RE: [QUAD-L] What's the difference between tilt recline?
Hi, What I would suggest is try both for a weekend. A good wheelchair sales person should let you try out a chair before you purchase it. I know Medicare with pay a good amount on a TDX3 with recliner. I had to pay for the up-grades to the TDX5 myself. Lester -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 5:41 PM To: quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: [QUAD-L] What's the difference between tilt recline? Please inform me of the difference between tilt recline. What are the pro's con's of each or both? RememberI have Medicaid. What are some questionsI should be asking my seating guy who is going to be fitting me and selling me a power chair? What should he know or not know? Bobbie -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.9/42 - Release Date: 7/6/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.10/43 - Release Date: 7/6/2005
RE: [QUAD-L] What's on your wish list for a new power chair?
Hi, I had both recliner and tilts power chairs. The recliner type seemed to side me out of my chair when I reclined. I have never had the problem on sliding out of my chair with a tilt. I got a falcon tilt system and it works good so far. With the type of chair you need to figure if you want an outdoor or indoor chair. Do you want a fast chair, and then you can widdle down the different types of chairs. The omage track is assume if you want a great out door chair, I once drove one of their chairs up and down stairs, it was cool but it is a pricy chair. Lester-Denver C4-C5 Quad -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 3:32 PM To: quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: [QUAD-L] What's on your wish list for a new power chair? Hi All, OK, I'm going to try on Friday to get a brand new power chair for myself. I'm on straight Medicaid and I'm 32 yrs post C 5,6 drive a van, love being outdoors even in the snow rain, live in New Jersey and am a peer counselor. ~ Question ~ What should be on my wish list for my new power chair? Should I get tilt recline or just tilt? (I've never had either in all these years) What is a BAD make or model? What is a great make model? Should I get more than four wheels, like some have six? Bobbie -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.9/42 - Release Date: 7/6/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.9/42 - Release Date: 7/6/2005
RE: [QUAD-L] powechair problems ~ HELP
Hi Bobbie, After my wheelchair got to the 5 years mark, it need all the same modification you needed, there was only one mean difference I had the lance 2000 by EJ. since that company gone into chapter 13 (I think) getting parks are a pain in the butt. So went my chair started going down hill, I went ahead and got a new Invacare wheelchair. I got the TDX5, if you want a chair that can turn on a dime and drive through the grass with no problems this is your chair. This is by far the best chair I have owned so far (almost 17 years now). Lester—Denver C4-C5 Quad -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 04, 2005 6:24 PM To: quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: [QUAD-L] powechair problems ~ HELP Hi All, Five years ago I got a new power chair and I'm just using it everyday now. I even had the lock down bracket put on for driving $750 This chair is going wherever it wants to. I feel like I've been on a rollacoster when I get out of this thing at the end of the day.I feel like it's beating me up. Four time, so far, it just suddenly STOPS. I'm just cruising along and bam, I'm dead but it will go again. It's possessed something. It's an Invacare Action (I think a Ranger series) Could it be because it sat for five years? Because it's been five years I'm entitled to get a brand new power chair? I gave my w/c dealer a list of six things that need to be modified to this chair, let me tell you the list. 1. new back 2. lower canes 3. raise the chair one inch 4. new foot plates 5. new leg rest's 6. new arm rest's. That's a lot of modifications, isn't it? Bobbie ~ HELP -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.9/38 - Release Date: 7/4/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.9/38 - Release Date: 7/4/2005
RE: [QUAD-L] Trackball
Hi, I use the Kingston expert mouse pro, it has 6 programmable buttons so a nice extra. I have also heard of a program named dasher and it lets you type word using the mouse, I downloaded the program but I have not installed it yet, I tell how it works when I install it. Lester C4-C5 Quad -Original Message- From: B. Kimberlin (Quadius) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2005 2:53 PM To: quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: [QUAD-L] Trackball Do any fellow you mousestick users utilize a trackball to operate your mouse on the computer? I am looking for a quicker way to operate the mouse, other than using my NaturallySpeaking or the number pad on my keyboard. I would like to know if anyone is using NaturallySpeaking professional 8 and if they would recommend upgrading from 7.3. Quadius __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.8/37 - Release Date: 7/1/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.8/37 - Release Date: 7/1/2005
RE: [QUAD-L] Murderball
Yes I have seen the trailer, I even went to their web site, looks like it might be a good movie. Lester C4-C5 Quad -Original Message- From: t crook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 04, 2005 9:16 AM To: quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: [QUAD-L] Murderball Has anyone seen the previews for the flick Murderball? AWESOME is an understatement, I think I need a rugby chair. Tim www.geocities.com/onemofortom Btw, Happy 4th of July __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.8/37 - Release Date: 7/1/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.8/37 - Release Date: 7/1/2005
[QUAD-L] Attendant care
Hello all, For you all that hire you own personal care givers (CNA) do you pay workman comp and social security for your attendants? If so how do you go about doing that? Lester—Denver C4-C5 Quad -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.8/37 - Release Date: 7/1/2005
RE: [QUAD-L] IMS pile of junk
