Re: [QUAD-L] Pain one of the most personal battles
I was bedridden for almost one year with one sore on each cheek on my bottom. The wound center doctor dragged me along for his profit. After one year I got in touch were a plastic surgeon to get a double flap surgery. I believe everyone, as soon as they are unfortunately paralyzed and wheelchair-bound, should get a double flap surgery on their bottom before the sores start popping up.A plastic surgeon cut a long indecision in the shape of C, cutting through the center of the sore. Even though the sores had a small hole on the outside, the inside tissue was completely rotted. She took out rotten, infected tissue that was larger than a grapefruit. She told me that if I stayed in bed for 10 years the sore would never have healed. My bones were infected with the same infection that Chrisfer Reeves (sp) died from.After cutting the pointy bones on the bottom of my butt cheeks, making them flat, she twisted my skin so that each half of the sore touched healthy tissue. I was out of bed in three weeks and have not had a sore on my bottom for 10 years.Peter 25 yrs - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], quad-list@eskimo.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Pain one of the most personal battles Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 23:25:29 EDT Hi Joan and Ron, so sorry about your sore Joan and being in day for five months. Two years ago I went through that for six months and it seemed so much longer . To Ron about your pain, sorry about that also. I also agree with your words. It would be good to make a list of what everybody has used on their source from year to year just to compare and ask about to your doctor. I know it all depends on where the sore is. No one can know what another person is going through until they've been. Dana In a message dated 5/8/2007 7:00:34 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [IMAGE][IMAGE]Joan, you are so right. Many who do not actually experienced the malady cannot understand others' health problems. How arrogant! Joan, how is your sore healing? Joan Anglin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Those of us who are lucky enough to be blessed with high pain thresholds, or relatively manageable pain, should never say âdonât do itâ because we do not know what it is like. I had a high threshold of pain before I broke my neck-walked around on a broken foot with multiple breaks for four days before I went to the Dr.! I still have constant pain to deal with, but for the most part itâs manageable with OTC drugs and keeping very busy. I have been in bed now for five months and the pain has been much more difficult to manage then when I am able to be up and outside. But thatâs the nature of the beast.Each of us struggles with a different problem-and we have to deal with our own problems in the way that is most acceptable to us. Before we make a blatant statement in response to an email on this list, we should remember that speech inflections do not show up in our printed words. And we might mean this as tongue in cheek, but the opposite of what we actually mean is taken offensively by others.Have a great day every one JoanFrom: RONALD L PRACHT [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 7:03 PM To: quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: [QUAD-L] Pain one of the most personal battles Hey, I read the arrogant comment to stay off drugs. Wellobviously this person has no real pain because let me tell you this much, if you are in serious pain that puts you in bed moaning and crying...you will try drugs. People that have little or no pain think that those that use drugs are weak addicts. This is flawed thinking. If you are in bed 5 days a week with pain, and with drugs you are able to function just lets say two more days it is worth it. None of us are going to live forever, so making the time we have more productive and happy is the name of the game. Life is about doing what you gotta do, moreso with spinal injury. Ron c7 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.2/785 - Release Date: 5/2/2007 2:16 PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.2/785 - Release Date: 5/2/2007 2:16 PM See what's free at AOL.com. -- You Rock! Your E-Mail Should Too! Signup Now at Rock.com and get 250MB of Storage! http://webmail.rock.com/signup/
Re: [QUAD-L] My pain story with an adieu!
