post the e-mail I wrote about it. I've had MD all my life, and I know I ought to know better, but I don't ever want to leave my house again. Hope all are OK, Miri - Tonight's top picks. What will you watch tonight? Preview the hottest shows on Yahoo! TV.
[QUAD-L] SCI Marriage
WThat is so very true that it is scary. The spinal cord injury population that faces many, many, many challenges and is able to handle a marriage is pretty good! Especially compared to the fully able-bodied population! We have had our share of challenges that would break apart probably 99% of an able-bodied marriage in a year or less but I must attribute our marriage to the strength and character that my husband has. -- He has sacrificed his job for me. -- He has sacrificed his health and well-being for me. -- There has been family estrangement unnecessary and unwanted but happened. -- I have had back-to-back urinary tract infections for seven years and two wounds that took away a year of my life as well as his since he is my primary caregiver. -- We have had to move twice because of those government jobs that play with people's lives. -- We have hated the places we have had to put up with to live in. Our list is endless but our devotion to each other is not. Thanks W! Lori C4/5 complete quad, 28 years post Tucson, AZ --- On 10/12/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Consider that many modern marriages failure before the ink dries on the marriage certificate. You have not only beat the odds, you guys together had done it in style with merits! For this, you deserve nothing but the very best in wishes for both of your futures and the continuing success of your marriage. Best Wishes W In a message dated 10/12/2007 6:08:30 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: He has saved my life on so many occasions for someone a different reason that I can't even count them! We both wish we had met each other long, long ago but things happen for a reason so here we are and every moment is cherished! ~Love and Marriage, Love and Marriage... ...~ Lori C4/5 complete quad, 28 years post Tucson, AZ -- Lori C4/5 complete quad, 27 years post Tucson, AZ
[QUAD-L] Re: SCI Marriage
In a message dated 10/12/2007 8:48:32 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Our list is endless but our devotion to each other is not. Thanks W! Lori C4/5 complete quad, 28 years post Tucson, AZ And that is what makes love stories so interesting. Again best wishes W ** See what's new at http://www.aol.com
Re: [QUAD-L] Total humiliation
Miri, I am not sure what happened to you. But it will be better tomorrow. AB people are actually more accepting than you think. No matter what happened, it will be ok. Hang in there~!!! And please...You HAVE to go out ! It was a bad day but they will not always be like that...I promise. ((( HUGS))) Amy Miriam Braunstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This afternoon was such a total dignity sucker that I'm too embarrassed to even post the e-mail I wrote about it. I've had MD all my life, and I know I ought to know better, but I don't ever want to leave my house again. Hope all are OK, Miri - Tonight's top picks. What will you watch tonight? Preview the hottest shows on Yahoo! TV. - Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! FareChase.