I use to have a vantage mini-van and it was a piece of crap. The fuel pump went out every year, the door motor went out a few time too. I ended up putting a secondary fuel pump on my van, I never get a mini-van again. I hated it. Lester, Denver C4-C5 Quad (16 years post) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 2:09 PM To: quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: [QUAD-L] IMS pile of junk First a funny story, then a few questions. I am unlucky enough to own a1998 Dodge Grand Caravan with an IMS conversion. Yesterday I took an 160 mile round trip to our cabin in the mountains. I got through the first leg of my journey, turned off the hard road, traveled 500 yards and turned into our 1/4 mile drive. The van stops! The motor kept running, I just could not go forward or reverse. When giving it gas, the RPM's did not register, it was like it was on idle. There I was by myself, 90 degrees, couldn't get out of the van and no cell signal. OK God, I need my cell for just a few minutes, so moving around within the van, opening the lift and A DIAL TONE! I called the garage, and my guardian angel arrives in about 15 minutes. I tried to start the van, no luck, he sprayed something in the carboratouer and off it goes. I go to the cabin, give the van two hours to cool a little, stop at the garage on the way out, everything checks fine. Just in case I ask for a can of the spray. I traveled about 10 miles and thought, stop and get a cheap cooler, 6 bottles of water and a bag of ice. I was feeling pretty warm (early heat stroke) so I asked the manager if I could sit in the cooler room for 15 minutes. No, I didn't get any steaks while I was there. The clerk loaded the cooler in my van and I'm in the parking lot pouring a bottle of water over my head and arms while two big, brawny, scruffy bike guys watch me like I've lost it. I take off, travel 75-80 mph to get as far as I can, crossing a river bridge on an interstate, guess what. That's right, no power. Ah ha, an exit right in front of me no traffic behind me or in front, so I drift into a stone parking lot at the bottom. Again, the van is running but no RPM's. At this point, by the way I'm not using the a/c just in case this may be contributing to the problem, I'm about ready to take a flying leap in the river, but instead pour another bottle of water over me and start to eat ice. If I didn't have the ice and water it would definitely have been heat stroke time. Well, after 1 hour, the state police and AAA still hadn't found me. I kept eating ice and pouring water. After 90 minutes, I see the police car approaching, so I move so he can see me, bye, bye, Mr. Policeman. He just kept going as I start waving my arms. Two guys talking in the parking lot saw him go, so they started waving and I saw his turn signal come on. GREAT! He comes back and bye, bye, he keeps going. One of the two guys jump out on the road and waves his arms and luckily he was looking in his rearview mirror. He comes back and there I was, looking half dead, wet from pouring water over my head, and he ask, Do I have a problem? He wasn't aware of any call. Well, the poor little policeman in his clean prim and proper uniform didn't even have a screwdriver to loosen the hose from the carb. Luckily another truck pulled up at that moment and ask if he could help, and he had a screwdriver. As the very tidy officer sprayed the carb spray, the can sprung a leak and sprayed on his nice clean uniform. The idiot was more worried about getting dirty than the guy about ready for a heat stroke. The van started, I the other 40 miles, praying and holding my breath as I came to exits. A five hour trip takes 10+ hours, almost as bad as Gilligans Island. OK. Did anyone have this van problem happen to them? They can't find anything wrong, but suspect the fuel pump. I've already put $2500.00 into the door mechanism over the past 18 months, now this! Which brings me to a second question, did anyone need to have the door motor replaced, latch limit switches replaced and basically have so much problems with the door? They just can't seem to get it right. Staying in the a/c, at least for today. GA -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.6/33 - Release Date: 6/28/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.7/34 - Release Date: 6/29/2005
RE: [QUAD-L] Aides again
This company sounds great to bad they are not in Denver. Lester -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2005 8:39 AM To: quad-list@eskimo.com; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Aides again Aaron, I go through an agency called Student Experience, which is basically an agency like you want to start. My understanding the company was started by a paralyzed female in Grand Rapids, MN that was having trouble with finding PCA's. She figured she can do a better job finding people then the local agencies so she hires only college people that are going into some type of medical field, that's how she got the name. I've only been with this agency since last November and truthfully, I'm really impressed with the quality and reliability of the girls that I have. Student Experience does a complete background check of the people and they try to place the workers to a client that is in their field of schooling. I have a psychology students going for her doctorate, to physical therapy is going for their doctorate and to nurses going for their majors. I wish you the best of luck in your new endeavor. Jim -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.6.8 - Release Date: 6/11/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.6.8 - Release Date: 6/11/2005
RE: [QUAD-L] I'm new to the list
Hi Tom, It is always nice to have new people to this group. My name is Lester and I am from Denver Colorado. I am a C4C5 Quad for the past 16 years. Lester -Original Message- From: tom garbisch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 2:24 PM To: quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: [QUAD-L] I'm new to the list Hello I'm new to the list, It came thanks to Wally. I've been to Sunsetpines Resort, really nice place to go and Dale is a friend of mine. I'm from WI. and am curious how many are Wisconsinites out there? I'm a c3-4 incomplete quad injured in car accident9-25-98 from central WI. Tom Discover Yahoo! Stay in touch with email, IM, photo sharing more. Check it out! -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.6.6 - Release Date: 6/8/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.6.6 - Release Date: 6/8/2005
RE: [QUAD-L] New chair
Will it have a recliner or a tilt system on it? how much? Lester--Denver C4-C5 Quad -Original Message- From: Martin T Brown [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2005 12:40 PM To: Quad-list post Subject: [QUAD-L] New chair Well I did it, designed and made my own power chair we busy driving the hell out of the barebone prototype. So you might think how do you drive the hell out of a power chair ...well configure the speed to 90% the give it to a 14 year old and say try and break it http://www.radicalmobility.com/prototype.jpg so what you guys think? There is no fancy trimmings to the prototype .. we are trying to wreck it. -- Martin T. Brown Radical Mobility cc (Office) +27 11 6646069 (fax) +27 11 9553743 (Cell) 082 500 9406 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.radicalmobility.com Engineering Mobility for Accessibility -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.6 - Release Date: 5/6/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.7 - Release Date: 5/9/2005
RE: [QUAD-L] Medicare ?
