Re: [QUAD-L] Good health To All !!
Hi Gary, Welcome to the list! Lots of good people information here. I'm Lindaf living with a C4-5 complete injury, gunshot wound. I live in NW, IN, Valparaiso I live alone in my apt, except for right now I have another friend staying with me until her apt is finished. It is in my apt complex, it will be ready Dec 12. Andrea is also on this list but she is in the hospital with another UTI.. Anyway welcome. Lindaf
Re: [QUAD-L] Good health To All !!
Hi Gary, Welcome aboard. I'm c5, 34 yrs post, trampoline accident. Tim The QUADLINK Gary Rock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Everyone, . My name is Gary I am new to this site. I've Been a Quad for about 4 1/2 years now. C-5 Incomplete. Trying to maintain my health as we all are. Would like to wish everybody the best of health and try to help others if I can. Thanks y'all, Gary - Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you with Yahoo Mobile. Try it now.
RE: [QUAD-L] Runtime error
What operating system are you running? Did you install any new software recently? Also it would help to know are you running preferred or another version? Danny Espinoza 24/m/California Occupation before accident - Network engineer / SR. Network security engineer Broke c2,c6,c7 and doner bone at c2 TBI from blood going to central cortex from spinal cord off a vent woohoo however only one diaphragm works right now due to asymmetric SCI http://secureminds.us/ From: Angie Novak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 12:08 PM To: Quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: [QUAD-L] Runtime error Hey everybody- I've been using Dragon NaturallySpeaking version 9 since August 2006. About a week and a half ago a message started popping up at random, causing dragon to not hear me. It's happening more often now and it is a major inconvenience and hassle. This is one of the few sites I can go to now without it happening. I get the error message that the application caused the runtime error to terminate it in an unusual way. I tried going to Nuance's website for technical support, but the runtime error pops up when I go to it. It's frustrating. Has anyone else had this problem?. Does anyone know how to fix it? Thanks for your help!- Angie Novak _ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51438/*http:/www.yahoo.com/r/hs your homepage.
Re: [QUAD-L] Good health To All !!
Welcome to the list Gary! Tell us more about yourself like where you are from and what you do! Lori Michaelson C4/5 complete quad, 28 years post Tucson, AZ On Nov 30, 2007 8:12 AM, Gary Rock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Everyone, . My name is Gary I am new to this site. I've Been a Quad for about 4 1/2 years now. C-5 Incomplete. Trying to maintain my health as we all are. Would like to wish everybody the best of health and try to help others if I can. Thanks y'all, Gary -- Lori C4/5 complete quad, 27 years post Tucson, AZ
RE: [QUAD-L] Good health To All !!
Hello Gary, Welcome to the quad list! Silas From: Gary Rock [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 9:13 AM To: Quadriplegic Subject: [QUAD-L] Good health To All !! Hello Everyone, . My name is Gary I am new to this site. I've Been a Quad for about 4 1/2 years now. C-5 Incomplete. Trying to maintain my health as we all are. Would like to wish everybody the best of health and try to help others if I can. Thanks y'all, Gary
[QUAD-L] Runtime error
Hey everybody- I've been using Dragon NaturallySpeaking version 9 since August 2006. About a week and a half ago a message started popping up at random, causing dragon to not hear me. It's happening more often now and it is a major inconvenience and hassle. This is one of the few sites I can go to now without it happening. I get the error message that the application caused the runtime error to terminate it in an unusual way. I tried going to Nuance's website for technical support, but the runtime error pops up when I go to it. It's frustrating. Has anyone else had this problem?. Does anyone know how to fix it? Thanks for your help!- Angie Novak - Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage.
Re: [QUAD-L] Good health To All !!