I have been living with excruciating pain for 25 years. If I move my eyebrows my spine feels like an accordion, sending shocks through all my limbs. For some reason whenever I have dysreflexia it feels it feels like a sword is being thrust it into my stomach. My a-hole feels like there is a baseball bat jammed inside. This is but a mild description. Drugs, both illicit and prescribed, put me into a hospital for four months, around 14 years ago. I had my 22nd operation there -- a bowel resection. Three months after leaving the hospital I went to a pain center, where I was not allowed to leave the ninth floor of the hospital. While there I experienced four seizures from the detoxing. After completing the program successfully I lived without medication for ten years, and they were the most productive years in my life. With medication our lives are like a wavy line on a blackboard. At the lowest point we take medication and move to the highest, only to fall back again to the lowest. Without medication our lives are more like a straight line drawn across the center of that wavy line. That being said, I began taking OxyContin after my 27th operation two years ago. Having moved from New York City to Virginia at that time, I needed to find a new doctor. Being a compassionate man he would prescribe for me anything I requested. There I was taking three 80mil OxyContin a day, along with a 200mil patch of morphine on my arm that I changed every three days. Having several people at my house one afternoon I asked three different people to give me two pills. That's right, 480mil of OxyContin. I wanted to feel what it would be like to rid myself of pain for the first time -- I didn't mind dying -- my pain has replaced my fear of death with a longing. You are the first ones who know of this. Sadly, there was no effect on the pain. I was suffering that night as much as I'm suffering on this one. Several days later I made a schedule to wean myself off the pain medication, and adhered to it for the next three months. Below is the beginning of that list, at least enough to show my train of thought... my train of thought? Now that's a joke! My schedule looked something like this: Weak one: 80mil of OxyContin three times, three Percocet three times daily. Week two: 80mil of OxyContin three times daily, two Percocet three times daily. Week three: 80mil of OxyContin three times daily, one Percocet three times daily. Week four: 80mil of OxyContin three times daily, no Percocet. Week five: 60mil of OxyContin three times daily, three Percocet three times daily. On my shelf there is an old jar filled with 20mil OxyContin pills. As I lost my partiality for drinking many years ago, I will sometimes take one pill when going out for the night. Every so often I awake in the middle of the night screaming. My wife tells me that I fight with her because I do not want to take one. The scary part is that I never remember these episodes when they happen. If someone wishes to take medication they should be allowed to take as much as they want, but it will never help chronic pain. As pain is subjective, we often feel that ours is by far the worst of all. But if medication is becoming a hindrance -- if you avoid being seen in public, if you believe your dreams to be futile, if you allow your television to eat away at your receptive faculties, if you remain in bed although your well, if you find yourself counting or worrying about your pills -- then you might try taking another avenue. Your endorphins are a natural morphine that your brain releases when stimulated. You can release these endorphins by reading, by writing, by working, by talking with everyone you meet, by absorbing the sun, by planting a vegetable garden, by meditation, and by enjoying everything life has to offer while we are here. One quick note: I do wish that my stock picks could have brought one of the prizes to somebody here. I could take some solace in knowing that of my 12 original company tickers, 11 have risen. KKD was a real bomb. In a few weeks everyone will be given a new one million dollars, and the highest portfolio after 2 weeks will win a nice television system. As I already have three high-definition televisions around my house, I will not be participating. I wish the best of luck to anyone that does. Unfortunately, I need to sign off on the list because cleaning out my e-mail every day takes away the time I need for my own portfolio and writing. If I need a question answered, I'll always know where to go. Enjoy your summer everyone. Peter 25 yrs -- You Rock! Your E-Mail Should Too! Signup Now at Rock.com and get 250MB of Storage! http://webmail.rock.com/signup/
[QUAD-L] [QUAD] Bonus Bucks
I'm sorry to burden the whole list with this e-mail, but I received some questions about the Bonus Bucks challenge, and I'm not sure who sent me the e-mail. Anyway, I stopped posting tickers because I felt as if there was a (waning interest) oxymoron! -- in the million-dollar challenge (which is normal), and as such concentrated more on my own personal holdings, as well as the million-dollar challenge. If you are still interested in increasing your portfolio worth by answering the Bonus Bucks, I will be glad to post the correct answers. Peter 25 yrs -- You Rock! Your E-Mail Should Too! Signup Now at Rock.com and get 250MB of Storage! http://webmail.rock.com/signup/
Re: [QUAD-L] Religion and keeping people in line-- what country are you living in?????