I have Medicare part A B. It has been a big help with hospital stays and doctor visits. It paid a very good amount if my new TDX5 wheelchair. It did not cover the purchase of my air mattress. It will not cover a new shower/commode chair I need. I do not know if you can use it for attendant care. Lester -Original Message- From: Greg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 4:06 PM To: quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: [QUAD-L] Medicare ? I will be getting Medicare (not Medicaid) in a few months. What can I expect to be able to get? Will it help pay for an attendant? If so, will they only pay a service, or can you hire someone yourself? Will they buy a new bed? It looks like I get 4 Supplemental Insurance companies to pick from. I hope they cover enough stuff. I'd like to stop my insurance, it's ghastly expensive. Greg -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.5 - Release Date: 5/4/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.5 - Release Date: 5/4/2005
RE: [QUAD-L] hello
What dog service do you use? What is the process of getting a service dog? Lester--Denver C4-C5 Quad (16 post) -Original Message- From: Dana Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 5:11 PM To: quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] hello There have been a lot of new comers to the list! HI! to everyone. I am 20 (gasp) years post from falling out of a deer stand in 85. I use service dogs and after a long search, one has been found for me to train!! He comes in Sunday! He is a male red dobe, a bit older than I would like--almost 3--but should pick up things easily and is past the puppy stages. He has been called Red. ugh His new name will be Rocco and if he is as muscled as I have heard he is, I think one of his nicknames will be 'the Rock'! :o) My last dog a black male dobe had to be put to sleep last Sept. due to bone cancer. He was only 5 1/2 years old. He was a truly special dog and I still miss him and his funny, aggravating antics! Back to a lighter note! Hope everyone is enjoying the warmer weather and are coming out of hibernation! take care, Dana [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 12:29 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] hello Hi Ronnie, Welcome aboard! I'm Smurf (real name Sarah) and I'm 21 from the UK. I'm a para after a combination of a car accident and a fall. It's a great place here, and I'm sure you'll get on well with everyone real soon! Love Smurf xxx In a message dated 15/04/2005 19:22:20 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: my name is Ronnie and I live in Staunton, VA. I am a C4 and C5 and am a new subscriber - I want to talk with others. -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.10.4 - Release Date: 4/27/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.4 - Release Date: 5/4/2005
RE: [QUAD-L] subscribe
Hello Corinne, I just wanted to welcome you to the group. I am a C4-C5 quad from Denver, Colorado. Lester -Original Message- From: Corine Huguet [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 8:22 AM To: quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: [QUAD-L] subscribe hi everbody greetings from france corinne-c4 Découvrez le nouveau Yahoo! Mail : 250 Mo d'espace de stockage pour vos mails ! Créez votre Yahoo! Mail -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.10.4 - Release Date: 4/27/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.10.4 - Release Date: 4/27/2005
RE: [QUAD-L] Back to school
Title: Back to school If you are eligible they will pay for classes to get you back into the work force. They will help with a lot of things, pretty good resource if you ask me. I took a on-line class and I hated it. I like face to face classes. LesterDenver C4-C5 Quad (16 post) -Original Message- From: Cameron Wallace [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 2:07 PM To: quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: [QUAD-L] Back to school Hey peeps How can vocational rehab help out when I take some courses? Is working with online courses a better option? Will a needed HHA's hours/driving be a expense that can be covered? Regards, C -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.10.3 - Release Date: 4/25/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.10.3 - Release Date: 4/25/2005
[QUAD-L] ELEVATOR HELP
Hi all, Do any of one guys have a basic idea how much a porch lift or person elevator would cost to go from main level to my basement. Lester--Denver C4-C4 Quad (16 post) -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.10.2 - Release Date: 4/21/2005 image001.gif
RE: [QUAD-L] AZ
Where in Arizona are you living? Lester Denver C4-C5 Quad (16 years post) -Original Message- From: Greg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 5:13 PM To: quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: [QUAD-L] AZ My first Spring in AZ. It's great, 85 degrees here. It's a big change from my past, I'm wearing short sleeve shirts for the first time in 23 years. Which means my first sunburn on my arms in 23 years. We moved here in Sep. and we are on the South edge of a growing suburb. Only 1 close grocery store. It's said to be the fastest growing town in the country. Already we have a number of stores and restaurants. A new freeway building 2 miles away. They are building a Starbucks, Wallmart, Costco, Samsclub, by the new freeway, plus tons of high-end stores near by. It's funny, every time we see a new store we like, we get happy. They are building a 10 acre park at the end of my street. 2 miles away they are building a huge 100 acre watrerbird preserve, filled with parks and paths, I can't wait. I got so lucky. We bought just after housing started going up. We picked this area because of pricing, but before we got here, they jumped lots. But after I bought, they sky rocketed. Houses! on my block are going for 35%-40% more than I paid. They are halfway done building my pool. I'm not sure I will ever get in it, but I can't wait to be out sitting by the pool in the sun. I spent 23 years basically couped up sitting by the fireplace in my TV room, only getting out a few times in summer. Now, even if I stay home, I'm at least going outside, getting my niece from school, etc. Starting in March, on Tuesday nights the city has free Music In The Park different live bands, from rock to jazz to classic. Lots of cool things going on. I'm sure lots of cities do these things, it's just I was always to cold to go out in the nights. To you cold quads, moving somewhere warm can be a life changer. Greg -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.1 - Release Date: 4/1/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.1 - Release Date: 4/1/2005
