Re: [QUAD-L] Amitiza and problems after foot surge

2012-06-26 Thread DAANOO
Hi Don, I'm sorry to hear about your wound problems also. It's so hard for us because we cannot feel and we don't know if the nurses doing the right thing. They gave me some kind of special IV medication in the hospital. I don't remember the name, but it is something they only use at acute

Re: [QUAD-L] Nightmare w/c supplier

2012-06-26 Thread RONALD L PRACHT
Wheelchair is correct and dont sign until everything has been checked and double checked on your chair. Thats the only real power you have over the vendor. Once you sign, getting something changed will be difficult or impossible. I think every chair user gets screwed a couple times before they

Re: [QUAD-L] do or don't you use narcotic/pain meds-survey

2012-06-26 Thread John S.
I've taken valium for 36 years, hydrocodone for 20, oxycontin for 8 and lyrica for 5. Because my bones deteriorate and fracture from simple lifts I either take my npain meds or suffer from AD. I broke a multitude of bones in my original accident and many never healed right. I have deformed so

Re: [QUAD-L] Hospital Fees

2012-06-26 Thread John S.
THE RELIGOUS RIGHT!!  HAHAHAHAHOHA, OH GOD, YOU ARE FUNNY !!   john  From: Greg g...@eskimo.com To: quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 4:32 PM Subject: [QUAD-L] Hospital Fees I just got a co-pay bill for a hospital stay. For 3 days plus

Re: [QUAD-L] do or don't you use narcotic/pain meds-survey

2012-06-26 Thread Bob Vogel
Hi John, From SCI nurses and physicians I've spoken with-- AD can hit anybody with SCI of T6 and above, and is possible in people with SCI as low as T10. Bob V On Jun 26, 2012, at 11:10 AM, John S. wrote: I've taken valium for 36 years, hydrocodone for 20, oxycontin for 8 and lyrica for

Re: [QUAD-L] Hospital Fees

2012-06-26 Thread Greg
Before I got insurance, I paid $1,000s and $1,000s of hospital and other medical fees. And so has other family members. One is still paying off something like $4,000. Greg The one thing you left out is the uninsured person pays zero. Thats whats breaking the system or part of it.

Re: [QUAD-L] do or don't you use narcotic/pain meds-survey

2012-06-26 Thread Don Price
Bob and all,   Here's what I found:   Autonomic dysreflexia, also known as hyperreflexia, is a state that is unique to patients after spinal cord injury at a T-5 level and above. Patients with spinal cord injuries at Thoracic 5 (T-5) level and above are very susceptible. Patients with spinal

[QUAD-L] do or don't you use narcotic/pain meds-survey

2012-06-26 Thread Don Price
I am thankful, but after 30 years [in Aug.] of SCI I've never taken anything stronger than Tylenol for pain. That's not to say I never have pain, but I decided long ago that I wanted to avoid drugs [of any kind] as long as I could. If I lived in a cold climate I would probably need pain meds.  

Re: [QUAD-L] Obamacare Decision

2012-06-26 Thread Greg
As a Liberal, I’d give on Tort reform as long as all malpractice suits are still covered. Yes doctors need much more room. They can’t be held responsible every time something goes wrong. But if they are negligent, a person’s needs to be covered. No limit on expenses, but a limit on the pain and

Re: [QUAD-L] Obamacare Decision

2012-06-26 Thread John S.
I have never found a redeeming feature in any organized religion, so the comment about right wing religion in politics made me laugh and cry. The idea of a Just God is fine but remember, men create Justice on Earth. When in history did a religous man impart justice. The wealthy own our so

Re: [QUAD-L] do or don't you use narcotic/pain meds-survey

2012-06-26 Thread John S.
I'm not in pain Don. It really doesn't hurt in the sense that I feel the pain. When I don't treat it my blood preassure rises, I get cold sweats to the point of being drenched. My heart starts an irregular fast beat and I feel like I'm being crushed. I become rigid then start convulsing

Re: [QUAD-L] Obamacare Decision

2012-06-26 Thread John S.
Noway! I've seen too many ding dong Dr.s to cut tort and too many  wicked drugs. Drug companies knowingly put out medicine that is BS. Look at propecia? Cures baldness but cause ED. They knew it could cause birth defects if a woman touched the damn pill. Do you think a tad more study might have

Re: [QUAD-L] do or don't you use narcotic/pain meds-survey

2012-06-26 Thread Bobbie Humphreys
What is AD? Bobbie Sent from my iPad On Jun 26, 2012, at 2:34 PM, Bob Vogel rhvsh...@pacbell.net wrote: Hi John, From SCI nurses and physicians I've spoken with-- AD can hit anybody with SCI of T6 and above, and is possible in people with SCI as low as T10. Bob V On Jun 26,

Re: [QUAD-L] do or don't you use narcotic/pain meds-survey

2012-06-26 Thread Bobbie Humphreys
Don, You are sooo correct about the cold temps. I'm 39 years post and live in Northern New Jersey. I have scoliosis and a syrnix in my neck. I take morphine, hydrocodone, Valium, nurontin and pennsaid. Bobbie Sent from my iPad On Jun 26, 2012, at 2:58 PM, Don Price