Re: [QUAD-L] To wake, or not to wake up?

2014-05-28 Thread Danny Hearn
Bobbie, you and Ron have summed up a lot of the things we'd all like to do-or 
do once again...(I noticed you did not add, wanting to jump a ramp with a 
moterbike again , ;-) )  just kidding with that last line, but many of us know 
how you feel as we grow older with the pressure of quad life on us and our 
loved ones ! Dan H**  


On Tuesday, May 27, 2014 9:09 PM, Gmail bobbiehumphre...@gmail.com wrote:
  


I just want to cook  eat what and when I want. I want to wear a drop dead 
dress and heels and go out dancing. If I can't sleep, I want to get up in the 
middle of the night. I want to clean my place MY way. I want to paddle a canoe 
on a lake again. I want to sail my sailboat again. I want to water ski again. I 
want to go swimming again. I want to go snow skiing again. I want to put a back 
pack on and hike up a mountain camp overnight with a friend or two. I want to 
drive a stick shift again. I want to stay out all night and get in trouble when 
I get home. I want to slow dance with Pete. I want to have sex and know what it 
feels like. I want to have an orgasm know what it feels like. I want to have 
shower sex that I've never have had. I want to pack a light suitcase and drive 
three hours to my sisters in Saratoga, NY for the weekend. I want to be able to 
do yoga and tai chi. I want to rollerblade and cross country skiing for the 
first time. I want to be
 able to sew my own clothes. I want to take care of somebody that needs as much 
help as I do. I want to take care of Pete when he doesn't feel well. I want to 
learn to play the harp. I want to feel the earth between my toes. I want to be 
able to turn in the middle of the night without waking somebody up. I want to 
plant and grow vegetables and flowers in a garden. I want to take a trip to 
Europe with a friend. I want to be needed and have purpose. I want to go to a 
picnic and if it starts to rain run into the house with everybody else and not 
into a garage with one person keeping me company. I want to pick up and hold my 
nieces and nephews as infants and toddlers.
I want to go to sleep and sleep and sleep and sleep and sleep and sleep ... and 
never wake up. I'm done. It's been 41 years and each year there's a new 
problem. I am in so much pain in my endurance level continues to drop. My 
family and friends do not understand they just remembering me full of energy.   
 Bobbie 



On May 27, 2014, at 1:54 PM, RONALD L PRACHT r.pra...@sbcglobal.net wrote:


I just want to go to the lake like I once did. Go to my camping spot nestled 
three miles back in the woods and ride my four wheeler. I want to be able to go 
shoot targets with my guns and enjoy cleaning them. I want to be able to ask 
out any woman and have a chance at taking her out on sat night. I want to work 
on my truck and change my own oil. I would like to get into one more fist fight 
to feel im still alive. I want to feel sex again and have a regular woman that 
loves me next to me every night. Mostly, I want to be independent from others, 
show up and leave when I want to without guilt or being forced to do something. 
I want to sit on a toilet and feel a bowell movement. I want to go to family 
events again and be able to go out in the garage with the men. I want to cut 
grass and smell that fresh cut smell. I want to work hard at a job and get a 
paycheck again. I want to feel proud again. Have a bunch of buddies over and 
get a lil crazy.


Sadly a lot of these things will never happen for me anymore. I am still 
greatful to be alive most of the time. My next segment will be whats left 
still to do!


Ron



On Tuesday, May 27, 2014 9:52 AM, Larry Willis lwillis82...@gmail.com wrote:
 



Ditto, Ron, ditto.

Sent from my iPad

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Resent-From: quad-list@eskimo.com
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Date: May 26, 2014 at 10:15:36 PM EDT
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When Im in pain many times I question if I will wake up. I have had times when 
I have my talks with the lord and say I just cant do this anymore, but then I 
wake up for another bowell routine


ron 



On Monday, May 26, 2014 8:26 PM, Gmail bobbiehumphre...@gmail.com wrote:
  


I have a question. 90% of the time when I go to sleep I hope/wish I will not 
wake up in the morning. 
Dose anybody else ever have these thoughts?    Bobbie 







RE: [QUAD-L] To wake, or not to wake up?