RE: [QUAD-L] AZ
I use to live in Tucson and I loved the weather. I do not mind the summer either. Just zoom from air-conditioned house to the cool car then wherever you are going. I am thinking of moving back south the snow in Denver is a pain at times. Lester -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 6:57 PM To: quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] AZ I'm in Phoenix. I left Michigan because of the weather. I'm glad to be gone. I'll never go back to the cold zone for winter again. Dave In a message dated 4/4/2005 5:46:59 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Where in Arizona are you living? Lester Denver C4-C5 Quad (16 years post) -Original Message- From: Greg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 5:13 PM To: quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: [QUAD-L] AZ My first Spring in AZ. It's great, 85 degrees here. It's a big change from my past, I'm wearing short sleeve shirts for the first time in 23 years. Which means my first sunburn on my arms in 23 years. We moved here in Sep. and we are on the South edge of a growing suburb. Only 1 close grocery store. It's said to be the fastest growing town in the country. Already we have a number of stores and restaurants. A new freeway building 2 miles away. They are building a Starbucks, Wallmart, Costco, Samsclub, by the new freeway, plus tons of high-end stores near by. It's funny, every time we see a new store we like, we get happy. They are building a 10 acre park at the end of my street. 2 miles away they are building a huge 100 acre watrerbird preserve, filled with parks and paths, I can't wait. I got so lucky. We bought just after housing started going up. We picked this area because of pricing, but before we got here, they jumped lots. But after I bought, they sky rocketed. Houses! on my block are going for 35%-40% more than I paid. They are halfway done building my pool. I'm not sure I will ever get in it, but I can't wait to be out sitting by the pool in the sun. I spent 23 years basically couped up sitting by the fireplace in my TV room, only getting out a few times in summer. Now, even if I stay home, I'm at least going outside, getting my niece from school, etc. Starting in March, on Tuesday nights the city has free Music In The Park different live bands, from rock to jazz to classic. Lots of cool things going on. I'm sure lots of cities do these things, it's just I was always to cold to go out in the nights. To you cold quads, moving somewhere warm can be a life changer. Greg -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.1 - Release Date: 4/1/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.1 - Release Date: 4/1/2005 The moral flabbiness born of the bitch goddess Success. That- with the squalid cash interpretation put on the word success- is our national disease. -William James 1906 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.1 - Release Date: 4/1/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.1 - Release Date: 4/1/2005
RE: [QUAD-L] airline flights
Hi Keith, It has been a while since I have flown with my power chair (have flown in about 10 years) but when I did the airlines either lost my batteries or bent something on my chair. I even had one time where the people that supposed to transfer you into your set keep tell me to sit up, I a quad, I do not have the strength to hold myself up. Had the write a complaint to the airline, got a free ticket never used it because I wont fly anymore. Not mush of a hassle if you ask me, maybe one of you has better experience. Lester--Denver C4-C5 Quad (16 years post) -Original Message- From: Keith Hogan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 3:59 PM To: quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: [QUAD-L] airline flights Does anybody know of a way to fly with a motorized wheelchair? I really want to go to L.A. for a few days. Thanks, Keith Keith Yahoo Messenger: kh78748 Skype: kh78748 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.8.4 - Release Date: 3/27/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.8.4 - Release Date: 3/27/2005
[QUAD-L] RE: [QUAD-L] Shedding light on Terri’s situation
I was watching the news last night in Denver and our local doctor explained some stuff about the Terris case. He showed two brain scans. One of Terri and one of a regular people. There was a big difference, he explained that there was no doubt she is in a vegetative state and what that meant. Lester C$-C5 Quad -Original Message- From: Stacy Harim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 7:42 AM To: quad-list@eskimo.com; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Shedding light on terri's situation I'm sure they tested her brain waves to see if there were any. I know they did it with me. If I had it done with no insurance, I am sure through this process it's been done more than that for her. No brain waves, no action going on in there. The brain doesn't rehabilitate itself. Stacy - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 7:52 AM Subject: [QUAD-L] Shedding light on terri's situation I'm sorry, kiddo. But I'm surrounded daily by people who have been told by specialist and doctors that they Can't or They Won't and yet, these people continue to survive and prove their doctors wrong. The court doctor was not allow to touch her during the court inspection, only review her charts. How many stories do you know of where the impossible was... not so impossible? Is the glass 1/2 empty or 1/2 full? W In a message dated 3/24/05 1:04:48 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: She is brain damaged. Are you gonna use your time to argue with 20 something neurologists that have said so? She doesn't even know that she is hungry. Stacy -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.8.1 - Release Date: 3/23/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.8.1 - Release Date: 3/23/2005
RE: [QUAD-L] Internet Explorer
I personal hate Internet Explorer, I use Mozilla. It does not have as many bugs and problems as Explorer (http://www.mozilla.org/) Lester C4-C5 Quad -Original Message- From: Dana Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:15 PM To: quad Subject: [QUAD-L] Internet Explorer Has anyone had any problems with getting on Internet Explorer? I have not been able tosince yesterday afternoon. thanks, Dana [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.8.1 - Release Date: 3/23/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.8.1 - Release Date: 3/23/2005
