Fwd: [QUAD-L] I'm so tired of being patient

2015-02-05 Thread Larry Willis
I imagine all of us on here have expressed those thoughts repeatedly. I know I have. Everyday I question whether this life of complete dependence is worth it. Most days the answer is yes, but as I get older and the routines get longer and harder, yes gets harder to say. This is year 44 for me.

[QUAD-L] Shirley! Bed stuff!

2015-02-05 Thread Larry Willis
Shirley, it stinks to the high heaven! I had the very same problem with my van lift last fall. Discontinued! Obsolete! I finally got a church friend with a schematic and he fixed it. It was a $2.50 relay under the hood. Made me want to say many bad words. I got the relay at O'Reilly auto parts.

[QUAD-L] Core exercises

2015-02-05 Thread ntpgrnmtn
Wondering what exercises people do to help strengthen their core and improve posture? For those in a manual chair how do you position your seat cushion(dump) and back support to prevent slumping? Inj C5 C6 Nancy Pritchard

Re: [QUAD-L] I'm so tired of being patient

2015-02-05 Thread greg
I'm pretty lucky, it only takes me 15-20 minutes to get up/down. Except the 2x a week bathing, etc. I try to set things up to be as easy as possible. I no longer do (Range Of Motion). Well, not as often. I stretch my hands myself while I'm up. But a quick stretch of my legs every few weeks still

Fwd: [QUAD-L] New Chair

2015-02-05 Thread Larry Willis
I have had very good luck with invacare. It and quickie have more space underneath for tie-downs etc. I'm sure they are better now, but belt drive chairs have caused me to use many foul words, especially the old EJ variety. Larry Willis Retired and proud of it Begin forwarded message:

Re: [QUAD-L] New Chair

2015-02-05 Thread diannal767
thanks I have had a Quickie Pulse 6 with tilt for about 2 years now. I have had no problems with it. It is also good outdoors (within reason). Not good in gravel. -Original Message- From: Michael Galvin whatsu...@gmail.com To: diannal767 diannal...@aol.com Sent: Thu, Feb 5, 2015

[QUAD-L] transfer master bed problem

2015-02-05 Thread shirley bell
Hi everyone, I contacted the transfer master bed co. because to remote for our double bed is not connecting on the up and down. Sometimes it will and can get it to work but its a matter of time. The other functions on it work ok. Anyway, this was his response when I called about getting a new

Re: [QUAD-L] I'm so tired of being patient

2015-02-05 Thread Gmail
Thanks Larry for tuning in. I'm sorry for complaining. But who else is going to understand? I was in bed for 2 weeks vomiting while laying down ... not fun. Better now. I have a teeny tiny sore on my butt. I got WORSE while I was in bed!!! Grrr Bobbie Smile Everyday On Feb

[QUAD-L] missing

2015-02-05 Thread diannal767
haven't seen ron p. on here for a long timewondering if all is well?