Welcome to the list Gary ! Where are you from and how did you get injured if you don't mind us asking? from time to time, us regulars post where we live and how our injuries happened, to help us keep up and to inform the newer members. Thanks, Dan H. C-6 10 1/2 years post injury ( car accident ) St. Louis, Missouri General Area. Gary Rock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Everyone, . My name is Gary I am new to this site. I've Been a Quad for about 4 1/2 years now. C-5 Incomplete. Trying to maintain my health as we all are. Would like to wish everybody the best of health and try to help others if I can. Thanks y'all, Gary
[QUAD-L] New Doc
I want to change my Primary Care Doc. Mine just doesn't understand my issues. He has always been helpful, as in doing what I asked, but just didn't take my AD seriously enough for me. I have been using a Dr Alcott at St Joseph, in Phoenix as a Specialist a few times. I'll ask her next week. But who would you recommend in the Phx area? My insurance needs them to be a Primary Care or Internal Medicine. Pacific Care, Secure Horizon. I'd like my docs to be connected better. The hospital gave me strong antibiotic that are killing my stomach, causing cramps, etc., and more Dysreflexia. I'd like to get shots or IV antibiotics. My Primary wouldn't change the orders. I understand since he didn't really get much info from the hospital as to why I'm getting them. But I can tell he doesn't like how much paperwork I am. Thx, Greg
[QUAD-L] Good health To All !!
Hello Everyone, . My name is Gary I am new to this site. I've Been a Quad for about 4 1/2 years now. C-5 Incomplete. Trying to maintain my health as we all are. Would like to wish everybody the best of health and try to help others if I can. Thanks y'all, Gary
Re: [QUAD-L] Good health To All !!
Hiya Gary Where are you located and what's your story. Best Wishes W **Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest products. (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop000301)
Re: [QUAD-L] subscribe subscribe subscribe subscribe
Hi Glenn, Hey, my friend, I think you've made it back on the Quad-List. Or, as they call it in the movie, OZ! With Love, CtrlAltDel aka Dave C4/5 Complete - 31 Years Post Texas, USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Let's try it again. Would you please place me back on the quad-list? Glenn - Check out AOL Money Finance's list of the hottest products and top money wasters of 2007.
Re: [QUAD-L] Good health To All !!
Hi Gary, Welcome to the Quad-List. This is a great Site to stay connected to others that know what it takes to get it done every day. Stay strong. With Love, CtrlAltDel aka Dave C4/5 Complete - 31 Years Post Texas, USA Gary Rock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Everyone, . My name is Gary I am new to this site. I've Been a Quad for about 4 1/2 years now. C-5 Incomplete. Trying to maintain my health as we all are. Would like to wish everybody the best of health and try to help others if I can. Thanks y'all, Gary
[QUAD-L] Mattresses_getting them quick before your body reacts
I don't know why the subject was not changed so I changed it. Anyway, because of what John said about his air mattress going at the most inopportune time... THAT is precisely why I keep one or two of those waffle air mattresses on hand! They can easily be found at www.ehob.com and always have a brand-new one on hand no matter what the case. Right now, my alternating air mattress is electric for the airflow but if the electric goes out overnight... I am in just as much comfort and setting my body up for trouble. The waffle air mattresses are not electric but they come with a pump to put in the right amount of air. They have* never ever*caused me any red marks or pressure points. Perhaps you were not a Boy Scout? LOL. Be Prepared! And I was no Boy Scout! But that is my motto after all the problems I have had. Live and learn, live and learn. Lori Michaelson C4/5 complete quad, 28 years post Tucson, AZ On Nov 29, 2007 3:39 PM, John S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The air mattress I had died, well, the motor did. I went and bought a twin innerspring which was all I could afford. It was last Saturday and a holiday weekend meaning very few places were open and my selection was very small. I got a couple foam toppers, total waste. They don't do anything at all. I have a small flat pyramid of blankets and pillows placed strategically on the mattress. After a few minutes I feel as if I'm on cement. It is way too hard to lay on either hip. My spine is very misaligned and it just gets worse as time goes on. I had a dream I was being run over on a highway and woke up to find my pulse was making my low back and left hip hurt in short sharp spikes of pain. I've been back to using marijuana and tylenol pm's with my hydrocodone to get to sleep but it rarely lasts 2 hours. Doctors have written prescriptions. A wound care doctor and my regular doctor but medicare and medicaid are not responding to the DME or the doctors. I keep rearranging pillows because I'm anything but straight and this thing is flat. Medicare has bought me a mattress once in 32 years and they have never paid for a bed. I spent about 1.5 hours on hold with a lady that refused to give me her