RE: [QUAD-L] deep stuff
I would have not changed a thing, life has been hard as a quad but I don't know if I would have gone to college or anything like that if I had not broken my neck. I had to focus on what I had not what I could not control. Lester C4-C5 Quad (16 post) -Original Message- From: William Willis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 2:30 PM To: quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: [QUAD-L] deep stuff Okay, here is a question that might sound a bit cynical, but..knowing the pain, grief, trauma, and general hell of your initial injury and the following weeks.given the choice, would you live through it again or calmly close your eyes and meet your maker? Larry -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.8.1 - Release Date: 3/23/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.8.1 - Release Date: 3/23/2005
RE: [QUAD-L] Pressure sore solutions?
Hi Larry, I just recovered from a sore on my heel. It was a pain to get it to heal. I used a wound-vac for a while, it helped a lot but it also gave a yeast rash on my foot, warm and wet. After the sore filled in a little I got a skin graph and that worked great. The heel is total healed, it only took about nine months in all to heal that sore. Lester C4-C5 Quad, Denver -Original Message- From: William Willis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 2:08 PM To: quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: [QUAD-L] Pressure sore solutions? I've been trying to get a couple of sores healed for almost two years now, on my ankle and butt. I use wet-to-dry everyday. They get no worse but neither do they heal. So far they are free of infection. I drink a protein shake every day. I've about decided that I will take them to my grave. I just hope they are not what send me there. Larry Willis From: Lori Michaelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Lori Michaelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Quad quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Pressure sore solutions? Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 11:37:08 -0700 Dave wrote: I did the vac thing too, at first it was healing really fast then just stopped and didn't go anywhere for about 2 months..then it picked up again and finaly healed. I spent all of last summer and winter in bed Exact scenario here too. The vac closed up HALF of my wound in 24 hours. We were so thrilled! A few more days and it'll be closed completely. Wrong! It just stopped healing for, like you, about 2 months. Then diligence in putting on this or that on the wound and keeping it dry ... my husband got it closed in January. But it still gets red, rashy and such so we found wearing a pad daily helps. And desitin or myconesal or whatever it seems to need ... is put on at night. Lori -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.7.3 - Release Date: 3/15/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.8.0 - Release Date: 3/21/2005
RE: [QUAD-L] mouth sticks
Hi, That lazy Susan is very cool, where did you get that table? Lester from Denver C4-C5 Quad 16 years post -Original Message- From: B. Kimberlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 5:21 PM To: Silas Shelburne; quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] mouth sticks If you go to the following web site you will see my workstation and my bookstand. http://www.billy-paul.blinkz.com/albums/previews/68538.htm Billy from Tampa C2-3 9 years post Silas Shelburne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey everybody, I really miss being able to read, the computer and tapes just arn't the same. I have a real good mouth stick, the question ishow do you hold the book to turn the page. Ive seen the automatic page turners on the net, but can't afford 800.00 dallars. Thanks Silas - Original Message - From: Tim Syfert To: quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 2:42 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] mouth sticks Ray, I use a homemade mouthstick which is an aluminum arrow I bought at Walmart. It's cut to an appropiate length and then I have a 1 piece of surgical tubing super glued to the typing end leaving about a 1/4 overhang. I did make them out of dowel but the end which I bit down on would eventually wear out. Tim http://thequadlink.com Ray Trostem [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Everyone! I have been reading this site for ten years, and I post on it once in a while. Today I have a question, What do people use for mouth sticks? Any suggestions would be helpful! Also, what are people using to mount their cameras on their chair? Is there anything out there? Ray T, C3,4 10yrs. post. mva Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Easier than ever with enhanced search. Learn more. Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! . Do you Yahoo!? Make Yahoo! your home page -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.7.3 - Release Date: 3/15/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.7.3 - Release Date: 3/15/2005
RE: [QUAD-L] Anniversary
Hi Smurf, I can tell you from an old pro (16 years as a quad) that my 2 year was the hardest, life just sucked, but I found talking about things helped. I just had to let it all out and cry a little. After that I have learned that life is just to damn short to worry about the small stuff that I cannot change. Also having someone to talk to about stuff is helpful, I wish I found this group years ago. Lester [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 9:59 AM To: quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: [QUAD-L] Anniversary Hey all, Today is my 3rd anniversary of my paralysis, and strangly I feel like this years has been the hardest of them all. How do you guys do it? How do you seem to find the goodness out of each year that goes by, and handle it all so well each day?? Love Smurf xxx -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.7.2 - Release Date: 3/11/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.7.2 - Release Date: 3/11/2005
RE: [QUAD-L] Problems