he said that he hated Jerry and Pat and not because they are homosexuals, but because they love money and do nothing to help his children. Boy, this is one conversation I would love to be privy to. I'm an agnostic... it's much easier. I worked in the Twin Towers as a teenager, and had to pull over yesterday on the highway for all the police and ambulances headed to Virginia Tech. It's only going to get worse, no doubt. Peter 25 yrs -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 6:35 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Religion and keeping people in line-- what country are you living in? I'm not sure which post you are replying to, but I beg to differ. lots of people use religion to keep others in line for one reason or another. Sometimes it's tradition and/or money. and so far, there are two people here who belief may have evidence of that in their lives (I am including myself here). granted, it is people who try to keep other people in line. But you are certainly right -- no one is using anything to keep me in line because that will never happen. ever hear of the Church of the flying spaghetti monster? LOL: http://www.venganza.org/ On 4/15/07, Danny Hearn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No one is using religion to keep you in line..In America you are free to believe as you desire.. there is even a Satanic church and dozens of other weird cults . You do as you please and no one forces you here in America. Besides If religion keeps people So IN LINE why is everything such a mess financially and Moraly. The largest population on Earth.CHINA hates freedom of religions, because they like strict control over their people -- media and even how they think., same in places like North Korea. Dan H. -- Life is 440 horsepower in a 2-cylinder engine. -Henry Miller AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. -- You Rock! Your E-Mail Should Too! Signup Now at Rock.com and get 250MB of Storage! http://webmail.rock.com/signup/
Re: [QUAD-L] CNBC Update
I do apologize to those who are interested in the million-dollar challenge for not posting my advice on Sunday afternoon as I had promised; for it had slipped my mind (which is sorely ailing of late) that my wife had arranged and Easter/Birthday dinner for me and our family, and I was unable to work as I had planned through the day. It is now deep in the a.m., and I will post the results from eight hours contemplation. Although I have tried to resign myself, these twenty-five years, to the emptiness of lying awake throughout the night in pain, there is an acute frustration when I know the morning sunlight will soon pierce my windowpanes, and definitively eradicate any chance of dozing away the long nights stupor. By the morning time I will grow to loath the loneliness I feel from listening to my solitary voice as I dictate, like being subjected to the vacuous echoes that one might hear in the darkened recesses of a cave. In my unlighted room the computer monitor scorches my eyes, but closing them will only torment me further. My wife sleeps soundly behind me, and may God bless her dreams; our dog, a small Yorkshire Terrier named Bailey, was chasing my stepdaughter's dog all day in the yard, and is currently sleeping on top of my head snoring. I think he likes it there because I'm so still, and because we emit the majority of our heat through our heads. Okay, people, listen up! Here's the deal... if you have family members or several different e-mail accounts, which are a dime a dozen nowadays, try to make as many accounts as possible at CNBC. Invest your one million dollars in any one of the company tickers below. Leave it there, and let it ride. As the stock market is somewhat overbought, I needed to expand my searches past stocks priced under 15 dollars. Remember, you can buy 100,000 shares of a 10 dollars stock with one million dollars. To win the final one million dollar annuity would be difficult, as the contest started three weeks ago; but the 10,000 dollar average weekly gain, for the next six weeks, is very possible for anyone to win, since the highest percentage gain on that week is the winner. Anyone can add 3000 dollars to your portfolio each day by answering the Bonus Bucks questions. I'll try to post the answers by 12 o'clock in the afternoon. Simply searching their website is all that is required for the answers. INWK [EMAIL PROTECTED] DCEL [EMAIL PROTECTED] HLIT[EMAIL PROTECTED] CREE [EMAIL PROTECTED] ALKS [EMAIL PROTECTED] JDSU [EMAIL PROTECTED] PQ[EMAIL PROTECTED] ACV [EMAIL PROTECTED] GW[EMAIL PROTECTED] GIGM[EMAIL PROTECTED] BRKS [EMAIL PROTECTED] MWY [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- You Rock! Your E-Mail Should Too! Signup Now at Rock.com and get 250MB of Storage! http://webmail.rock.com/signup/
[QUAD-L] Re: [QUAD-] DragonDictate 9.1 Service Pack
