[QUAD-L] Fact or Fiction, You decide.
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 joy, because they won any money using this ploy. Lastly, if you truly believe in all the money promised you I've got the original, not a fake, but the original London Bridge for sale, at a cut-rate price. Best Wishes and Live Long! W In a message dated 9/20/05 8:04:11 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hello: That's Right. $40,000 dollars in your PayPal account and that's NO BULL!!! IT WAS PROVEN ON OPRAH and is COMPLETELY LEGAL!!! You may have heard of this program (or one like it) on 20/20 or even in the Wall Street Journal. $10 Dollars... that's all it takes. I'll try to keep it short and sweet. To get started just right mouse click and copy this whole page and paste it in an e-mail to edit it. Simply follow the instructions below and in 2 to 3 weeks, you will have as much as $40,000 dollars in your PayPal account or even more. Most people respond to this program because of the low investment ($10 dollars) and high profit potential. There is no limit to the income you can generate from this (you can do it over and over). If you follow the instructions, you will reach thousands of people! Honesty, Faith, and Integrity make this system work.
Re: [QUAD-L] Fact or Fiction, You decide.
As the saying goes,," if it sounds too good to be true,,it usually is. " Kathy in Mississippi
Re: [QUAD-L] Feet swelling!
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 such a short time,that I couldn't believe they hadn't been ordered before. The social worker said Medicare and/or Medicaid would not pay for them at home,, even if you had a history of blood clots. ( which I didn't,,I was just interested. ) I told them to get me a doctor order and let me see what I could do. I am on the medicaid waiver and they will approve items that sometimes are not. In 2 months I have the compressionboots and the pump and it has been so wonderful. They have helped my swelling and pain. Kathy in Mississippi
Re: [QUAD-L] Fact or Fiction, You decide.
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 Morrison
Re: [QUAD-L] Fact or Fiction, You decide.
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!
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, Ive just recently been having troubles with my feet and calves swelling, any input would be greatly appreciated! Silas
Re: [QUAD-L] Feet swelling!
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 swelling! Hey everybody, Ive just recently been having troubles with my feet and calves swelling, any input would be greatly appreciated! Silas
[QUAD-L] Adult Stem Cells May Help Spine-Injured Mice
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 guess if it doesn't evolve embryonic stem cells it doesn't get widely reported.
[QUAD-L] swelling feet
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
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 older Americans and people with disabilities. Dear Marciis a service of the Medicare Rights Center (MRC) ( www.medicarerights.org), the nation's largest independent source of health care information for people with Medicare.A national nonprofit founded in 1989, MRChelps older adults and people with disabilities get good, affordable health care. For reprint rights, please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***Get Help from Home - Help Others from Home*** Linking Individuals in Need with Care and Services (LINCS) is a free service of the Medicare Rights Center (MRC) in collaboration with AARP. LINCS is a volunteer network that helps older and disabled New Yorkers complete and submit applications to receive extra help paying for Medicare prescription drug costs. After completing a web-based training, volunteer counselors assist people in need through one-on-one telephonic counseling from the comfort of their own home. If you have Medicare and would like help getting this benefit, please e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], or call 800-480-2060, ext. 82. If you are interested in volunteering, complete an application online at www.medicarerights.org/lincs.html Topic of the Month: Making Ends Meet Marci's Mailbox * * * * * * * * * * * * Dear Marci, I was reading about the new Medicare prescription drug benefit and learned that there will be out-of-pocket costs if I sign up. I also read that if I dont sign up now, Ill have to pay more if I sign up later. Does Medicare have any programs to help pay for these costs? Ella (Lakewood, CO) Dear Ella, Yes. If your monthly income is below $1,197 for singles ($1,604 for couples) and your assets are below specified limits (see chart below for 2005 guidelines), you may be eligible for help paying for your Medicare prescription drug plan. Even if your income or assets seem to be above the limit, you may still qualify because certain types of income and assets, such as your home, maynot be counted. If you are enrolled in Medicaid, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or a Medicare Savings Program (MSP), you automatically qualify for help. You do not have to apply for this extra assistance. If you are not enrolled in one of the programs that automatically qualify you for the extra help, you will have to fill out an application. You can do that through the Social Security Administration (SSA), using either the agency's print or online application. Note: Even if you qualify for the extra help paying for your Medicare drug costs, you must choose a private plan offering Medicare drug coverage in your area in order to get Medicare prescription drug coverage. The amount of extra help you will receive depends on your income and assets. Its a complex formula, so please