1. Finding and keeping reliable attendants. 2. Family member as attendants, burning them out, and other family issues that this bring up. 3. Buying and getting equipment fixed. 4. Preventing and healing sores 5. Losing my baby fat, I cannot lose my double chin. 6. Finding a job, with Medicare (what a pain in my butt). 7. Being more self-reliance (wanting to live by myself). 8. Learn to be more sociable (I am shy and quite by nature). 9. Female relationships Lester [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: ~LittleQuad~ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2005 10:05 AM To: Quad-list post Subject: [QUAD-L] Problems OK gang, need sum infodoing sum research can you make me a list 1-5 of the biggest trials you have faced since your injury? thanksamye -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.7.2 - Release Date: 3/11/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.7.2 - Release Date: 3/11/2005
RE: [QUAD-L] Chat
When? Lester [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: QuadPirate [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2005 1:51 PM To: quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: [QUAD-L] Chat Chat today. Click on yahoo chat. Click on Health and Wellness. Click on Users Rooms top right corner. Click on Quad Central. Mark -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.7.2 - Release Date: 3/11/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.7.2 - Release Date: 3/11/2005 image001.gif
RE: [QUAD-L] Supra Pubic
Hi Dan, I had a Supra Pubic for about fifteens years and I change it every month, I have tried going long but it ends up getting blocked up. Therefore, my recommendation would be to change it at the first of every month. Also I use a 24 french if that any help. Lester [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Dan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 2:17 PM To: Quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: [QUAD-L] Supra Pubic Hi All, Been awhile since I've been on this list. looks like a lot of folks are missing. Breezy, Keith, the dude that had to move to a nursing home when his parents were no longer able to take care of him, many more i can't think of right now - what happened to them? Anyhoo, I've just been introduced to a Supra Pubic - graduated from a Foley. The more I deal with Urologists, the more incompetent they seem to be. My first Uro said to change it every 3 months - #18 French. After 2 and 1/2 months I called him to say that something was wrong. I was passing very little urine and what I was passing was very clear - not junky as usual. Worse part, my abdomen was extremely distended and if I strained to have a bowel movement, I would pass urine through my penis! He said -'that's odd. I'll have a looknext week!?!' The next day I was in the emergency room with a blocked cath and they couldn't remove it because it had been it so long it had collected deposits on the end of the cath that wouldn't let it pass through the stoma. Back in goes the Folely. My new uro says - 'never go longer than 1 month between changes'. Have you SP's out there ever experienced anything like this? Dan -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.7.0 - Release Date: 3/8/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.7.0 - Release Date: 3/8/2005
RE: [QUAD-L] Adaptive Vehicle- Caution
I just bought a full size van a few months ago, I was told a 350. so now I got a ford 350 and love it. Lester [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: B. Kimberlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 4:31 PM To: quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Adaptive Vehicle- Caution I have been looking into purchasing a new vehicle recently and I was informed I had to purchase a Ford 250. According to them, multiple dealers, the federal guidelines prevent using 150's anymore. Don't know if it's true, but that is what I was told. Billy from Tampa C2-3 9 years post My blog: http://quadius-superbus.blogspot.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Error! Cannot read or display file.Error! Cannot read or display file. Wheelchair, Here in Minnesota when I was going through DRS to get me back to work and for all my drivers training, they told me back in 2001 that I needed to purchase a brand-new 2001 Ford E-150 conversion van by Waldock or by Elk. They specified that I should not purchase the Ford factory conversion van because of the rear seat placement. They told me that the rear seat on the factory model is more towards the front of the vehicle and it would need to be moved back. I'm sure they specified and aftermarket conversion van just for the price of the adaptions but I wish to see was moved back even further. My point is, is that DRS told me exactly what to buy, which I did. I do wish I purc! hased a three-quarter ton van not because my half ton van does not handle or ride well it is only because the lighter duty tires make its sway more in the wind and on rougher roads. My next set of tires will be a heavier truck tire with stiffer sidewalls. Unfortunately for me, when I inflate my tires to maximum (41 pounds), which makes my van handle just great, they only last at that pressure for a short amount of time before they level off at approximately 33 pounds. This is mind-boggling to me but it must have something to do with the aluminum wheels. As for all the extra safety features on the new lifts, I think that is a bunch of BS because every limit switch that they put on for safety is one more item that is going to cause us problems with a specially in the winter months with the extreme cold and snow. I have the Braun millennium II lift which works just great when the temperatures are above 20 degrees but I really wish that they had a power down that would be able to be turned on and off for the winter months. Waiting for the lift to lower in the winter is not only time-consuming and inconvenient but can be hazardous and dangerous to our health. My remote control that I have for the Braun lift is also a joke because you have to hold the buttons down for each operation of the lift. I don't have a problem holding the button down to open the doors but I guess to be obtained in the butt especially in cold weather to hold each button down for unfolding and lowering the lift itself. I'll issue is my toggle switches that! are located on my rear light because I do not want to wear the batteries out on my remote control. Jim Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.6.2 - Release Date: 3/4/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.6.2 - Release Date: 3/4/2005
RE: [QUAD-L] Adaptive Vehicle- Caution
