Re: [QUAD-L] Unidentified subject!
funny, I remember that clearly too. I asked them not to cut it then heard the scissors. Sunday will be my 24th anniversary. dianna I did hear the clippers as they shaved off most of my hair and the drill as they prepared to place the Crutchfield tongs in my head, but that was all. -Original Message- From: jume jume9...@comcast.net To: Nan nlg52...@yahoo.com; quad-list quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Thu, Jun 12, 2014 1:24 pm Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Unidentified subject! Wow, Nan, that was almost exactly my story, from my boyfriend being there to them cutting off a borrowed swimsuit. Some things you never forget. Meredith From: Nan nlg52...@yahoo.com To: quad-list quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 4:34:18 PM Subject: [QUAD-L] Unidentified subject! June 7, 1968. A day just like today. It was a Friday ... I woke up, did all my primping and went to school ... I was a sophomore in HS and my world was perfect. My parents had opened our pool earlier in the week, so I had invited my best friend and our boyfriends over for a swim after school. We got home about 2:30 and headed out back - full of youthful enthusiasm. We hit the pool playfully, used the diving board and the slide ... we were having a blast. Sometime before 3:30 (the details about time are a bit fuzzy), I took my last step. I walked to the slide, climbed the ladder, put my hands over my head and gracefully slid down hands first. The minute my head hit the water I felt a zing and everything stopped. I just floated in the water ... it felt like I was doing the jellyfish (aka dead man's) float, but I realized I couldn't move. I knew I was in trouble, and wondered if anyone else knew it. I directed my thoughts to my boyfriend ... Paul, help me. Please, see me. Please He was the only one who realized I wasn't playing. (I think I do believe in telepathy.) They pulled me up into the air, and I could breathe again. The next thing I remember is laying on the pool deck. It was hard to get a deep breath, but I was breathing on my own. People kept putting my hands across my stomach, and they would just fall off... again and again. I still don't know why they did that. Eventually a sheriff came - he wanted to do artificial respiration, but my neighbor sternly told him not to lay a f***ing finger on me. I was shocked to hear an adult use that word ... no one I knew used it back then. Finally an ambulance came, about 45 minutes after my accident. They lifted me onto their gurney (no manual stabilization, no C-collar, no back board), slid me into the back of the ambulance and placed a sandbag on either side of my neck. We rode to the hospital with one guy kneeling over me holding the sand bags and the other blaring the siren the whole way. Gave me one hell of a headache! At the hospital they cut off my bathing suit - I was so embarrassed. I was also appalled ... it was a borrowed suit after all - I scolded them for wrecking it. My memories start to fade out at that point. I did hear the clippers as they shaved off most of my hair and the drill as they prepared to place the Crutchfield tongs in my head, but that was all. Much later, I found out that the doctors had given me a 5% chance ... of surviving. I am 62 years old, and have forgotten so much of my life, yet these memories remain crystal clear. Time has not clouded them. You'd think by now these memories would only bring remembrance ... not regret and sorrow. Usually I celebrate each anniversary - the survival of one more year. This year, however, it's hit me hard. I am not needed as I once was. I am so lonely. Being dependent on others sucks. I want a do over - another chance. I don't want to be a quad any more. Thanks, O Quads, for being there to hear me.
[QUAD-L] medicine for sores
Hi everyone, When I was in the hospital getting chemo, my doctor (oncologist) started me on some stuff you might be interested in. I always had to fight open sores in the groin area. he prescribed Nystop powder or Econazole Nitrate Cream. The powder worked best for me. We wipe the cracks with a wet cloth in the morning and 'pat' it dry with a bounty sheet. (softer) Then softly put the powder on so it won't cake. If it helped me in that area, I thought if others were having the same problem or others, you may want to consider it. I still use the powder everyday to keep it dry and medicated. Dianna
[QUAD-L] Dreams
For weeks now I've been waking up every few hours, with panic dreams. My heart is racing, pounding. My breathing is heavy, and I feel like I need to get up. I haven't changed meds or anything. If it was just waking up in the morning like that I could handle it, but it's like 5 times a night. Often I think I can't breath. Other times I'm getting chased by a mob, etc. I'm so tired. Greg
RE: [QUAD-L] medicine for sores
Thanks..I fight them in the smiley face area of my butt cheeks J I wonder if these are fungal treatments? Nicki From: diannal...@aol.com [mailto:diannal...@aol.com] Sent: Friday, June 13, 2014 5:49 PM To: quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: [QUAD-L] medicine for sores Hi everyone, When I was in the hospital getting chemo, my doctor (oncologist) started me on some stuff you might be interested in. I always had to fight open sores in the groin area. he prescribed Nystop powder or Econazole Nitrate Cream. The powder worked best for me. We wipe the cracks with a wet cloth in the morning and 'pat' it dry with a bounty sheet. (softer) Then softly put the powder on so it won't cake. If it helped me in that area, I thought if others were having the same problem or others, you may want to consider it. I still use the powder everyday to keep it dry and medicated. Dianna
Fwd: [QUAD-L] Dreams
Panic attacks. About four years ago I began having them at night. Not as frequent as yours, but I still felt like I was going to explode. It was horrible. My doc gave me a small dose of Xanax to take at bedtime. I haven't had one since. Good luck. -- Forwarded message -- From: *greg* g...@eskimo.com Date: Friday, June 13, 2014 Subject: [QUAD-L] Dreams To: quad-list@eskimo.com For weeks now I've been waking up every few hours, with panic dreams. My heart is racing, pounding. My breathing is heavy, and I feel like I need to get up. I haven't changed meds or anything. If it was just waking up in the morning like that I could handle it, but it's like 5 times a night. Often I think I can't breath. Other times I'm getting chased by a mob, etc. I'm so tired. Greg