2014-05-28 Thread Joan Anglin
Don, you said that so much more eloquently than I can. I too have been
pondering how to answer the question and my daughter and I talked about it
extensively. I can only remember one time since I was injured when I
seriously thought about not living any longer and I was sitting in my
wheelchair at the top of the stairs from the patio, 22 stairs and with my
luck I would just injure myself more and probably wouldn't be able to talk
and what is the worst thing that could happen to a woman other than being
able to talk?

I do have pain, and I have had my share of surgeries, blocked intestines,
emergency trips to the hospital, but being a fighter and from a long line of
women who are fighters, I just look for another solution or a better way of
doing things. What I wouldn't give to be able to scratch my nose. As healthy
as I am, I do wish I could move more than just my head so that I could
really hug my grandchildren rather than just pressing my head against them,
but that is so much better than not being here.

Do I have as much energy as I used to-of course not, I am 24 years older-but
do I look forward to each day? Absolutely yes. I love the new master
gardener program that I have joined (no, I do not do the gardening, everyone
else has to J) but I am thrilled to death, in a manner of speaking, that I'm
going to be able to introduce gardening on a very small scale to some
elderly and disabled people that are not able to get out very much, so they
will enjoy having more interaction with young people and the joy of
gardening and harvesting your own lettuce for your salad.

Do I have dreams? Always so many, it's hard to choose which one is the most
important. Right now, it is trying to figure out how I can get from Reno to
Santa Barbara California in two weeks to see my niece receive her doctorate
in art history and see my sister who has been able to get a release from her
Dr. While she is fighting cancer to see her daughter graduate. My sister
lives in Virginia and I have no way to be a support to her during this time
and we are all the family each other has. Hopefully we will be able to do
it, but if not I will survive albeit regretfully. I want to see my grandson
stop focusing on himself and become the thoughtful young man he was a couple
of years ago before he became Mr. Know it all, my other grandson to realize
his dream of writing a book, support my young granddaughter and her current
goal of becoming a fashion designer (she's only 10), watch the seven year
old become a baseball star, and the four year old granddaughter as she
develops her own persona.

I want to get financing for the grandiose idea and hard work that I have put
into designing and be able to build a small complex where families that have
a member who is disabled have a small home that is designed for wheelchairs
have space to enjoy being outdoors and able to interact more with other
families were facing some of the same problems. I still want to do a
parachute jump, go scuba diving in the Caribbean where it is warm, go to
China and be able to walk on the great wall, jump in my car on a whim rather
than a preplanned excursion just to go shopping, etc, etc and so forth.

No, I probably won't do most of those things, but I will damned well not
give them up until I die! I will rejoice in the little things, like sitting
in the sun and listening to fine music, reread a couple of good books and
hopefully many more new ones, enjoy some excellent meals and just all the
little things that make each day unique and different from the day before.

Clinical depression is so difficult to diagnose from a lay persons point of
view but it is certainly treatable and can make an outstanding difference in
someone's life. We do have our up's and downs, but continual downs are a
huge warning sign. I only know this from secondhand, but my beloved son died
11 years ago after attempting suicide, but then realizing he did not want to
die but was killed accidentally by a semi truck as he was trying to signal
for help. We all missed the signs, and I do not wish anyone to have to live
with the aftermath. Bobbi, please analyze your life today, this is not quite
like you appear to be on the list in the past as you have often been the one
to bolster someone else up. We cannot wish ourselves to die, so maybe try to
wish yourself and talk to somebody about enjoying life more.

Motor mouth again. Sorry.

But as Maya Angelou said so eloquently  Rising high, high above me...a
constant call up from misery, leaving behind nights of terror and fear I
rise into daybreak miraculously clear. I still rise.