read carefully: If You Have... Your Assets You Pay Medicaid1 and income below 100% FPL (below $798 a month for singles and $1,070 a month for couples in 20053) State Medicaid asset test applies. Note: If you have Medicaid, you automatically qualify for the extra helpyou do not have to apply for it. No monthly premium2 No deductible $1/generic and $3/brand name4 (no copayment after $5,100 in total annual drug costs) Medicaid and income above 100% FPL5 (above $798 a month for singles and $1,070 a month for couples in 20053) State Medicaid asset test applies. Note: If you have Medicaid through spend-down, once you have met your spend-down amount you are automatically eligible for the extra help for the rest of the calendar yearyou do not have to apply for it. No monthly premium2 No deductible $2/generic and $5/brand name4 (no copayment after $5,100 in total annual drug costs) Income below 135% FPL and do not have Medicaid (below $1,077 a month for singles and $1,444 a month for couples in 20053) Below $7,500 for individuals and $12,000 for couples6 No monthly premium2 No deductible $2/generic and $5/brand name4 (no copayment after $5,100 in total annual drug costs) Income between 135% and 150% FPL and do not have Medicaid (between $1,077 and $1,197 a month for singles, or $1,444 and $1,604 a month for couples in 20053) Below $11,500 for individuals and $23,000 for couples6 Sliding scale monthly premium $50 deductible 15 percent coinsurance ($2/generic and $5/brand name4 copayment after $5,100 in total annual drug costs) 1 Institutionalized individuals with Medicaid, at all income levels, pay no copayment, deductible or premium. 2 Premium is $0 if you enroll in a plan with a premium at or below the benchmark premium. If you choose a plan with a higher premium, you will have to pay the difference. 3 Federal poverty
[QUAD-L] ADAPT
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 Katrina survivors for essential services, 500 ADAPT activists occupied the offices of Congressional leaders for 5 hours Monday, resulting in 104 arrests. "Low income people with disabilities are hemorrhaging as a result of the continual cuts to Medicaid by the states and Congress," said Barb Toomer, ADAPT Organizer from Utah. "The leaders of the House and Senate are obviously in a position to stop the bleeding, so we came directly to them. We feel these cuts very personally, and we wanted the Senators and Representatives to feel it personally, too." Entering the offices of Sen. Bill Frist (R-TN), Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Sen. Harry Reid ( D-NV), and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Rep. J. Dennis Hastert (R-IL), Rep. Tom Delay (R-TX), Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX), ADAPT presented each with the following demands; 1. Support restoration of the proposed $10 billion Medicaid cuts. 2. No arbitrary caps on Medicaid, or block granting of Medicaid funds. 3. Eliminate the institutional bias in Medicaid by supporting MiCASSA (S .401, H.R. 910 ) and Money Follows the Person (S. 528, H.R. 3063) 4. Fund HUD housing vouchers for all people transitioning from nursing homes and other institutions to integrated community living. 5. Sponsor an initiative to address long term care services, durable medical equipment, assistive technology, support services, service animals and community housing for Katrina evacuees with disabilities. The occupation of the offices in the Hart, Cannon, and Rayburn buildings followed a morning press conference held next to FEMA Headquarters, and attended by FEMA staff. ADAPT Organizers from Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama called into the press conference from their home states to inform the crowd by speakerphone about the state of affairs for Katrina survivors with disabilities in their respective areas. They spoke of people with disabilities being the last people evacuated, being actually turned away from shelters because of their disabilities or because they had no attendants with them, being separated from family, caregivers and necessary equipment and service animals, and now languishing in nursing homes and other institutions unconnected to the official resources being made available to the majority of Katrina survivors. "This really is a matter of our life and death," said Randy Alexander, Tennessee ADAPT Organizer. "A few months ago, Tennessee Gov. Bredesen drastically cut back TennCare, including home care services for people who use ventilators. He openly admitted that he was forcing these people into nursing homes. Just today we got word that we have suffered the first death of a ventilator user, the first casualty of Gov. Bredesen's heartless cuts. Unless Congress acts, the deaths will continue." ADAPT is in Washington through Thursday of this week to demand legislation and policy from any corner of the federal government with the power to assure that people with disabilities of all ages have what they need to live lives of dignity and choice in their communities. ### FOR MORE INFORMATION on ADAPT visit our website at http://www.adapt.org/
Re: [QUAD-L] ADAPT
