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Seven years ago I would have agreed with most of you about bowel care, but after suffering a twisted intestine and going through a lot of misery and finally getting it stabilized. I was under the care of a great Gastroenterologist. He had me keep track of everything I had to eat for 90 days, but also had me keep track of the length of each bowel program and the results. I almost didn’t believe him that he would be able to help if I did this, but thankfully I did. He suggested that I do a bowel care every day, preferably first thing in the morning after a cup of coffee or tea and cetera. I thought he was crazy, that would really shorten my time to get anything else done while I had an attendant! But the last four or five years had been so difficult with bowel care I thought I would try. He also started me on Align, Benefiber, and Miralax plus a multi vitamin. It took a couple months to find the right combination, and I worked closely with him. Presently we use only digital stimulation, and my usual routine takes 15-20 minutes. Once in awhile I will have a day or two without anything, and I have an occasional bout of diarrhea, but that is sort of normal for anyone not necessarily just the quad. I do have an overhead lift so that I can sit on the commode chair, and I am sure that is a great plus for this program. Being a C4 quad I cannot sit upright very effectively so that my body is relatively straight in the commode chair, so the lift is a great blessing. We all know that every one is so different, but I thought I would share just in case it helps somebody else. But I credit my gastroenterologist for caring enough to work closely with me. I also have a colonoscopy every five years and he has been very happy with those results. Joan in very windy and very tired of the wind Reno J
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That's awesome you can get done in 20 minutes. I always have a concern if I eat and take to many laxatives I will bend over and constantly have mishaps. At least you found your personal ingredients that work. Ron On Monday, June 16, 2014 5:42 PM, Joan Anglin poaj...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Seven years ago I would have agreed with most of you about bowel care, but after suffering a twisted intestine and going through a lot of misery and finally getting it stabilized. I was under the care of a great Gastroenterologist. He had me keep track of everything I had to eat for 90 days, but also had me keep track of the length of each bowel program and the results. I almost didn’t believe him that he would be able to help if I did this, but thankfully I did. He suggested that I do a bowel care every day, preferably first thing in the morning after a cup of coffee or tea and cetera. I thought he was crazy, that would really shorten my time to get anything else done while I had an attendant! But the last four or five years had been so difficult with bowel care I thought I would try. He also started me on Align, Benefiber, and Miralax plus a multi vitamin. It took a couple months to find the right combination, and I worked closely with him. Presently we use only digital stimulation, and my usual routine takes 15-20 minutes. Once in awhile I will have a day or two without anything, and I have an occasional bout of diarrhea, but that is sort of normal for anyone not necessarily just the quad. I do have an overhead lift so that I can sit on the commode chair, and I am sure that is a great plus for this program. Being a C4 quad I cannot sit upright very effectively so that my body is relatively straight in the commode chair, so the lift is a great blessing. We all know that every one is so different, but I thought I would share just in case it helps somebody else. But I credit my gastroenterologist for caring enough to work closely with me. I also have a colonoscopy every five years and he has been very happy with those results. Joan in very windy and very tired of the wind Reno J
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I personally go up and down as to how I handle being paralyzed. Sometimes I do wonderful, then I will hit a stretch, usually in winter that Im down and have a hard time pulling out. When I was in school and going to the ymca to swim, my moods were much better and more leveled out. The worst part at least for me about being paralyzed is the bowell routines. I get so tired of living my life around that. Another thing I cant stand is walking people that snub me or treat me less than human just because I use a chair. I live in a neighborhood that has a three mile oval. Ive been around this oval hundreds of times either in my chair or my handcycle. Some people are my friends others wont even look at me . The worst ones are those that you see hide in their garage to avoid you then come back out when you pass. What I do sometimes is stop in front of their house and get my water bottle out and take a break. Then they have to stay in hiding for a long time!! Its amazing how many people out there are passive aggressive as well. Everyday is a holiday. Ron On Saturday, June 14, 2014 2:52 PM, Gmail bobbiehumphre...@gmail.com wrote: AB's of all sorts wish they could do what another AB can do or have. The grass is ALWAYS greener no matter if it's physical, emotional or financial. YOU must be proud of who you are, what you have, where you've been. When I was down and out, my sister pointed out to me ALL of my accomplishments and my mental strength and patients. Bobbie Smile Everyday On Jun 14, 2014, at 2:50 AM, RONALD L PRACHT r.pra...