Have hope and try to remain optimistic. Joan

 



[QUAD-L] Still I Rise! Farewell Maya.

2014-05-28 Thread Larry Willis
Ironic that you quote the wonderful Maya Angelou. She passed away this morning. 
She is gone but her words lingerAnd still I risewords that surely do 
apply to us on this list.

Sent from my iPad

Begin forwarded message:

 Resent-From: quad-list@eskimo.com
 From: Joan Anglin poaj...@sbcglobal.net
 Date: May 28, 2014 at 1:45:10 PM EDTuote
 To: moip...@yahoo.com, 'Don Price' donpric...@yahoo.com, 
 linda...@comcast.net, 'Gmail' bobbiehumphre...@gmail.com
 Cc: 'quad-list' quad-list@eskimo.com
 Subject: RE: [QUAD-L] To wake, or not to wake up?
 
 Don, you said that so much more eloquently than I can. I too have been 
 pondering how to answer the question and my daughter and I talked about it 
 extensively. I can only remember one time since I was injured when I 
 seriously thought about not living any longer and I was sitting in my 
 wheelchair at the top of the stairs from the patio, 22 stairs and with my 
 luck I would just injure myself more and probably wouldn’t be able to talk 
 and what is the worst thing that could happen to a woman other than being 
 able to talk?
 I do have pain, and I have had my share of surgeries, blocked intestines, 
 emergency trips to the hospital, but being a fighter and from a long line of 
 women who are fighters, I just look for another solution or a better way of 
 doing things. What I wouldn’t give to be able to scratch my nose. As healthy 
 as I am, I do wish I could move more than just my head so that I could really 
 hug my grandchildren rather than just pressing my head against them, but that 
 is so much better than not being here.
 Do I have as much energy as I used to-of course not, I am 24 years older-but 
 do I look forward to each day? Absolutely yes. I love the new master gardener 
 program that I have joined (no, I do not do the gardening, everyone else has 
 to J) but I am thrilled to death, in a manner of speaking, that I’m going to 
 be able to introduce gardening on a very small scale to some elderly and 
 disabled people that are not able to get out very much, so they will enjoy 
 having more interaction with young people and the joy of gardening and 
 harvesting your own lettuce for your salad.
 Do I have dreams? Always so many, it’s hard to choose which one is the most 
 important. Right now, it is trying to figure out how I can get from Reno to 
 Santa Barbara California in two weeks to see my niece receive her doctorate 
 in art history and see my sister who has been able to get a release from her 
 Dr. While she is fighting cancer to see her daughter graduate. My sister 
 lives in Virginia and I have no way to be a support to her during this time 
 and we are all the family each other has. Hopefully we will be able to do it, 
 but if not I will survive albeit regretfully. I want to see my grandson stop 
 focusing on himself and become the thoughtful young man he was a couple of 
 years ago before he became Mr. Know it all, my other grandson to realize his 
 dream of writing a book, support my young granddaughter and her current goal 
 of becoming a fashion designer (she’s only 10), watch the seven year old 
 become a baseball star, and the four year old granddaughter as she develops 
 her own persona.
 I want to get financing for the grandiose idea and hard work that I have put 
 into designing and be able to build a small complex where families that have 
 a member who is disabled have a small home that is designed for wheelchairs 
 have space to enjoy being outdoors and able to interact more with other 
 families were facing some of the same problems. I still want to do a 
 parachute jump, go scuba diving in the Caribbean where it is warm, go to 
 China and be able to walk on the great wall, jump in my car on a whim rather 
 than a preplanned excursion just to go shopping, etc, etc and so forth.
 No, I probably won’t do most of those things, but I will damned well not give 
 them up until I die! I will rejoice in the little things, like sitting in the 
 sun and listening to fine music, reread a couple of good books and hopefully 
 many more new ones, enjoy some excellent meals and just all the little things 
 that make each day unique and different from the day before.
 Clinical depression is so difficult to diagnose from a lay persons point of 
 view but it is certainly treatable and can make an outstanding difference in 
 someone’s life. We do have our up’s and downs, but continual downs are a huge 
 warning sign. I only know this from secondhand, but my beloved son died 11 
 years ago after attempting suicide, but then realizing he did not want to die 
 but was killed accidentally by a semi truck as he was trying to signal for 
 help. We all missed the signs, and I do not wish anyone to have to live with 
 the aftermath. Bobbi, please analyze your life today, this is not quite like 
 you appear to be on the list in the past as you have often been the one to 
 bolster someone else up. We cannot wish ourselves to die, so maybe try to 
 