name earlier today and I was being really nice to her. Needless to say, the hold finally went off and I was disconnected. My brother in law got an old waffle type alternating pressure pad working but it died last night and I don't think it's fixable. It wasn't helping anyway. If anyone has any ideas, I would try anything. Thank you for your interest. Everyone that sees it can't believe it. Thanks for caring, john - Original Message From: Papillon MF [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: John S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 3:30:37 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Another trip to Casa ER What's wrong with your mattress John? Marie-France - Original Message - *From:* John S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] *To:* quad-list@eskimo.com *Sent:* Thursday, November 29, 2007 10:41 AM *Subject:* Re: [QUAD-L] Another trip to Casa ER It is no wonder this list is so quiet,, everyone has gotten sick! It isn't easy to write on here when you get depressed with UTI's, migrating syrinxi (ok, What is the plural?) and the anti biotic treatments? I'm going for some pity here, I've been sleeping on a mattress that is about the most pain full damn thing. I haven't slept more than 2 hours in a month now. (If I seem mean I appologize to the point where, Im so tired.) God Bless ya'll, Hope you feel better. john - Original Message From: Danny Hearn [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Greg [EMAIL PROTECTED]; quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 11:31:36 AM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Another trip to Casa ER Sure hope things get better for you Greg, Yes our Quad body's can be hard to figure out at times, especially with AD and not always knowing the Cause. I suffer a lot from a syrinx that has been causing me increased pain and problems with my entire left shoulder and arm., I'm hoping it don't continue to get worse. Hang in thereDan H. c-6 10.5 years post *Greg [EMAIL PROTECTED]* wrote: I was in the ER/Hospital for 4 days a month ago, just very sick, shaky, etc. Of course it's a UTI. Never really felt good since then. But then a month later, I was into the ER again. This time admitted for 3 days. Still not sure exactly what the cause was. While just ending my B-Program, I got a very bad headache, not fun… BPresure was 170/1??. Obviously AD, but never had it that bad before. Many tests, but no clear cause. This time I went to the big city hospital ( Phoenix , St Joseph 's rather than the local one) much better care for sure. Not been a good month, Greg -- Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you with Yahoo Mobile. Try it now.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51731/*http://mobile.yahoo.com/sports;_ylt=At9_qDKvtAbMuh1G1SQtBI7ntAcJ
Re: [QUAD-L] Mattresses_getting them quick before your body reacts
In a message dated 11/30/2007 4:12:33 P.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I don't know why the subject was not changed so I changed it. Anyway, because of what John said about his air mattress going at the most inopportune time... THAT is precisely why I keep one or two of those waffle air mattresses on hand! They can easily be found at _www.ehob.com_ (http://www.ehob.com/) and always have a brand-new one on hand no matter what the case. EHOB is good. I pick them up at the resale shop for 6-8 bucks. Sometimes with the grey hand pump. Just follow the instructions about not over-filling. Best Wishes **Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest products. (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop000301)
Re: [QUAD-L] oh no not another with a syrinx
Like John Ron ... they summed it up pretty well! I did have surgery but only because I could not take the abdominal pain and hellacious full-body spasms. I was diagnosed formally in 1994, did six months of research because at that time I had not even heard of this condition... and then got three different opinions from three different neurosurgeons. At that time... none of them were really apathetic towards surgery but they weren't pushy either. Even at the best hospitals like Craig Hospital in Denver [Englewood actually] ... they will tell you that there is only a 50-50 chance of relief. Also... the shunts that are put into drain the syrinx into a body cavity usually do not last more than three years or so. Having a syrinx (collection of natural cerebral spinal fluid) forming within the spinal cord makes paralysis a piece of cake for most of us. But I would not choose surgery unless you are losing movement. I was desperate because of the pain and spasms but my first surgery nearly killed me because of the arrogant surgeon and I had to have it redone (another nightmare that almost killed me). I now will not let even the best of surgeons get near my spinal cord unless I am on my last life. The current preferred surgical treatment of syringomyelia is untethering the cord and collapsing the syrinx, not shunting (because, as you said, they get blocked.) Check threads on this in the CareCure forums (sciwire.com.) Alan -- --- Posted by alanh77[at]comcast.net using MR/2 ICE Newsreader #564 Proudly using eComstation 1.2R (OEM OS/2) BBS - The Nerve Center Telnet FidoNet 261/1000 tncbbs.no-ip.com ---