I had some trouble after downloading Internet Explorer 7.0 with DragonDictate 9.1 Two months ago a service pack for DragonDictate 9.1 came out. It's a 50 meg file. Cleared every problem. Peter -- You Rock! Your E-Mail Should Too! Signup Now at Rock.com and get 250MB of Storage! http://webmail.rock.com/signup/
Re: [QUAD-L] CNBC
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released numbers today showing the US economy is on fire, with unemployment at an all-time low and 160,000 new jobs created in one month. The SP futures traded lock limit up, showing a 30 point gain on Monday's opening. To make money, you sell into strength. I will liquidate my positions on Monday afternoon, as Tuesday (called Turnaround Tuesday) usually retraces Monday's performance. Tuesday afternoon (hopefully) stock prices should be lower, and I'll buy into weakness. Of course, this is not a certainty. Two stocks among the 12 that I listed last week had moves over 15 percent. If anyone had put their one million dollars into either of these two stocks, they would have racked up 250,000 in capital gains, and received a 10,000 dollar check from CNBC. I'll try to send a new list on Sunday afternoon. Could all of those who joined the one million Dollar challenge send me their name and e-mail. I'm trying to convince CNBC to add 10,000 dollars to my portfolio. Currently, I'm in the top 24 percent. Go to New York Rangers! Today is my B-day. Peter 25 yrs [EMAIL PROTECTED] See what's free at AOL.com. -- You Rock! Your E-Mail Should Too! Signup Now at Rock.com and get 250MB of Storage! http://webmail.rock.com/signup/
Re: [QUAD-L] A Challenge for All Update
I hope that somebody on this list put their one million in: (KKD or AAI) both stocks are up significantly this morning. For my personal account I have 10,000 shares of KKD It is up 50 cents this morning. That is 2500 dollars for a morning's work. In the one million Dollar challenge I have over 80,000 shares. I find it more advantageous than talking about our chair cushions or piss bags. There is still a month remaining in the contest. Go for it! Peter 25 yrs - Original Message - From: Quadius To: Peter Damiano Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] A Challenge for All Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 19:45:52 -0400 http://contests.cnbc.com/milliondollar/main.doHere is the link for those interested. Quadius On 4/2/07, Peter Damiano [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some four weeks ago CNBC began their one million dollar investment contest. Since that time, the Dow Jones industrial average has had one of the worst quarterly losses in the last decade. This is wonderful since 60 to 70 percent of the people that signed up when the contest began have portfolios that are underwater, portfolios significantly below the one million dollars allotted when they signed up for the contest. The one million dollars is, of coarse, fictitious; but the person with the highest capital gains at the end of the contest, still eight weeks away, will win an annuity of one million dollars. I have been bedridden with a sore on my foot from my new wheelchair rest, using my bedside computer and DragonDictate to trade. Currently I am in the top 20 percent. If I was able to utilize the computers in my office with the multiple screens, I would probably be somewhat higher. Be this as it may, I have been trading stocks for 21 years, betting on the future movement in the price of a security with technical analysis. For the benefit of my fellow wheelchair-bound companions, I have spent this weekend sifting through 1800 securities to find only those that fit the criteria in the stock challenge. From that list I studied only those companies whose stock did not exceed 15.00 A Share. The reason for this is to capture a large percentage gain which will ultimately decide the winner. On the other hand, the losses will be of a high percentage also. Simply put, you can buy a great deal of shares with a million dollars when the stock price is 10 dollars a share, as opposed to a stock price being over 100 dollars. Go to the CNBC website and join the one million dollar contest. The registration list is very simple with no more than a half dozen questions. Put all your million dollars into any one of the stocks listed below, or divided between different securities. I would not suggest stretching it past two companies, for this contest is simply a hit or miss. The prize last year was a Lamborghini, and that person put all his million dollars into one stock. I would love to see one of us going to the CNBC studio in a wheelchair to collect the prize. Good luck: Peter, 25 Long yrs C/4-C/5 With debilitating neuropeptide pain to boot! TICKERS: PRICE:KKD10.00 A Share ONNN 8.92 A Share RFMD 6.23 A Share PMCS 8.92 A Share MWY6.25 A Share HMX 5.36 A Share AAI 10.27 A Share LSI 10.44 A Share NKTR 11.80 A Share PTMK 12.80 A Share SPSN 12.20 A Share TRAD 12.60 A Share -- You Rock! Your E-Mail Should Too! Signup Now at Rock.com and get 250MB of Storage! -- You Rock! Your E-Mail Should Too! Signup Now at Rock.com and get 250MB of Storage! http://webmail.rock.com/signup/