Re: [QUAD-L] To wake, or not to wake up?

2014-05-28 Thread Gmail
Don and All,
  Don I can't tell you how much appreciate you time and thought of 
your email ... I'm truly touched.
I'd like to respond, but need a few days. I've been battling a persistent 
headache for over 6 weeks now, nausea and lower intestinal pain. I went to my 
GP we did blood work and everything is fine except for very, very low in 
vitamins D (most likely because I've been stuck in bed). He also ordered a 
virtual colonoscopy which is a cat-scan of my intestine. If I had the usual 
colonoscopy I'm quite sure I'd have AD. Besides, why not start out less 
invasive.
I truly cherish knowing you are all out there and are REALLL, REALLY listening.
Jim, thanks AGAIN for forming this list. I would love nothing mire than to 
personally give you a HUG. Bobbie 

Smile Everyday

 On May 27, 2014, at 11:33 PM, Don Price donpric...@yahoo.com wrote:
 
 Bobbie, I've been thinking about your email since you posted it, trying to 
 mentally compose a reply. Here's my short answer: No, I've never wished not 
 to wake up. In fact, the opposite is true for me--I go to sleep every night 
 praying that I get another opportunity to be alive tomorrow.
 
 But, it's not a simple question to answer, is it? I consider myself extremely 
 lucky because 32 years post-injury I don't have the debilitating pain many of 
 you describe. I don't have any pressure sores or kidney stones; my bladder 
 and bowels function well and I still don't need Viagra. I'm not bragging; I 
 am grateful for everything I have.
 
 My first thought is that you have to be honest with yourself, Bobbie. Is this 
 simply a temporary period of 'the blues,' or do you possibly have clinical 
 depression? It's a very important distinction because depression does have a 
 physiological basis and can be effectively helped with medical intervention. 
 If you are having suicidal thoughts I beg you to seek a mental health 
 hotline--I guarantee there's one available in your community.
 
 On the other hand, if you're just feeling down and out, having a rough go of 
 things at the moment, then I'm glad you had the guts to mention it here. Yes, 
 I honestly think it took great courage to share a weak moment here, to be 
 vulnerable. 'Us people' with disabilities are always held up as 
 inspirational; we're fonts of strength and wisdom because we survived a 
 disability. We all know what a bunch of bullshit that is. Partly, that 
 misconception is fed by the media and their fixation on the 'supercrip.' I'm 
 sorry, but if I see one more news story about a guy climbing Half Dome in 
 Yosemite using only his tongue I'm going to puke! All of us here know we're 
 just regular human beings, getting up, doing our business, going to bed. 
 Guess what? Sometimes we even have bad days!
 
 However, Bobbie (and all), it is my firm belief that--barring medical issues 
 causing depression--we (and only we) have the power to make ourselves happy. 
 I don't just believe that, I know it.
 