Hi Silas, I lock down in the middle of my van, so I really can not see to well out the front, but I see just fine out left side of the van (the right has my lift). Lester [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Silas Shelburne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 5:14 PM To: LesterSmith; quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Adaptive Vehicle- Caution Hey Lester, I also have a ford 350 the van is ok, but I can't see shit out of the front. Do you have any trouble? Silas - Original Message - From: LesterSmith To: quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 3:35 PM Subject: RE: [QUAD-L] Adaptive Vehicle- Caution I just bought a full size van a few months ago, I was told a 350. so now I got a ford 350 and love it. Lester [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: B. Kimberlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 4:31 PM To: quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Adaptive Vehicle- Caution I have been looking into purchasing a new vehicle recently and I was informed I had to purchase a Ford 250. According to them, multiple dealers, the federal guidelines prevent using 150's anymore. Don't know if it's true, but that is what I was told. Billy from Tampa C2-3 9 years post My blog: http://quadius-superbus.blogspot.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Error! Cannot read or display file.Error! Cannot read or display file. Wheelchair, Here in Minnesota when I was going through DRS to get me back to work and for all my drivers training, they told me back in 2001 that I needed to purchase a brand-new 2001 Ford E-150 conversion van by Waldock or by Elk. They specified that I should not purchase the Ford factory conversion van because of the rear seat placement. They told me that the rear seat on the factory model is more towards the front of the vehicle and it would need to be moved back. I'm sure they specified and aftermarket conversion van just for the price of the adaptions but I wish to see was moved back even further. My point is, is that DRS told me exactly what to buy, which I did. I do wish I purc! hased a three-quarter ton van not because my half ton van does not handle or ride well it is only because the lighter duty tires make its sway more in the wind and on rougher roads. My next set of tires will be a heavier truck tire with stiffer sidewalls. Unfortunately for me, when I inflate my tires to maximum (41 pounds), which makes my van handle just great, they only last at that pressure for a short amount of time before they level off at approximately 33 pounds. This is mind-boggling to me but it must have something to do with the aluminum wheels. As for all the extra safety features on the new lifts, I think that is a bunch of BS because every limit switch that they put on for safety is one more item that is going to cause us problems with a specially in the winter months with the extreme cold and snow. I have the Braun millennium II lift which works just great when the temperatures are above 20 degrees but I really wish that they had a power down that would be able to be turned on and off for the winter months. Waiting for the lift to lower in the winter is not only time-consuming and inconvenient but can be hazardous and dangerous to our health. My remote control that I have for the Braun lift is also a joke because you have to hold the buttons down for each operation of the lift. I don't have a problem holding the button down to open the doors but I guess to be obtained in the butt especially in cold weather to hold each button down for unfolding and lowering the lift itself. I'll issue is my toggle switches that! are located on my rear light because I do not want to wear the batteries out on my remote control. Jim Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.6.2 - Release Date: 3/4/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.6.2 - Release Date: 3/4/2005 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.6.2 - Release Date: 3/4/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.6.2 - Release Date: 3/4/2005
RE: [QUAD-L] Adaptive Vehicles - Other options
Title: Adaptive Vehicles - Other options This lift looks cool but can it work with heavy power chairs? Lester [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Houston809 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 5:36 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; quadlist Subject: [QUAD-L] Adaptive Vehicles - Other options Does anyone here on the list drive any other type of vehicle than a van? I want a truck Chevy Avalanche with the KVB Motors adaptive package. I seen used vehicles 4sale that were owned by quads and corresponded briefly with a quad in Canada about a 4x4 full sized Chevy truck. Things didnt workout theres still a nice 1/2ton Z71 used truck with Elaine lift a beautiful 2002 3/4ton 4x4 with Elaine lift for sale on their site if any ones interested. If youve never seen the Elaine lift take a look http://www.kvb.ca/used.htm I love that we have other options I know a few quads that drive cars, simply transfer themselves in out Ambers a C/6 C/7, Dericks a C6 incomplete, Brandons C5-7 incomplete guess with practice anythings possible 4 some :) Im lazy if I can stay in chair than let me. On 3/5/05 5:40 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wheelchair, Here in Minnesota when I was going through DRS to get me back to work and for all my drivers training, they told me back in 2001 that I needed to purchase a brand-new 2001 Ford E-150 conversion van by Waldock or by Elk. They specified that I should not purchase the Ford factory conversion van because of the rear seat placement. They told me that the rear seat on the factory model is more towards the front of the vehicle and it would need to be moved back. I'm sure they specified and aftermarket conversion van just for the price of the adaptions but I wish to see was moved back even further. My point is, is that DRS told me exactly what to buy, which I did. I do wish I purchased a three-quarter ton van not because my half ton van does not handle or ride well it is only because the lighter duty tires make its sway more in the wind and on rougher roads. My next set of tires will be a heavier truck tire with stiffer sidewalls. Unfortunately for me, when I inflate my tires to maximum (41 pounds), which makes my van handle just great, they only last at that pressure for a short amount of time before they level off at approximately 33 pounds. This