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 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 Katrina survivors for essential services, 500 ADAPT activists occupied the offices of Congressional leaders for 5 hours Monday, resulting in 104 arrests. Low income people with disabilities are hemorrhaging as a result of the continual cuts to Medicaid by the states and Congress, said Barb Toomer, ADAPT Organizer from Utah. The leaders of the House and Senate are obviously in a position to stop the bleeding, so we came directly to them. We feel these cuts very personally, and we wanted the Senators and Representatives to feel it personally, too. Entering the offices of Sen. Bill Frist (R-TN), Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Sen. Harry Reid ( D-NV), and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Rep. J. Dennis Hastert (R-IL), Rep. Tom Delay (R-TX), Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX), ADAPT presented each with the following demands; 1. Support restoration of the proposed $10 billion Medicaid cuts. 2. No arbitrary caps on Medicaid, or block granting of Medicaid funds. 3. Eliminate the institutional bias in Medicaid by supporting MiCASSA (S .401, H.R. 910 ) and Money Follows the Person (S. 528, H.R. 3063) 4. Fund HUD housing vouchers for all people transitioning from nursing homes and other institutions to integrated community living. 5. Sponsor an initiative to address long term care services, durable medical equipment, assistive technology, support services, service animals and community housing for Katrina evacuees with disabilities. The occupation of the offices in the Hart, Cannon, and Rayburn buildings followed a morning press conference held next to FEMA Headquarters, and attended by FEMA staff. ADAPT Organizers from Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama called into the press conference from their home states to inform the crowd by speakerphone about the state of affairs for Katrina survivors with disabilities in their respective areas. They spoke of people with disabilities being the last people evacuated, being actually turned away from shelters because of their disabilities or because they had no attendants with them, being separated from family, caregivers and necessary equipment and service animals, and now languishing in nursing homes and other institutions unconnected to the official resources being made available to the majority of Katrina survivors. This really is a matter of our life and death, said Randy Alexander, Tennessee ADAPT Organizer. A few months ago, Tennessee Gov. Bredesen drastically cut back TennCare, including home care services for people who use ventilators. He openly admitted that he was forcing these people into nursing homes. Just today we got word that we have suffered the first death of a ventilator user, the first casualty of Gov. Bredesen's heartless cuts. Unless Congress acts, the deaths will continue. ADAPT is in Washington through Thursday of this week to demand legislation and policy from any corner of the federal government with the power to assure that people with disabilities of all ages have what they need to live lives of dignity and choice in their communities. ### FOR MORE INFORMATION on ADAPT visit our website at http://www.adapt.org/
Re: [QUAD-L] Feet swelling!
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 completely resolved. But I could still wear sneakers/shoes. Then I went thru a 2-yr period of severe puffiness (I think it was my food ... many salty casseroles and Campbell Soup crockpot recipes) where I couldn't even wear shoes. My whole body was puffy. 1998-2000 After moving to AZ in 2001 things got better again. I'm doing good now but elevation (in bed) was what resolved much of it. My 6-month stint in bed from a wound made me drop 30lbs. Much was water weight I believe. Lori Michaelson C4/5 complete quad, 25 years post Tucson, AZ ---Original Message--- From: Liz Date: 09/20/05 10:38:04 To: Silas Shelburne; quad-List@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Feet swelling! 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, Ive just recently been having troubles with my feet and calves swelling, any input would be greatly appreciated! Silas
[QUAD-L] UTIs - bladder flushing
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 right now. Incompetent turds! How so many graduate these days is scary! Anyway ... I called all over on my own abt Chlorpactin to no avail. My Dr was unfamiliar with it. Big surprise! NOT! But I guess it was used way back when but is no longer. In any case ... on the CareCure Community a spinal nurse suggested a good solution (betadine saline), and my husband agreed, it sounded good to clean out one's bladder. I also found my thoughts on bladder pressure testing for those with foleys there. The jerk Urologist I went to recently suggested that as one test. My husband thoufght it made no sense in determining UTI causes. That bladder flush concoction (ratio too) is found in this thread on infections --- http://carecure.org/forum/showthread.php?t=52048highlight=bladder+pressure+tests along with the info on pressure teststing and my posts are found there at the end of the thread. BTW, my user name is Brinda41 there. Lori Michaelson C4/5 complete quad, 25 years post Tucson, AZ ---Original Message--- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 09/19/05 16:28:32 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Dan - Pseudomonas UTI Hi Lori, My family doctor has gave me 7 sample packs of Levequin , but they are only 250mg, so I hope I don't get immune to levequin.He said he will look at my blood sample probaby tomorrow and see what he thinks from there. When I 1st got a supra pubic catheter put in about 5 years ago My Urologist Insisted I take cipro 250mg for 1 full year---I told him I felt very afraid of taking antibiotics for a YEARHe said oh go ahead 250mg a day can't hurt you. Well come to find out now I'm resistant to cipro... I wonder if that UROLOGIST knew what he was talking about.Anyway hope we get better--- By the way Lori did you ever try that Bladder Flush again that you took years back??? I think you called it CLORPACTIN or something like that. Thanks, Dan c-6 8 yrs, 2 months.- Car wreck
[QUAD-L] To irrigate or not?
