[QUAD-L] ceragem

2006-06-24 Thread Kemal
A quad,c3,post 8 years. Has anyone heard or used Ceragem?(an alternativemedicine,thermal therapy, from South Korea) It is widely distribute around the world and is having a good reputation in my country. Is there anyone who has used it and what is the experience/ could it be recommended for

Re: [QUAD-L] video presentations

2006-06-24 Thread Kemal
Sorry! The videos arenot smooth nor clear. Maybe it is because I am using a dial-up connection. Otherwise they are very useful to the quads like me. Thanks. ---Original Message--- From: David K. Kelmer Date: 06/24/06 00:42:09 To: Jim Lubin; Quad-List Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] video

RE: [QUAD-L] Mouse for Disabilities

2006-06-24 Thread Steve Oldaker
Rick... Have you tried MouseKeys in Windows? It is an accessibility program that comes with Windows (look in Programs/Accessories/Accessibility) that uses your calculator pad keys on your keyboard as a mouse emulator. I have used it instead of a real mouse for years. Steve - C4, 18 Years, GA

Re: [QUAD-L] Mattress Options

2006-06-24 Thread David K. Kelmer
Hi Rick,I have a question about an air mattress. Are you able to raise the head of the bed with an air mattress? I use a Spenco ( http://www.medicalproductsdirect.com/spencomtouct.html)mattress overlay and am able to sit-up when I'm in bed. Any info will be greatly appreciated.With Love,

Re: [QUAD-L] Help

2006-06-24 Thread losetaloseto
Thanks W.for the information. Tesela-Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; quad-list@eskimo.comSent: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 22:14:52 EDTSubject: Re: [QUAD-L] Help In a message dated 6/21/2006 8:57:29 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I live in

Re: [QUAD-L] Hey Friends/ problem

2006-06-24 Thread David K. Kelmer
http://www.drugdigest.org/DD/DVH/Uses/0,3915,488|Nifedipine,00.htmlWith Love, CtrlAltDel aka DaveC4/5 Complete - 30 Years PostTexas, USA Charles Belliveau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On the bottle it's Apo-Nifed Nifedipine, but my doctor refers to it as adalate whichI don't know the

Re: [QUAD-L] flap incision pulled

2006-06-24 Thread David K. Kelmer
Hi Stacy,I am so sorry that your wound is getting worse. When I had my flap surgery my wife did the wet-to-dry packing, but I also had a nurse come out each day to check on it. As far as what you can do now...you do have Medicare, correct? When I get an open wound, my Home Health Care nurse

Re: [QUAD-L] UNSUBSCRIBE

2006-06-24 Thread David K. Kelmer
Hi Paul,If you are posting to the Quad-List then you are subscribed to it. Just send any questions, comments, or advice to this address and we will discuss them.With Love, CtrlAltDel aka DaveC4/5 Complete - 30 Years PostTexas, USA Paul Jacobson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: HOW DO

[QUAD-L] Ohio

2006-06-24 Thread Zeraw
Anyone here in Ohio? or Close !! Zeraw T-10 T-11 21YEARS YESTERDAY !!! Weee huh ?

Re: [QUAD-L] South Texas

2006-06-24 Thread David K. Kelmer
Hi MR,I live in North Texas but there are people living in South Texas, too. Here are a few places you might want to check into before moving.Texas Health and Human Services CommissionCALL: 2-1-1 -- Area Information Centers (AIC) This system will allow Texans to apply for a variety of

Re: [QUAD-L] Ohio

2006-06-24 Thread David K. Kelmer
Hi Zeraw,Congratulations on your 21 years. May you have a long, happy, and healthy life ahead of you!With Love, CtrlAltDel aka DaveC4/5 Complete - 30 Years PostTexas, USA Zeraw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone here in Ohio? or Close !! Zeraw T-10 T-11 21YEARS YESTERDAY !!!

Re: [QUAD-L] I know I am late Years being a Quad !!

2006-06-24 Thread ~LittleQuad~
being late comes with age, haha, we forgive easy!Chet Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have been a Quad for 17 years. I know I am late is getting in on the Survey but, just maybe I will be forgiven.Chet ( Cquad7 ) 17 years.. __Do You

Re: [QUAD-L] Hey Friends/ problem

2006-06-24 Thread Charles Belliveau
This pills Ihave are 10 MG and are quick disolved for quick effect. - Original Message - From: David K. Kelmer To: Charles Belliveau ; Quad-List Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2006 2:11 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Hey Friends/ problem

Re: [QUAD-L] flap incision pulled

2006-06-24 Thread Lori Michaelson
Dave, I have been writing Stacy privately about this and told her the exact same thing about having a Medicare home health agency nurse come out every day if necessary. In fact, many of them have specific "wound care nurses." But she says that they will not do that where she is [only a few

[QUAD-L] Using bigger fonts and Re Mistaken identity

2006-06-24 Thread Lori Michaelson
Hey John, Actually, I have been using a big sized font for quite a while now [to friends and family] and will sometimes use it here in my posts. My vision is just fine but I think it is just so much easier on the eyes to read bigger fonts. In fact, the last three or four years that I

[QUAD-L] The Woodlands

2006-06-24 Thread Lori Michaelson
KK, You live in a great area of Texas! I am a bit envious. HEHEHE. That is a good idea to use the cool vest! I have heard that people just continually stay wet especially after a shower. But again, it is all what one gets used to. The population of Texas and the citizens who love the

Re: [QUAD-L] Using bigger fonts and Re Mistaken identity

2006-06-24 Thread KK Batte
Lori, you don't get the books on tape for the blind? Not being able to hold a book I have gotten them for years. Just finished Cybil Shepard's book this morning.