 It's somewhat ironic that I read your email, entitled To wake, or not to 
 wake up? the same day I started reading 'The Last Lecture,' by Randy Pausch. 
 For those of you unfamiliar with Mr Pausch's Last Lecture, he's a Professor 
 at Carnegie Mellon University who learned he had only a few months to live 
 due to pancreatic cancer. His accurately-titled 'last lecture' is available 
 on youtube and shouldn't be missed. The irony is that this man endured 
 mind-boggling surgeries and procedures so he could have even a chance at 
 living a few days longer, and here we are talking about throwing away 
 precious days, weeks, years. I'm reading the book because my father--the 
 strongest man I've ever known--has recently been diagnosed with leukemia.
 
 I'm not judging anyone here. I can't walk a mile in your shoes (to use an 
 exceedingly inappropriate cliche,) so I don't have the right, or desire, to 
 lecture anyone. But, as I said, I know that we have the ability to choose 
 (yes, choose) happiness and gratefulness in our lives. HOW you do that is 
 going to be very much an individual thing. There are a million self-help 
 books out there, and a few of them are even good, but that journey is yours 
 to take on your own.
 
 Having said that, I still feel the compulsion to make a few suggestions (once 
 I start typing I just can't stop--sorry!) First of all, one has to make the 
 mind shift from what we've lost (or can't do,) to what we still have 
 available (or can do.) If you can see, be thankful. If you can hear, be 
 grateful. If you can think, praise the heavens. Somebody wrote that they miss 
 the simple things, like sitting up in bed and putting their feet on the 
 floor. If you could travel back in time you'd tell that guy not to take 
 ANYTHING for granted. Randy Pausch, who died from his cancer in 2008, less 
 than a year after giving his last lecture, would love to come back and tell 
 you that same thing today. Don't take YOUR life for granted.
 
 Can't go 

Re: [QUAD-L] To wake, or not to wake up?

2014-05-28 Thread diannal767

I use to wonder that too. now that I have a terminal cancer, I wish to spend 
and make the very best of days with my kids and especially my g-daughter.


 
I have a question. 90% of the time when I go to sleep I hope/wish I will not 
wake up in the morning. 
Dose anybody else ever have these thoughts?Bobbie 

 
 
 
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From: Larry Willis lwillis82...@gmail.com
To: quad-list quad-list@eskimo.com
Sent: Tue, May 27, 2014 4:27 pm
Subject: Fwd: [QUAD-L] To wake, or not to wake up?



What's left can be and is great, but it sure as hell doesn't compensate for 
what is gone. Not in my experience, anyway.

Sent from my iPad

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Resent-From: quad-list@eskimo.com
From: RONALD L PRACHT r.pra...@sbcglobal.net
Date: May 27, 2014 at 1:54:42 PM EDT
To: quad-list@eskimo.com quad-list@eskimo.com
Subject: Re: Fwd: [QUAD-L] To wake, or not to wake up?
Reply-To: RONALD L PRACHT r.pra...@sbcglobal.net




I just want to go to the lake like I once did. Go to my camping spot nestled 
three miles back in the woods and ride my four wheeler. I want to be able to go 
shoot targets with my guns and enjoy cleaning them. I want to be able to ask 
out any woman and have a chance at taking her out on sat night. I want to work 
on my truck and change my own oil. I would like to get into one more fist fight 
to feel im still alive. I want to feel sex again and have a regular woman that 
loves me next to me every night. Mostly, I want to be independent from others, 
show up and leave when I want to without guilt or being forced to do something. 
I want to sit on a toilet and feel a bowell movement. I want to go to family 
events again and be able to go out in the garage with the men. I want to cut 
grass and smell that fresh cut smell. I want to work hard at a job and get a 
paycheck again. I want to feel proud again. Have a bunch of buddies over and 
get a lil crazy.


Sadly a lot of these things will never happen for me anymore. I am still 
greatful to be alive most of the time. My next segment will be whats left still 
to do!


Ron




On Tuesday, May 27, 2014 9:52 AM, Larry Willis lwillis82...@gmail.com wrote:
 

   

 

Ditto, Ron, ditto.