Re: [QUAD-L] A Challenge for All
Some four weeks ago CNBC began their one million dollar investment contest. Since that time, the Dow Jones industrial average has had one of the worst quarterly losses in the last decade. This is wonderful since 60 to 70 percent of the people that signed up when the contest began have portfolios that are underwater, portfolios significantly below the one million dollars allotted when they signed up for the contest. The one million dollars is, of coarse, fictitious; but the person with the highest capital gains at the end of the contest, still eight weeks away, will win an annuity of one million dollars. I have been bedridden with a sore on my foot from my new wheelchair rest, using my bedside computer and DragonDictate to trade. Currently I am in the top 20 percent. If I was able to utilize the computers in my office with the multiple screens, I would probably be somewhat higher. Be this as it may, I have been trading stocks for 21 years, betting on the future movement in the price of a security with technical analysis. For the benefit of my fellow wheelchair-bound companions, I have spent this weekend sifting through 1800 securities to find only those that fit the criteria in the stock challenge. From that list I studied only those companies whose stock did not exceed 15.00 A Share. The reason for this is to capture a large percentage gain which will ultimately decide the winner. On the other hand, the losses will be of a high percentage also. Simply put, you can buy a great deal of shares with a million dollars when the stock price is 10 dollars a share, as opposed to a stock price being over 100 dollars. Go to the CNBC website and join the one million dollar contest. The registration list is very simple with no more than a half dozen questions. Put all your million dollars into any one of the stocks listed below, or divided between different securities. I would not suggest stretching it past two companies, for this contest is simply a hit or miss. The prize last year was a Lamborghini, and that person put all his million dollars into one stock. I would love to see one of us going to the CNBC studio in a wheelchair to collect the prize. Good luck: Peter, 25 Long yrs C/4-C/5 With debilitating neuropeptide pain to boot! TICKERS: PRICE:KKD10.00 A Share ONNN 8.92 A Share RFMD 6.23 A Share PMCS 8.92 A Share MWY6.25 A Share HMX 5.36 A Share AAI 10.27 A Share LSI 10.44 A Share NKTR 11.80 A Share PTMK 12.80 A Share SPSN 12.20 A Share TRAD 12.60 A Share -- You Rock! Your E-Mail Should Too! Signup Now at Rock.com and get 250MB of Storage! http://webmail.rock.com/signup/
Re: [QUAD-L] A question to the q-list group from Bobbie
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: [QUAD-L] A question to the q-list group from Bobbie Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 17:28:55 EST Hey Everybody, Would you guys mind if I send a few things I've written? Or when I write something new, which I'm always doing, would you be interested in reading and revising or giving input to my short stories, poems or essays? Bobbie Hello Bobbie, I would not mind at all, especially if you would not mind reciprocating?? [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peter 25 yrs C4/C 5 Move to one of lineCheck out free AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, millions of free high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and much more. ** Check out free AOL at http://free.aol.com/thenewaol/index.adp. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, millions of free high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and much more. -- You Rock! Your E-Mail Should Too! Signup Now at Rock.com and get 250MB of Storage! http://webmail.rock.com/signup/
[QUAD-L] RE: Environmental Control Unit
Could somebody give me some information about an environmental control unit? I'm looking for something very basic, and not expensive. Preferably, one that is operated from the personal computer. I heard some time back that there was some software geared towards an ECU. I'm only looking for something to control some basic appliances. Does anyone have one similar to this description? All information would be greatly appreciated-Thank You Peter Damiano C/4-5 25 Years Post -- You Rock! Your E-Mail Should Too! Signup Now at Rock.com and get 250MB of Storage! http://webmail.rock.com/signup/
Re: [QUAD-L] Anniversary
