Thank you Dana and the others that responded, as a quad you just wonder about a lot of things like that or what if you have an appendix burst or a gall bladder go bad......I guess one would get sick or dysreflexia in many cases. Thanks, again, Dan H. **
________________________________ From: Dana Wray <daa...@aol.com> To: Nan <nlg52...@yahoo.com> Cc: Danny Hearn <ddh...@sbcglobal.net>; "quad-list@eskimo.com" <quad-list@eskimo.com> Sent: Wed, September 12, 2012 3:04:17 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] 46 years post SCI Hi Danny, I found out I had bladder cancer after I went to the urologist with blood in my stool as I was using a catheter I had stage III bladder cancer and my bladder was removed I received made out of the last 6 inches of my small intestine in 1986. Dana Sent from my iPhone On Sep 11, 2012, at 10:26 PM, Nan <nlg52...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >One of my biggest clues would be sweating (AD). That said, I too have a >"continent stoma" (Kock Pouch) and I self cath - I've had it since 1987 and it >rocks!!! > > >Nan > > > ________________________________ From: Danny Hearn <ddh...@sbcglobal.net> >To: carolyndeand...@comcast.net; jume9...@comcast.net >Cc: quad-list <quad-list@eskimo.com> >Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 1:33 PM >Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] 46 years post SCI > > >I'm curious to know how a quad can tell if they have something like bladder >cancer going on, would there be some noticable problems or just during a >urologist check up ? thanks Dan H.** > > > > ________________________________ From: "carolyndeand...@comcast.net" <carolyndeand...@comcast.net> >To: jume9...@comcast.net >Cc: quad-list <quad-list@eskimo.com> >Sent: Tue, September 11, 2012 11:40:20 AM >Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] 46 years post SCI > >I had bladder cancer so my bladder was re-made using my intestines and was put >just inside my stomach beneath my belly button. I self cath...as my daughter >said I now pee through my stomach. Its sometimes called the Miami or Indiana >pouch. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: jume9...@comcast.net >To: "quad-list" <quad-list@eskimo.com> >Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 11:35:04 AM >Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] 46 years post SCI > > >What is the miami pouch? > >Meredith > >----- Original Message ----- >From: carolyndeand...@comcast.net >To: daa...@aol.com >Cc: quad...@gmail.com, gah17...@aol.com, quad-list@eskimo.com >Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 9:24:16 AM >Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] 46 years post SCI > >I'm 49 years post..may 5th will be 50 years omg..its hard to believe its been >such a long time. I will be 68 next month, I was 18 when I was in a car >accident. I have had many, many problems but I'm still hanging in. Like Lori >who just lost her husband my husband is my care giver and hes 72 now..I hate >to >think about what would happen if he dies but I'm trying to be realistic and >have >some plans in place. My biggest problem right now is kidney and bladder >stones >and I have a Miami pouch due to bladder cancer..has anyone on the list had >stones removed from a pouch? Carolyn > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: daa...@aol.com >To: quad...@gmail.com, gah17...@aol.com, quad-list@eskimo.com >Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 3:26:11 AM >Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] 46 years post SCI > > >Sorry you are not feeling too young, I know how you feel. >Dana >congratulations Quadius on 17 years. God bless all of us as we struggle each >year with our different problems with SCI. > > > > >In a message dated 9/10/2012 8:22:18 P.M. Central Daylight Time, >quad...@gmail.com writes: > > >today I'm not feeling too young myself. However, I am only 17 years into this >life of quadriplegia. Congratulations on making to 46. > >Q > >On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 6:23 PM, < gah17...@aol.com > wrote: > > > > >63 years old, feel 110 today. > >Glenn Henry > > > >