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Resent-From: quad-list@eskimo.com
From: RONALD L PRACHT r.pra...@sbcglobal.net
Date: May 26, 2014 at 10:15:36 PM EDT
To: quad-list@eskimo.com quad-list@eskimo.com
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] To wake, or not to wake up?
Reply-To: RONALD L PRACHT r.pra...@sbcglobal.net





When Im in pain many times I question if I will wake up. I have had times when 
I have my talks with the lord and say I just cant do this anymore, but then I 
wake up for another bowell routine


ron
 



 
 
 
  On Monday, May 26, 2014 8:26 PM, Gmail bobbiehumphre...@gmail.com wrote:
  
  

 
I have a question. 90% of the time when I go to sleep I hope/wish I will not 
wake up in the morning. 
Dose anybody else ever have these thoughts?Bobbie 




  
 
  
 





  
 
  
 




Fwd: [QUAD-L] To wake, or not to wake up?

2014-05-28 Thread Larry Willis


Sent from my iPad

Begin forwarded message:

 Oh my. That certainly throws a new slant on the subject. I can't honestly say 
 how I would feel in your shoes. I can say God bless you and may He grant you 
 many more peaceful and pain-free days to enjoy with your family.
 
 I use to wonder that too. now that I have a terminal cancer, I wish to spend 
 and make the very best of days with my kids and especially my g-daughter.
 
 I have a question. 90% of the time when I go to sleep I hope/wish I will not 
 wake up in the morning. 
 Dose anybody else ever have these thoughts?Bobbie
  
  
  
 -Original Message-
 From: Larry Willis lwillis82...@gmail.com
 To: quad-list quad-list@eskimo.com
 Sent: Tue, May 27, 2014 4:27 pm
 Subject: Fwd: [QUAD-L] To wake, or not to wake up?
 
 What's left can be and is great, but it sure as hell doesn't compensate for 
 what is gone. Not in my experience, anyway.
 
 Sent from my iPad
 
 Begin forwarded message:
 
 Resent-From: quad-list@eskimo.com
 From: RONALD L PRACHT r.pra...@sbcglobal.net
 Date: May 27, 2014 at 1:54:42 PM EDT
 To: quad-list@eskimo.com quad-list@eskimo.com
 Subject: Re: Fwd: [QUAD-L] To wake, or not to wake up?
 Reply-To: RONALD L PRACHT r.pra...@sbcglobal.net
 
 I just want to go to the lake like I once did. Go to my camping spot nestled 
 three miles back in the woods and ride my four wheeler. I want to be able to 
 go shoot targets with my guns and enjoy cleaning them. I want to be able to 
 ask out any woman and have a chance at taking her out on sat night. I want 
 to work on my truck and change my own oil. I would like to get into one more 
 fist fight to feel im still alive. I want to feel sex again and have a 
 regular woman that loves me next to me every night. Mostly, I want to be 
 independent from others, show up and leave when I want to without guilt or 
 being forced to do something. I want to sit on a toilet and feel a bowell 
 movement. I want to go to family events again and be able to go out in the 
 garage with the men. I want to cut grass and smell that fresh cut smell. I 
 want to work hard at a job and get a paycheck again. I want to feel proud 
 again. Have a bunch of buddies over and get a lil crazy.
 
 Sadly a lot of these things will never happen for me anymore. I am still 
 greatful to be alive most of the time. My next segment will be whats left 
 still to do!
 
 Ron
 
 
 On Tuesday, May 27, 2014 9:52 AM, Larry Willis lwillis82...@gmail.com 
 wrote:
  
 
 
 Ditto, Ron, ditto.
 