For curiosity's sake, What was so badly damaged with the old leaf that required it to be flipped; and, now that it has been, what methods do you propose following to ensure that it remained so? Peter 25yrs C4/C5 - Original Message - From: ~LittleQuad~ To: Quad-list post Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 9:25 PM Subject: [QUAD-L] Anniversary Today is my 7th anniversary of a spinal cord injury. I'm turning over a new leaf and cutting loose the things that hold me down. Dream big, follow your passion and love life. Amye
[QUAD-L] RE: [QUAD] Heat Source
Several weeks earlier I mentioned on this list a bean pillow called Bed Buddies. You microwave them for one minute, and they hold heat up to a half hour. If I'm shivering in my chair or bed we inside a blanket or towel (to keep the heat in longer and to avoid burning my skin) place it around my shoulders, and the shivers immediately vanish. You can buy them at: Walgreens, or online at: https://www.reliefmart.com/ My wife, for our anniversary, bought me a Verano Maxi-Heater for my desk. She found it on the Consumer Watch List. Its small and energy efficient, and costs around $25. There are several settings along with a thermostat that is remarkably effective. After a few adjustments, depending, obviously, on the temperature of the room or how cold you feel at the moment, it will turn on and off, blowing a natural, scentless, comfortable heat. It's not one of those dangerous space-heaters that glow. She bought it at Wal-Mart. Peter 25yrs
Re: [QUAD-L] The clicking of your chair is driving me crazy those tires
DIDO with my dogs also. I put a little dog bed underneath my desk just beyond the length of my leg rests. Now he realizes it's safe to hang out when he hears the clicking. Peter 25yrs - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 10:46 AM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] The clicking of your chair is driving me crazy those tires Yes, the clicking can be a problem at times but my dogs love it--- my small jack russell terrier hangs out under my chair in between my feet rests and front tires and when she heres that CLICK , she jumps out quick so she don't get ran over lol- Both my dogs know to get up and out of the way when lying down in front or behind my chair when they here the loud CLICK--- but like Bobbie said the noise can be bothersome to my wife if she is trying to take a nap. Dan
Re: [QUAD-L] RE: [QUAD] DragonDictate users:
Hi,
I typed with a mouthstick all the way threw school and reached a speed of
21 words a minute. Unfortunately I had to deal with occasional sores
on the corners to where I couldn't hardly open my mouth...with Dragon Dictate I
go over 160 at times..The training now is not like the older programs..You are
given a choice of stories to read, you then let the program optiomize at
night..If you use headphones you could listen to music, dictate, and use your
typing hand together. Name icons on your desktop anthything you want..say
Open Mail...bang..Open Internet..bang..once they're both open change order to
Switch..
Sometimes it's hard to change what we become accustomed to...I always
wanted to move to AZ just to see if I could manage my pain some..it must be nice
there..Take care..Peter 25 yrs
- Original Message -
From:
Lori
Michaelson
To: Quad
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 5:11
PM
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] RE: [QUAD]
DragonDictate users:
I have Dragon Naturally Speaking but rarely use it. Not that
it's a bad product. I just don't have the time or patience to
train it so it works effectively. After typing for 28 yrs ... it's
hard to "speak" what you mean also. I'm a one-handed typist
too.
My husband always gets the latest versions, etc. I
really should use it more often. I THINK a free trial is available
for
download but don't quote me on that.
Go to:
http://www.dragontalk.com/
Lori Michaelson
Age - 41
C4/5 complete quad, 26 years post
Tucson, AZ
---Original
Message---
From: David K. Kelmer
Date: 10/25/05
08:47:49
To: Peter; quad list
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L]
RE: [QUAD] DragonDictate users:
Hi Peter,
How much money would it take me toget setup with
DragonDictate? I'm a one handed typist now, but am looking for a
good dictation program, and thought you might know the costs for
DragonDictate.
With Love,
CtrlAltDel aka DaveC4/5 Complete - 29 Years PostTexas,
USA .
Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Hello fellow DragonDictate users: in
training your DragonDictate have you read "Success is a Journey"If
so, how many times. Through training my three computers I believe
I've read it nearly 15 times and it has never fails to keep me motivated
in my work.
When I do take an occasional break from
working, I generally play a game of: "FreeCell" You can use
DragonDictate to play, and become very proficient at it also.