One may want to read this entire thread on irrigating caths. http://carecure.org/forum/showthread.php?t=52076
RE: [QUAD-L] pseudomonas UTI
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 in the lungs, rarely in the bladder and a hard one to kill. It was treated with neosprin. Sounds strange but it is true. We got glass capsules and the sterile water from the pharmacy. This is what we instilled in the bladder. Took forever. Sorry I couldnt help. I still think you might want to talk to your doc about instillations. Best of luck. Lana Gabes Mom From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 7:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] pseudomonas UTI Thanks, Lana-- Do you know what anti biotic type that it is you use for this ? Dan
[QUAD-L] Fwd: ADAPT Gets Commitment From HUD Secretary Jackson on Voucher Implementation
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 HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson got the point that ADAPT wants HUD vouchers for people transitioning out of nursing homes and institutions into community living, ADAPT delivered the message simultaneously at Jackson's home in Alexandria, Virginia, and HUD headquarters in D.C. The strategy paid off when Secretary Jackson came down to HUD plaza to personally meet with protestors, and commit to work with ADAPT on voucher implementation. We are pleased that Sec. Jackson did what no HUD Secretary before him has done, namely, come to us in the street, outside the HUD fortress, and pledge to work together to improve the lives of people with disabilities, said Shona Eakin, Pennsylvania ADAPT Organizer. We have made real progress in recent years getting people out of nursing homes using our own ingenuity, perseverance, and the Medicaid System Change Grants. Our biggest challenge remains finding accessible, affordable, integrated housing for people to move into when they leave the nursing home. Along with voucher implementation, follow-up with Jackson will also address the problem of affordable housing stock becoming suddenly available, then just as suddenly disappearing, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Many people with disabilities and other low-income people have waited as long as ten years for their names to rise to the top of Section 8 waiting lists in their home communities. As some of those communities have suddenly become home to tens of thousands of survivors of Katrina, thousands of affordable housing units magically appeared to help house them. The question is, with so many people with disabilities waiting for that housing, where did those units come from, and why weren't they being used for people who were kept waiting for years? And now that those units are being used to house Katrina survivors, what does that mean for the disability community and other low-income people on waiting lists for housing? I've been waiting for a long time for my name to get to the top of the Section 8 waiting list in Atlanta, said Susan Edwards, a Georgia ADAPT member. Before Katrina, Section 8 told me I was number 100 on the list. Since Katrina they told me that I am now number 300, and unless both my parents die it will be a long, long time before I get Section 8. I'm really glad that Secretary Jackson is going to work with ADAPT on voucher implementation for people leaving nursing homes, but what about me? Will I die before my name gets to the top of the list and I finally get a chance to have my own home, too? Lack of accessible, affordable, integrated housing remains the greatest barrier to community living for people who are currently warehoused in nursing homes and other institutions. The dearth of housing surpasses even the universal lack of adequate community based services and supports. According to statistics compiled by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, more than 300,000 of the million and a half people in the nation's nursing homes want to move back into the community. That will only be possible with enough accessible, affordable, integrated housing, and community-based services and supports. ### FOR MORE INFORMATION on ADAPT visit our website at http://www.adapt.org/ ---End Message---