is mind-boggling to me but it must have something to do with the aluminum wheels. As for all the extra safety features on the new lifts, I think that is a bunch of BS because every limit switch that they put on for safety is one more item that is going to cause us problems with a specially in the winter months with the extreme cold and snow. I have the Braun millennium II lift which works just great when the temperatures are above 20 degrees but I really wish that they had a power down that would be able to be turned on and off for the winter months. Waiting for the lift to lower in the winter is not only time-consuming and inconvenient but can be hazardous and dangerous to our health. My remote control that I have for the Braun lift is also a joke because you have to hold the buttons down for each operation of the lift. I don't have a problem holding the button down to open the doors but I guess to be obtained in the butt especially in cold weather to hold each button down for unfolding and lowering the lift itself. I'll issue is my toggle switches that are located on my rear light because I do not want to wear the batteries out on my remote control. Jim -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.6.2 - Release Date: 3/4/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.6.2 - Release Date: 3/4/2005
RE: [QUAD-L] My introductions
Hi Sharon, Im Lester, C4-C5 quad who lives in Denver. Im 32 years young. Lester -Original Message- From: Stacy Harim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 6:59 AM To: QuadPirate; Bob Hickey; quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] My introductions Hi Sharon, I'm Stacy. I'm a paraplegic from a rare viral disease. I'm 30, live in Maryland. Glad you found us. There are a great group of people here. Stacy - Original Message - From: QuadPirate To: Bob Hickey ; quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 3:52 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] My introductions Hey Sharon, I'm Mark C5/6 39 Glad you found us. ---Original Message--- From: Bob Hickey Date: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 1:58:53 PM To: quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] My introductions Hi Sharon.Im Bob Hickey in Seattle. A 34 year old c-4 quad Nice to meetcha! - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 10:03 AM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] My introductions In a message dated 07/02/2005 19:32:17 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: My name is Sharon I have a twin and have Cerebral Palsy happened during birth I use a electric wheelchair to get around most of the time My twin Sister Karen is okay, But she was the first born. My mom kept telling doctors there were 2 but they could only hear 1 heart beat so here I am. I Believe that god put me on this earth like I am for a good reason. Hugs Sharon Hi Sharon, You was obviously meant to be put on this Earth, despite the doctors not being able to trace your heartbeat while in the womb!!! Are you and Karen close? It is strange how only one of you were hit with CP, although I'm a big believer in everything happening for a reason! Love Smurf xxx -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.5.6 - Release Date: 3/1/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.5.6 - Release Date: 3/1/2005
RE: [QUAD-L] Interviewing
I am interviewing for a customer service position at Echostar. It is not the perfect job I want but it better then nothing. I would prefer something to do with Quality Assurance or project management but beggars cannot be chooser. If I get it will keep me out of trouble and that is a good thing. Lester [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Liz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 5:18 PM To: LesterSmith; quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Interviewing show up. That's what I have done. Check out access in advance, if possible. drive by see if there are steps. What position are you interviewing for? - Original Message - From: LesterSmith To: quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 1:39 PM Subject: [QUAD-L] Interviewing I got a question about when should I disclose my disability (C4-C5 Quad) to a perspective employer? Anybody have some good idea how I do that. Lester -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.5.0 - Release Date: 2/25/2005 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.5.1 - Release Date: 2/27/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.5.1 - Release Date: 2/27/2005
[QUAD-L] Interviewing
I got a question about when should I disclose my disability (C4-C5 Quad) to a perspective employer? Anybody have some good idea how I do that. Lester -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.5.0 - Release Date: 2/25/2005
RE: [QUAD-L] Interviewing
What I have done in the past was have an email account that had Wheelchairman in it, the hiring manager kind of figured out that I had a disability, I got the job. Now I am not telling them anything until I roll in for the interview and they see that I am in a wheelchair. They might be uncomfortable for a moment but after a few seconds of talking to them; they do not seem to care about the wheelchair. I just wonder if I show start use the email with the Wheelchairman in it or keep with my current strategy. Lester [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Dana Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 2:38 PM To: quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Interviewing I disagree. If you are qualified, you are qualified. They cannot hire/fire because of a disability. If you tell them up front it gives them time to come up with an excuse to not even interview you. If they hire someone with lesser qualifications, then you can say 'foul'! Dana [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 1:32 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Interviewing In a message dated 2/26/05 12:40:25 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I got a question about when should I disclose my disability (C4-C5 Quad) to a perspective employer? Anybody have some good idea how I do that. Lester I would let them know up front and then do your thing. You wouldn't want to work for anyone who would consider having a spinal cord injury a problem W -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.5.0 - Release Date: 2/25/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.5.0 - Release Date: 2/25/2005