 Sent from my iPad
 
 Begin forwarded message:
 
 Resent-From: quad-list@eskimo.com
 From: RONALD L PRACHT r.pra...@sbcglobal.net
 Date: May 26, 2014 at 10:15:36 PM EDT
 To: quad-list@eskimo.com quad-list@eskimo.com
 Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] To wake, or not to wake up?
 Reply-To: RONALD L PRACHT r.pra...@sbcglobal.net
 
 When Im in pain many times I question if I will wake up. I have had times 
 when I have my talks with the lord and say I just cant do this anymore, but 
 then I wake up for another bowell routine
 
 ron
 
 
 On Monday, May 26, 2014 8:26 PM, Gmail bobbiehumphre...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 
 I have a question. 90% of the time when I go to sleep I hope/wish I will 
 not wake up in the morning. 
 Dose anybody else ever have these thoughts?Bobbie 
 
 
 
 
 


Re: [QUAD-L] To wake, or not to wake up?

2014-05-28 Thread Larry Willis
Don, your reply is eloquent and passionate, not to mention brave. It is very 
easy to fall into despair as a quad, especially as you grow older and see 
friends and family pass away and others become disabled or crippled with pain. 
My mother and wife both have physical problems that make me weep. My wife, 
Melissa, has heart and blood pressure problems plus edema and recurring 
pleurisy that hangs over our heads like a dark cloud. My mom is nearly 81. She 
still gets around, but I can see a difference in her nearly every day. And all 
I can do is be an added burden. I know life is precious, and I have been 
blessed with two beautiful kids and a 31-year job as a teacher. I am causing 
pain and physical damage to my wife as she rolls and tugs me around. She can 
barely walk for the back pain. It just seems to be all downhill for all of us. 
Thanks to everyone for letting me blow steam. Larry

Sent from my iPad

 On May 27, 2014, at 11:33 PM, Don Price donpric...@yahoo.com wrote:
 
 Bobbie, I've been thinking about your email since you posted it, trying to 
 mentally compose a reply. Here's my short answer: No, I've never wished not 
 to wake up. In fact, the opposite is true for me--I go to sleep every night 
 praying that I get another opportunity to be alive tomorrow.
 
 But, it's not a simple question to answer, is it? I consider myself extremely 
 lucky because 32 years post-injury I don't have the debilitating pain many of 
 you describe. I don't have any pressure sores or kidney stones; my bladder 
 and bowels function well and I still don't need Viagra. I'm not bragging; I 
 am grateful for everything I have.
 
 My first thought is that you have to be honest with yourself, Bobbie. Is this 
 simply a temporary period of 'the blues,' or do you possibly have clinical 
 depression? It's a very important distinction because depression does have a 
 physiological basis and can be effectively helped with medical intervention. 
 If you are having suicidal thoughts I beg you to seek a mental health 
 hotline--I guarantee there's one available in your community.
 
 On the other hand, if you're just feeling down and out, having a rough go of 
 things at the moment, then I'm glad you had the guts to mention it here. Yes, 
 I honestly think it took great courage to share a weak moment here, to be 
 vulnerable. 'Us people' with disabilities are always held up as 
 inspirational; we're fonts of strength and wisdom because we survived a 
 disability. We all know what a bunch of bullshit that is. Partly, that 
 misconception is fed by the media and their fixation on the 'supercrip.' I'm 
 sorry, but if I see one more news story about a guy climbing Half Dome in 
 Yosemite using only his tongue I'm going to puke! All of us here know we're 
 just regular human beings, getting up, doing our business, going to bed. 
 Guess what? Sometimes we even have bad days!
 
 However, Bobbie (and all), it is my firm belief that--barring medical issues 
 causing depression--we (and only we) have the power to make ourselves happy. 
 I don't just believe that, I know it.
 
 It's somewhat ironic that I read your email, entitled To wake, or not to 
 wake up? the same day I started reading 'The Last Lecture,' by Randy Pausch. 
 For those of you unfamiliar with Mr Pausch's Last Lecture, he's a Professor 
 at Carnegie Mellon University who learned he had only a few months to live 
 due to pancreatic cancer. His accurately-titled 'last lecture' is available 
 on youtube and shouldn't be missed. The irony is that this man endured 
 mind-boggling surgeries and procedures so he could have even a chance at 
 living a few days longer, and here we are talking about throwing away 
 precious days, weeks, years. I'm reading the book because my father--the 
 strongest man I've ever known--has recently been diagnosed with leukemia.
 