[QUAD-L] Dr G. [Medical Examiner] and the circumstances surrounding a quadriplegic's death in Orlando, Florida

2006-06-24 Thread Lori Michaelson
Do any of you watch Dr. G., Medical Examiner, on the Discovery Health Channel on Friday nights? Last night's episode covered the story of a female quadriplegic [Shannon Johnson I believe] who was found deadface down in the sand in a park in Orlando, Florida. I can't recall 'when' the

Re: [QUAD-L] flap incision pulled

2006-06-24 Thread Bobbie299
Stacy, Hang in there, been there done that got the T-shirt and don't want another. Back in the 1980s I had a big mother. My sweetheart of a plastic surgeon use to stop by my place on his way home from the hospital because he didn't want me to be sitting up on it. Unbelievable huh? Then in 1999

Re: [QUAD-L] RE: Baclofen pump

2006-06-24 Thread Silas
Hey Amy, I have a quad friend Adam Mayla that when they put a new baclofen pump he made a appointment at the wound care where I go he was eat up with infection at the pump site and in his back where the tubes come around. The wound care nurse said he was near death and she rushed him to

[QUAD-L] Audio books

2006-06-24 Thread Lori Michaelson
YUP! I like listening to audio books as well! Either alone or with my husband. We have hundreds and hundreds of them on the computer in MP3 format so that I can have any one of many popular ones to stick into my MP3 player and listen away! But many times they put me to sleep ... so I

[QUAD-L] Stem cells without using embryonic cells

2006-06-24 Thread KK Batte
| Stem Cell Trigger Protein Isolated                                 ||   posted by art on Friday June 23, @06:30 (Research)               ||   http://www.bostoncure.org:8080/article.pl?sid=06/06/23/1131211   |++[0]art writes

Re: [QUAD-L] I know I am late Years being a Quad !!

2006-06-24 Thread DAANOO
Hi Chet, You are forgiven for being late, of course. I'm glad you're here. It is always a success to make it another year. Nice to see you I have not remembered posting for quite some time.Dana.( C 4-5 quadriplegia, 31 years post, 52, Prairie Village, Kansas, which is a suburb of Kansas

Re: [QUAD-L] RE: Baclofen pump

2006-06-24 Thread DAANOO
Hi Amy,I hope they tell you what you want to hear, something that will help you. I will be praying for you. Will they be doing the surgery or is it just a consultation?Dana Click Hi LQ, Good luck getting the pump put in. You will be in my thoughts and prayers! With Love, CtrlAltDel aka

Fwd: [QUAD-L] UNSUBSCRIBE

2006-06-24 Thread DAANOO
In a message dated 6/24/2006 12:42:41 P.M. Central Standard Time, Hi Michelle,What is your disability and I'm sorry you want to unsubscribe from the quadlist? You can get it in a form called the quadlist digest, that only comes once a day, maybe that would be easier for you to handle.

Re: [QUAD-L] Help

2006-06-24 Thread DAANOO
Tesela, that is a really pretty name. I have never heard it before. Dana Thanks W.for the information. Tesela-Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; quad-list@eskimo.comSent: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 22:14:52 EDTSubject: Re: [QUAD-L] HelpEight lines In a

Re: [QUAD-L] Dr G. [Medical Examiner] and the circumstances surrounding a quadriplegic's death in Orlando, Florida

2006-06-24 Thread KK Batte
I did watch it. I too had questions. But the woman's own doctor solved the case. That is the stuff nightmares are made of. KK

Re: [QUAD-L] UNSUBSCRIBE

2006-06-24 Thread wheelchair
Oh Dave, lol. You made it sound so easy. W In a message dated 6/24/2006 12:42:41 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi Paul, If you are posting to the Quad-List then you are subscribed to it. Just send any questions, comments, or advice to this address and we

Re: [QUAD-L] Help

2006-06-24 Thread wheelchair
You are welcome. Chicago is a big city and I'm sure that you realize that by now. Make sure that you are registered with the Mayor's Office and know his commissioner who represents the disAbled Population. If you need additional info, please advise. W In a message dated 6/24/2006 10:41:12

Re: [QUAD-L] Ohio

2006-06-24 Thread DeLiMiTeD4
Cincinnati area here. Belated congrats. john In a message dated 6/24/2006 1:44:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Anyone here in Ohio? or Close !! Zeraw T-10 T-11 21YEARS YESTERDAY !!! Weee huh ?

Re: [QUAD-L] flap incision pulled

2006-06-24 Thread DeLiMiTeD4
It is so hard to believe that each of our lives can be so compromised and disrupted by a damn ulcer that takes less than 20 minutes to cause. I feel so bad for you Stacy. you are in my prayers. I'm openminded to any other new treatments for such sores. Any old treatments? I'm sure you're on

Re: [QUAD-L] Using bigger fonts and Re Mistaken identity

2006-06-24 Thread DeLiMiTeD4
Dear Lori, good point! I thought you were like, being loud and it struck me as humerous. I'll try to remember it is easier to read. Loved your colors too*wink*. peace n love john In a message dated 6/24/2006 5:21:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hey John, Actually, I

Re: [QUAD-L] flap incision pulled

2006-06-24 Thread DeLiMiTeD4
Stacy, You always amaze me how you keep fighting back. i know how desperate you are feeling. I keep reading and looking for anything that could be of any help. I'm getting to that poiunt with the pain. I'm trying mega vitamin c. Sounds stupid but as you can tell, I'll try anything. I'm up to 5

Re: [QUAD-L] flap incision pulled

2006-06-24 Thread Stacy Harim
 My doc is very nice. I met him through the wound center. His office chairs are really hard to transfer into so I called the wound center to see if I could see him there and they said they'd have to get back to me like they don't want me there so I am going to call my doctor about it on