Have you ever tested how many words a
minute you can dictate? Don't forget to optimize nightly:-)
Just wondering-Peter 25yrs
[QUAD-L] RE: [QUAD] DragonDictate users:
Hello fellow DragonDictate users: in training your DragonDictate have you read "Success is a Journey"If so, how many times. Through training my three computers I believe I've read it nearly 15 times and it has never fails to keep me motivated in my work. When I do take an occasional break from working, I generally play a game of: "FreeCell" You can use DragonDictate to play, and become very proficient at it also. Have you ever tested how many words a minute you can dictate? Don't forget to optimize nightly:-) Just wondering-Peter 25yrs
Re: [QUAD-L] Rash
I had a bad rash between my legs and my doctor ordered NYSTOP for me... It works great. Peter 25yrs - Original Message - From: Lana Baugh To: quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 2:16 AM Subject: [QUAD-L] Rash Gabe rarely has a rash or infection now. He learned the hard way and it took many years. There are two important things. 1) Keeping the area clean and dry as possible: Keep the area clean- Bath/shower daily if possible. Dry the area well before you apply anything. Air the area well whenever possible. Wear cotton underwear or other absorbing underwear. Use a seating system that allows air flow. ROHO works well. Wear loose pants that dont bind the groin. Use hair dryers on cool to dry the area. When youre in bed, dont wear any underwear or pants. When youre in bed, position your legs so they are apart. 2) Know what youre treating. If its a skin irritation rash, bacterial rash or a yeast infection- treat it for what it is. After a while youll get to know. If you put steroids on a yeast, it will explode. If you dont keep everything very clean and treat yeast for the required amount of time youll never get rid of a yeast infection. You really need to treat what you have. Gabe uses creamy desitine on very clean and dry skin, unless he has an infection. Gabe only has white wash cloths and towels so they can be bleached. Sounds extreme but it works well. Lana Gabes mom
Re: [QUAD-L] Reading with pets
a Praying Mantis. Strange, this must be the time of year for them. While picking peppers in our garden we came across two brown ones that were exceptionally large. Peter 25yrs
Re: [QUAD-L] Big award to quad
"5.7 million isn't going to last very long." Bullony- 25 years ago I was paralyzed from the neck down. After 2 1/2 years of hospitalizationI put myself to school with a mouthstick and was hired soon after as a computer consultant for a Fortune 500 company. Four years aftermy accident awarded 900,000 dollars for breach of contract against my insurance company. (My lawyer was a whimp, taking the first offer when he should've held out!) I bought five books on technical analysis and studied every aspect of the stock market. When the Dow moved from 2000 to10,000 I made is much his 150,000 dollars a year on my investments. Unfortunately, the stock market has been rather flat for the last few years except for the energy and utility sector. I could double that 5.7 million in five years. 20 years after my settlement I'm still heavily invested in the market, and still, unfortunately, paralyzed from the neck down. Peter 25yrs
Re: [QUAD-L] non medical tasks question
Maybe help with mail coorespondence. Not everyone is on-line nor wants to bebesidessending a card or short handwritten/dictated note to others adds the human element back to our lives where we live in an automated society.computers and the cyberworld are so wonderful for all of us.but just love to get a handwritten note sometimes Pete's wife - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 6:26 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] non medical tasks question Can any of you think of anything else I can add to this list for a suggestion of possible needs? hi bobbie, hair styling! help people to baby-sitspend time with grand children in their own home. children if a divorce is in the story. van washing. there's 3 that regular pca's don't have time for or *won't* do. dd
Re [QUAD-L] Shivering
I am going to cure all the shivering that goes around with this damn spinal cord injury stuff for everyone. I shivered regularly for 15 years until I met my wife who bought me one of these Hot Herbal Heat Packs. Here is the web site; the best investment you ever made: http://www.reliefmart.com/
Re: [QUAD-L] Re: sleep pain