Re: [QUAD-L] Dreams
I have been having a similar problem, but not as often. I usually have it a couple of times a night. I have found putting my TV on a timer and listening to a historical-based documentary has helped me get to sleep without having these terrible dreams. If they keep up, I might consider asking for medication. Quadius On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 8:20 PM, Larry Willis lwillis82...@gmail.com wrote: Panic attacks. About four years ago I began having them at night. Not as frequent as yours, but I still felt like I was going to explode. It was horrible. My doc gave me a small dose of Xanax to take at bedtime. I haven't had one since. Good luck. -- Forwarded message -- From: *greg* g...@eskimo.com Date: Friday, June 13, 2014 Subject: [QUAD-L] Dreams To: quad-list@eskimo.com For weeks now I've been waking up every few hours, with panic dreams. My heart is racing, pounding. My breathing is heavy, and I feel like I need to get up. I haven't changed meds or anything. If it was just waking up in the morning like that I could handle it, but it's like 5 times a night. Often I think I can't breath. Other times I'm getting chased by a mob, etc. I'm so tired. Greg
Re: [QUAD-L] Dreams
Another drug that works well to calm you and wont hurt you is lorezapam. You can take a 1mg pill and it helps out a lot. I have dealt with the crazy dreams at night. When Im experiencing pain or when im dysreflexic from needing to urinate my dreams get more intense. One more thing to add is activity during the day to wear you out helps you sleep. Obviously your level of function depends on how much you can wear yourself out. When I wheel my chair at least a mile or attach my handcycle and do a few miles Im in a better mood, less pain and sleep better. Each person can probally figure some activity to tire themselves out, maybe a handcycle on a table like at rehab or have some 20 min routine you do with moving your arms or a light freeweight attached to a cuff. There is a guy on youtube that sets up basic simple workout routines for people in chairs that require very little. I set goal for myself of 30 miles each month on my attachable rio dragonfly handcycle. I document the miles and write it all down. It helps my mind and the pain from my syrinx and hernia. Good luck Ron On Friday, June 13, 2014 8:23 PM, Quadius quad...@gmail.com wrote: I have been having a similar problem, but not as often. I usually have it a couple of times a night. I have found putting my TV on a timer and listening to a historical-based documentary has helped me get to sleep without having these terrible dreams. If they keep up, I might consider asking for medication. Quadius On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 8:20 PM, Larry Willis lwillis82...@gmail.com wrote: Panic attacks. About four years ago I began having them at night. Not as frequent as yours, but I still felt like I was going to explode. It was horrible. My doc gave me a small dose of Xanax to take at bedtime. I haven't had one since. Good luck. -- Forwarded message -- From: greg g...@eskimo.com Date: Friday, June 13, 2014 Subject: [QUAD-L] Dreams To: quad-list@eskimo.com For weeks now I've been waking up every few hours, with panic dreams. My heart is racing, pounding. My breathing is heavy, and I feel like I need to get up. I haven't changed meds or anything. If it was just waking up in the morning like that I could handle it, but it's like 5 times a night. Often I think I can't breath. Other times I'm getting chased by a mob, etc. I'm so tired. Greg
Re: [QUAD-L] Dreams
On Friday, June 13, 2014 10:04 PM, RONALD L PRACHT r.pra...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Another drug that works well to calm you and wont hurt you is lorezapam. You can take a 1mg pill and it helps out a lot. I have dealt with the crazy dreams at night. When Im experiencing pain or when im dysreflexic from needing to urinate my dreams get more intense. One more thing to add is activity during the day to wear you out helps you sleep. Obviously your level of function depends on how much you can wear yourself out. When I wheel my chair at least a mile or attach my handcycle and do a few miles Im in a better mood, less pain and sleep better. Each person can probally figure some activity to tire themselves out, maybe a handcycle on a table like at rehab or have some 20 min routine you do with moving your arms or a light freeweight attached to a cuff. There is a guy on youtube that sets up basic simple workout routines for people in chairs that require very little. I set goal for myself of 30 miles each month on my attachable rio dragonfly handcycle. I document the miles and write it all down. It helps my mind and the pain from my syrinx and hernia. Good luck Ron On Friday, June 13, 2014 8:23 PM, Quadius quad...@gmail.com wrote: I have been having a similar problem, but not as often. I usually have it a couple of times a night. I have found putting my TV on a timer and listening to a historical-based documentary has helped me get to sleep without having these terrible dreams. If they keep up, I might consider asking for medication. Quadius On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 8:20 PM, Larry Willis lwillis82...@gmail.com wrote: Panic attacks. About four years ago I began having them at night. Not as frequent as yours, but I still felt like I was going to explode. It was horrible. My doc gave me a small dose of Xanax to take at bedtime. I haven't had one since. Good luck. -- Forwarded message -- From: greg g...@eskimo.com Date: Friday, June 13, 2014 Subject: [QUAD-L] Dreams To: quad-list@eskimo.com For weeks now I've been waking up every few hours, with panic dreams. My heart is racing, pounding. My breathing is heavy, and I feel like I need to get up. I haven't changed meds or anything. If it was just waking up in the morning like that I could handle it, but it's like 5 times a night. Often I think I can't breath. Other times I'm getting chased by a mob, etc. I'm so tired. Greg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo-zyj89IuU This guy here is the wheelchair exercise man. He has quite a few videos up. Kind of funny, might help some. Fast forward to the part where hes in a chair. If anything you can get a laugh, te guy is trying.