 I'm not judging anyone here. I can't walk a mile in your shoes (to use an 
 exceedingly inappropriate cliche,) so I don't have the right, or desire, to 
 lecture anyone. But, as I said, I know that we have the ability to choose 
 (yes, choose) happiness and gratefulness in our lives. HOW you do that is 
 going to be very much an individual thing. There are a million self-help 
 books out there, and a few of them are even good, but that journey is yours 
 to take on your own.
 
 Having said that, I still feel the compulsion to make a few suggestions (once 
 I start typing I just can't stop--sorry!) First of all, one has to make the 
 mind shift from what we've lost (or can't do,) to what we still have 
 available (or can do.) If you can see, be thankful. If you can hear, be 
 grateful. If you can think, praise the heavens. Somebody wrote that they miss 
 the simple things, like sitting up in bed and putting their feet on the 
 floor. If you could travel back in time you'd tell that guy not to take 
 ANYTHING for granted. Randy Pausch, who died from his cancer in 2008, less 
 than a year after giving his last lecture, 

[QUAD-L] Music?

2014-05-28 Thread Danny Espinoza
I was screwing around with Acid the other 
morning and made this. I still have much to learn about song theory and 
song structure so I know its probably not great but its nice to know I 
can still make music even though I cant play guitar anymore...   https://soundcloud.com/danny-espinoza-3/1-5-21-2014?fb_action_ids=10152110454261724fb_action_types=soundcloud%3Apublishfb_source=aggregationfb_aggregation_id=288381481237582



Re: [QUAD-L] Music?

2014-05-28 Thread donald scott
That song is pretty Bad-A. Well done. I tried playing a steal guitar for a 
while but couldn't exactly pull it off. Maybe I'll try computer playing. Keep 
up the fun.

Donald c5-c6 


On Wednesday, May 28, 2014 7:28 PM, Danny Espinoza da...@immortaldesigns.co 
wrote:
  


I was screwing around with Acid the other 
morning and made this. I still have much to learn about song theory and 
song structure so I know its probably not great but its nice to know I 
can still make music even though I cant play guitar anymore...


https://soundcloud.com/danny-espinoza-3/1-5-21-2014?fb_action_ids=10152110454261724fb_action_types=soundcloud%3Apublishfb_source=aggregationfb_aggregation_id=288381481237582
 

RE: [QUAD-L] Music?

2014-05-28 Thread Lissette Whitehead
Pretty cool!! Made me wanna dance! :)




Lissette Whitehead
416 W. San Ysidro Blvd.San Ysidro, CA 92173www.lwgripgloves.com
  

Date: Wed, 28 May 2014 20:27:52 -0700
From: rollingl...@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Music?
To: da...@immortaldesigns.co; quad-list@eskimo.com

That song is pretty Bad-A. Well done. I tried playing a steal guitar for a 
while but couldn't exactly pull it off. Maybe I'll try computer playing. Keep 
up the fun.
Donald c5-c6 

 On Wednesday, May 28, 2014 7:28 PM, Danny Espinoza 
da...@immortaldesigns.co wrote:


 I was screwing around with Acid the other 
morning and made this. I still have much to learn about song theory and 
song structure so I know its probably not great but its nice to know I 
can still make music even though I cant play guitar anymore...
 
 
 
https://soundcloud.com/danny-espinoza-3/1-5-21-2014?fb_action_ids=10152110454261724fb_action_types=soundcloud%3Apublishfb_source=aggregationfb_aggregation_id=288381481237582


  

[QUAD-L]

2014-05-28 Thread diannal767
http://textilgroup.com/modules/mod_fxprev/Taran.php