"bouts of no pain" I NEVER have no pain, but on those odd days when it eases up I call them, "Livable days." Days and I don't mind living-Peter 25yrs - Original Message - From: Aaron Mann To: Lori Michaelson ; Quad Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 4:41 PM Subject: RE: [QUAD-L] Re: sleep pain I've been living with pain so long that I actually feel weird when I have bouts of no pain... From: Lori Michaelson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 3:27 PMTo: QuadSubject: [QUAD-L] Re: sleep pain Greg wrote: "When I wake up hot, it's because the pain or discomfort in my arms is what wakes me. Anyone else get this pain when they feel too hot at night? I never get this feeling in my arms when I'm over heated in the daytime. Greg" The pain for me is there overnight cold or warm. Torso pain, arm pins needles. I can even feel it when I'm half-in and half-out of sleeping. Like it WANTS to keep me awake. It depends but it IS better for me daytimes and in the HEAT. When one neurologist looked at my MRIs of my pine ... she commented briefly of seeing arthritis there. Unsure if she was full of it or not. I attribute my pain to syringomyelia and stiffness and JUST BEING A QUAD where pain is arbritrary. Lori Michaelson C4/5 complete quad, 25 years post Tucson, AZ
Re: [QUAD-L] new member-old member
Greetings Robert, Peter from Covington Virginia. C4/C5 25yrs - Original Message - From: ROBERT WHO [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Aaron Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Lori Michaelson [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Quad quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 5:23 PM Subject: [QUAD-L] new member-old member hi group-robert darden from virginia-- polio quad-use vent-power chair--- cheers R -Original Message- From: Aaron Mann Sent: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 13:41:48 -0700 To: Lori Michaelson, Quad Subject: RE: [QUAD-L] Re: sleep pain I've been living with pain so long that I actually feel weird when I have bouts of no pain... _ From: Lori Michaelson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 3:27 PM To: Quad Subject: [QUAD-L] Re: sleep pain Greg wrote: When I wake up hot, it's because the pain or discomfort in my arms is what wakes me. Anyone else get this pain when they feel too hot at night? I never get this feeling in my arms when I'm over heated in the daytime. Greg The pain for me is there overnight cold or warm. Torso pain, arm pins needles. I can even feel it when I'm half-in and half-out of sleeping. Like it WANTS to keep me awake. It depends but it IS better for me daytimes and in the HEAT. When one neurologist looked at my MRIs of my pine ... she commented briefly of seeing arthritis there. Unsure if she was full of it or not. I attribute my pain to syringomyelia and stiffness and JUST BEING A QUAD where pain is arbritrary. Lori Michaelson C4/5 complete quad, 25 years post Tucson, AZ
Re: [QUAD-L] hey,,this is normal for me,,what about you ?
I passed out on the commode 24 years ago (after a serious dumb) in a rehabilitation center from low blood pressure. They left me in there and forgot about me. When my eyes opened I was lying in bed with a doctor in an orderly beside me. The doctor told me notto worry, you cannot die from low blood pressure. That was very reassuring-Peter 25yrs - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 7:41 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] hey,,this is normal for me,,what about you ? my bp has gotten down to 53/35 before and i didn't even feel lite headed. i asked my doc and she said that AS long as i feel aright when it gets that low i'm ok. it seems to get lower when i start working out. luke In a message dated 9/15/2005 6:25:39 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Not only do I run low fever, but my blood pressure runs 88./49.
[QUAD-L] It's official
I am officially an antique quadriplegic, paralyzed from the neck down 25 years ago on Labor Day- Peter
[QUAD-L] Tripetail (sp)
I'm sure the medication Tripetail has been discussed in detail, but it may be necessary to hear my experience. Jackie, my wife, took me to a pain center here in Virginia. They gave me the medication Tripetail (sp) in an attempt to ease my suffering. After about three days I told her I was losing my memory. On the fourth day I woke up totally lost. She had to put me into my wheelchair, undo the motors, and push me into my van. I was in the hospital for almost a month. During my stay I experienced the most horrific hallucinations man can ever imagine. People walking without heads, piles of dead bodies, people with severed arms with only skin hanging from their shoulders,waking up on the table with my internal organs hanging out: many, many more; to trying to put into words. My wife told me I screamed for hours on end, and often spit my food into her face. After three weeks the doctors finally found the right medication to bring me back. They told my wife that the possibility existed that I would remain in that state. God help anybody if they're subjected to such a torment. Scary enough, in this world somebody probably is. Peter
