Re: [QUAD-L] uti's

2004-12-15 Thread Nichole Rohling
DAN I HAD MY FIRST CYSTOSCOPE ON MY BLADDER YESTERDAY AFTER SUFFERING CHILLS AND MY CATHETER STOPPING UP EVERY 3 TO 7 DAYS. I HAD A BLADDER STONE THE DIAMETER OF A QUARTER! DR. BROKE IT UP AND SUCTIONED IT OUT - NO PROBLEM WITH CHILLS TODAY. I ASSUME MY CATHER RUBBED THE STONE WHICH RUBBED

Re: [QUAD-L] uti's

2004-12-15 Thread Quietstream25322
Thanks, Nicki..my Urologist said that could be my problem and scheduled a x-ray kidney and bladder scan for next Monday.

[QUAD-L] ~pt.1~DONKEY TRACKS ~~ from: The White Donkey Society

2004-12-15 Thread Jwmjimmy
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Re: [QUAD-L] air powered leg massage

2004-12-15 Thread Liz
warning: It may loosen a blood clot you are not aware of. - Original Message - From: Stuntman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 8:19 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] air powered leg massage Howdy

Re: [QUAD-L] uti's

2004-12-15 Thread Quietstream25322
Yes, they shoot dye into arm vein...had the ivp twice before in the 8 years I been paralyzed..it's not too bad, but i hate needles lol

Re: [QUAD-L] uti's

2004-12-15 Thread Martin T. Brown
An Intravenous Pyelogram (IVP) yip this is the one with the contrast materials or dye. This is not to good for you if you are allergic to shellfish or iodine ... so beware ... also know to make you bit tight chested. QuadMedic - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [QUAD-L] uti's

2004-12-15 Thread Martin T. Brown
If it's for kidneys and bladder it will be give with a drip (IV) if its just bladder then they can do it through cath. QuadMedic - Original Message - From: Liz To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 8:15 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] uti's I

[QUAD-L] wheelchairs (what's good and what's bad)?

2004-12-15 Thread Nyree Stewart
Hello everybody,I know I don’t commune with you guys very often, mostly because my schoolwork is very demanding and I find that the discussion group combined with school is overwhelming. But, I have a question for you all. I’m supposed to be getting a new wheelchair and I was wondering if

Re: [QUAD-L] BODY CHANGING 6 YRS POST

2004-12-15 Thread Nyree Stewart
Isn’t that the truth!Nyree - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 9:08 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] BODY CHANGING 6 YRS POST well.. not EVERY cell. darned neurons anyway. In a

Re: [QUAD-L] Re: BODY CHANGING 6 YRS POST

2004-12-15 Thread Nyree Stewart
Nicole,I believe in my heart that no doctor can accurately predict when your body is going to change, but I do know what you are going through. Well, not exactly, but in a roundabout way. This past August was my six-year anniversary and I have suddenly gained a lot of weight. I also did go

Re: [QUAD-L] wheelchairs (what's good and what's bad)?

2004-12-15 Thread Nyree Stewart
So far I have tried a permobile and an Invacare storm. I like both of them, but my vendor told me that for permobiles are sometimes not as reliable as Invacare. He said that Invacares are the leaders in power wheelchairs. According to him permobile and quickie are still playing catch-up. It’s

Re: [QUAD-L] uti's

2004-12-15 Thread Quietstream25322
No, the x-ray department injects the die into my arm, then the dye goes into kidneys and bladder and is supposed to show up on the x-rays..this is my 3rd time in about 8 years, the other 2 times all was fine. called ivp test.

Re: [QUAD-L] wheelchairs (what's good and what's bad)?

2004-12-15 Thread Stuntman
I've had nothing but good luck with my Quikies, they are fast and my first one is now my back-up after 8 years of hard service which included 4 years of college. I've gotten 3 yrs out of 1 set of batteries and that was while going to school 4 days per week. That said, if you have good support

[QUAD-L] wheelchairs (what's good and what's bad)?

