[QUAD-L] Fact or Fiction, You decide.

2005-09-20 Thread wheelchair
For me it's fiction. 1st, I don't watch Oprah or read the Wall Street Journal and 2nd, I don't believe that its legal. These ploys like to use name drops to make those who read the message think its credible. In my 125 years on this planet, I have yet to see anyone, on tv, jumping with

Re: [QUAD-L] Fact or Fiction, You decide.

2005-09-20 Thread LadyOnWheels725
As the saying goes,," if it sounds too good to be true,,it usually is. " Kathy in Mississippi

Re: [QUAD-L] Feet swelling!

2005-09-20 Thread LadyOnWheels725
I have the same problem with swelling in my legs. I have taken lasix for years to help me to tinkle it out, but it was far from solving the problem.. Following surgery last year the doctor ordered compression boots for my legs. They are nothing like the stockings. They helped so much in

Re: [QUAD-L] Fact or Fiction, You decide.

2005-09-20 Thread kaye allard
http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/p/paypalchain.htm ...and in fact, it is.On 9/20/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As the saying goes,, if it sounds too good to be true,,it usually is. Kathy in Mississippi -- Love is or it ain't. Thin love ain't love at all.-Toni

Re: [QUAD-L] Fact or Fiction, You decide.

2005-09-20 Thread LadyOnWheels725
Excuse the brain fart and my miss quote "If it sounds too good to be true,,it usually isn't.., Kathy Mississippi

Re: [QUAD-L] Feet swelling!

2005-09-20 Thread Liz
check for warmth on skin. Is it both legs or one? change in weather in your area? rule out blood clot? - Original Message - From: Silas Shelburne To: quad-List@eskimo.com Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 7:39 PM Subject: [QUAD-L] Feet swelling! Hey everybody,

Re: [QUAD-L] Feet swelling!

2005-09-20 Thread Stacy Harim
Mine swell. Its because ofcirculation. They go down when I put them up and I was prescribed lasix. I take it when they get bad. Stacy - Original Message - From: Silas Shelburne To: quad-List@eskimo.com Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 7:39 PM Subject: [QUAD-L] Feet

[QUAD-L] Adult Stem Cells May Help Spine-Injured Mice

2005-09-20 Thread Jim Lubin
Lab Tests Show Improved Mobility With Adult Human Neural Stem Cells http://my.webmd.com/content/Article/112/110298.htm Research Finds Stem Cells Aid in Spinal Cord Repair http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4854902 strange, foxnews is the only other place I saw this reported. I

[QUAD-L] swelling feet

2005-09-20 Thread DAANOO
Hi, I take hydrochlorothiazide and and also potassium. The nurse comes at every six weeks to draw my blood to check my potassium level. It seems to work great for me.Dana (C4-5, 31 years post, 52, KC)

[QUAD-L] Fwd: Marci's Medicare Update: Week of 09/19/05--Making ends meet

2005-09-20 Thread DAANOO
FYIDana (C4-5, 32 years post, 52, KC) ---BeginMessage--- www.medicarerights.org | e-newsletters Volume 4, Issue 38: Week ofSeptember 19, 2005 Welcome to Dear Marci, a free,weekly newsletter designed to keep you in the loop about health care benefits, rights and options for

[QUAD-L] ADAPT

2005-09-20 Thread QuadPirate
For Immediate Release: September 20, 2005 For Information Contact: Bob Kafka 512-431-4085 Marsha Katz 406-544-9504 104 Arrested as ADAPT Occupies House and Senate Leadership Offices Washington, D.C.---Fed up with being the targets of Congressional Medicaid cuts, and being pitted against

Re: [QUAD-L] ADAPT

2005-09-20 Thread ROBERT WHO
thanks for the info---Cheers R -Original Message- From: QuadPirate Sent: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 16:57:26 -0700 To: quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: [QUAD-L] ADAPT For Immediate Release: September 20, 2005 For Information Contact: Bob Kafka 512-431-4085 Marsha Katz 406-544-9504 104 Arrested

Re: [QUAD-L] Feet swelling!

2005-09-20 Thread Lori Michaelson
If this is SUDDEN, Silas ... I agree with Liz. Other than that it's usually gravity-caused edema. I went for 10 yrs with skinny legs/feet post-injury. When I began working and more time in the chair ... my ankles and feet puffed up badly. After a bad clot in 1995 my swelling never

[QUAD-L] UTIs - bladder flushing

2005-09-20 Thread Lori Michaelson
Hi Dan, Post-injury I was put on a sulpha tablet (Bactrum) a day (I forget the mgs) to prevent UTIs. Can't recall when I discontinued it. 250mgs of a broad spectrum antibiodic like CIPRO was pretty foolish. Shakespeare said "Let's kill all the lawyers" I'm ready to kill several Drs

[QUAD-L] To irrigate or not?

2005-09-20 Thread Lori Michaelson
One may want to read this entire thread on irrigating caths. http://carecure.org/forum/showthread.php?t=52076

RE: [QUAD-L] pseudomonas UTI

2005-09-20 Thread Lana Baugh
Dan, My husband corrected me. Gabe had Pseudomonas in a Central line when he was hospitalized. It was treated by IV antibiotic. I do not know what that antibiotic was. The infection Gabe had that we treated with instillations was Klepsiella pneumonia. This is a bug that is usually found

[QUAD-L] Fwd: ADAPT Gets Commitment From HUD Secretary Jackson on Voucher Implementation

2005-09-20 Thread DAANOO
Good news!Dana (C-4-5, 31 years post, 51, KC) ---BeginMessage--- For Immediate Release: September 19, 2005 For Information Contact: Bob Kafka 512-431-4085 Marsha Katz 406-544-9504 ADAPT Gets Commitment From HUD Secretary Jackson on Voucher Implementation Washington, D.C.--- Just to be sure