2004-12-15 Thread wheelchair
DMEs are locked in to sales contracts with manufacturers for better discounts based on total dollar sales in various quarters. So the more Invacares ordered the better the discount to the DME. Same could be said about the Permobile. Also, some DME will direct their employees to lean

Re: [QUAD-L] wheelchairs (what's good and what's bad)?

2004-12-15 Thread QuadPirate
Hey Stunman, My first chair was a quickie and had it 5 years with only the switch from my LaBac go out because I broke it actually. I've never changed the batterries in 5 years and it's slower now but still going but a very solid chair the only thing that I didn't like was I had a quickie

[QUAD-L] TRAILS of PRAYER for KATHIE'S, Friends Relatives from The White Donkey Society

2004-12-15 Thread Jwmjimmy
TRAILS of PRAYER for KATHIE'S, Friends Relativesfrom The White Donkey SocietyName: Bob JohnstonMessage: Jimmy,I wanted to let you know that Kathie Troquille of Shreveport, http://hometown.aol.com/kathiegt/myhomepage/personal.htmlLouisiana died this morning. As you know she was also a

Re: [QUAD-L] Chat

2004-12-15 Thread Smurfonwheels
In a message dated 15/12/2004 01:35:52 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Good luck,I'm on my 2nd yr off after 4 full time (12 cr hr) and I don't know if I want to go back for another full time semester. My mind says yes but my shoulder and biceps say no way.stuntman

[QUAD-L] Re: [Spinalcordinjury] Re: Nipple Pain

2004-12-15 Thread Smurfonwheels
In a message dated 15/12/2004 01:02:51 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: whatever could he be thinking??? (or dreaming as the case may be.) I've no idea, I'm as confused as you are! lol

Re: [QUAD-L] Free spasm test....

2004-12-15 Thread Smurfonwheels
In a message dated 15/12/2004 22:05:26 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi Smurf, A high speed, "always on" connection is a huge time saver. Never again wait on dial up connections, especially at heavy use times. With DSL busy signals and idle connections being

Re: [QUAD-L] uti's

2004-12-15 Thread David K. Kelmer
Hi Dan, Just a thought, but if you happen to be allergic to seafood you'll want to tell the docs to use the 'white' dye and not the 'red' dye. With Love, CtrlAltDel aka DaveC4/5 Complete - 28 Years PostTexas, USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The test my doctor ordered is an IVP dye and x-ray of

Re: [QUAD-L] BODY CHANGING 6 YRS POST

2004-12-15 Thread Nyree Stewart
You could try an abdominal binder. If you like. Nyree - Original Message - From: Nichole Rohling To: QUADLIST ; B. Kimberlin Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 3:45 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] BODY CHANGING 6 YRS POST MY LIFE IS DEFINITELY NEVER BORING AND

Re: [QUAD-L] Free spasm test....

2004-12-15 Thread David K. Kelmer
EXACTLY !!![EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 15/12/2004 22:05:26 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi Smurf, A high speed, "always on" connection is a huge time saver. Never again wait on dial up connections, especially at heavy use times. With DSL busy signals and idle

[QUAD-L] UTI

2004-12-15 Thread Lana Baugh
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Re: [QUAD-L] uti's

2004-12-15 Thread Quietstream25322
The test my doctor ordered is an IVP dye and x-ray of bladder and kidneys.I hope it will show is anything is there...I hate needles lol this requires a shot of dye in veins lol Dan

Re: [QUAD-L] uti's

2004-12-15 Thread Nichole Rohling
i've been researching this morning and read that if contrast is used in a cat scan bladder stones won't show up. they used contrast on me. an x-ray should show it. good luck - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

Re: [QUAD-L] uti's

2004-12-15 Thread Liz
I don't think you get a shot it goes in thru the bladder the dye bring a sucking candy it makes you nauseous - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 12:55 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] uti's

[QUAD-L] Re: [Spinalcordinjury] Re: Nipple Pain

2004-12-15 Thread Smurfonwheels
In a message dated 15/12/2004 00:21:22 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is that a halo I see?I wanted to be a psychology major too but when I started taking classes I thought all the nuts sounded like me. I ended up with a BA in accounting.Good luck!!Taking it easyJohn