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Everybody is jealous of somebody. The c1 just wants to breath on his own. The c4 has dreams of self transferring. The c5 wishes he could push a manual chair faster and up hills. The c7 wishes he had just a little more to perform all the tasks of a bowell routine. The t4 wants more ab control. The t12 wishes he could urinate on his own. The l1 wishes he could feel his penis. The guy that can stand and shuffle wishes he could walk. The guy that can walk a little wishes he could run. The man that runs wishes he had the guts to ask his dream girl out. The guy with the dream girl wishes he had more time to himself. The meaning of what Im saying is life is a gift and is short. Thousands of people die everyday. Thirty five thousand people die in car accidents every year. Thirty thousand people commit suicide each year. Ten thousand are paralyzed each year. All of this just in the united states. Try to do what you can with what you have left. Comparing yourself to others will bring you misery. If you do one thing each day to improve yourself, it will amount to something b4 you know it. Ron On Saturday, June 14, 2014 1:05 AM, Danny Espinoza da...@immortaldesigns.co wrote: *jealous of those of you who have enough function to handcycle -Danny Original Message Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Dreams From: RONALD L PRACHT r.pra...@sbcglobal.net Date: Fri, June 13, 2014 8:04 pm To: quad-list@eskimo.com quad-list@eskimo.com Another drug that works well to calm you and wont hurt you is lorezapam. You can take a 1mg pill and it helps out a lot. I have dealt with the crazy dreams at night. When Im experiencing pain or when im dysreflexic from needing to urinate my dreams get more intense. One more thing to add is activity during the day to wear you out helps you sleep. Obviously your level of function depends on how much you can wear yourself out. When I wheel my chair at least a mile or attach my handcycle and do a few miles Im in a better mood, less pain and sleep better. Each person can probally figure some activity to tire themselves out, maybe a handcycle on a table like at rehab or have some 20 min routine you do with moving your arms or a light freeweight attached to a cuff. There is a guy on youtube that sets up basic simple workout routines for people in chairs that require very little. I set goal for myself of 30 miles each month on my attachable rio dragonfly handcycle. I document the miles and write it all down. It helps my mind and the pain from my syrinx and hernia. Good luck Ron On Friday, June 13, 2014 8:23 PM, Quadius quad...@gmail.com wrote: I have been having a similar problem, but not as often. I usually have it a couple of times a night. I have found putting my TV on a timer and listening to a historical-based documentary has helped me get to sleep without having these terrible dreams. If they keep up, I might consider asking for medication. Quadius On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 8:20 PM, Larry Willis lwillis82...@gmail.com wrote: Panic attacks. About four years ago I began having them at night. Not as frequent as yours, but I still felt like I was going to explode. It was horrible. My doc gave me a small dose of Xanax to take at bedtime. I haven't had one since. Good luck. -- Forwarded message -- From: greg g...@eskimo.com Date: Friday,
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I agree, the bowel care is worst. Sometimes I think I have to plan my whole life around it. - Original Message - From: RONALD L PRACHT r.pra...@sbcglobal.net To: quad-list quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2014 12:51:06 AM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Jealousy I personally go up and down as to how I handle being paralyzed. Sometimes I do wonderful, then I will hit a stretch, usually in winter that Im down and have a hard time pulling out. When I was in school and going to the ymca to swim, my moods were much better and more leveled out. The worst part at least for me about being paralyzed is the bowell routines. I get so tired of living my life around that. Another thing I cant stand is walking people that snub me or treat me less than human just because I use a chair. I live in a neighborhood that has a three mile oval. Ive been around this oval hundreds of times either in my chair or my handcycle. Some people are my friends others wont even look at me . The worst ones are those that you see hide in their garage to avoid you then come back out when you pass. What I do sometimes is stop in front of their house and get my water bottle out and take a break. Then they have to stay in hiding for a long time!! Its amazing how many people out there are passive aggressive as well. Everyday is a holiday. Ron On Saturday, June 14, 2014 2:52 PM, Gmail bobbiehumphre...@gmail.com wrote: AB's of all sorts wish they could do what another AB can do or have. The grass is ALWAYS greener no matter if it's physical, emotional or financial. YOU must be proud of who you are, what you have, where you've been. When I was down and out, my sister pointed out to me ALL of my accomplishments and my mental strength and patients. Bobbie Smile Everyday On Jun 14, 2014, at 2:50 AM, RONALD L PRACHT r.pra...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Everybody is jealous of somebody. The c1 just wants to breath on his own. The c4 has dreams of self transferring. The c5 wishes he could push a manual chair faster and up hills. The c7 wishes he had just a little more to perform all the tasks of a bowell routine. The t4 wants more ab control. The t12 wishes he could urinate on his own. The l1 wishes he could feel his penis. The guy that can stand and shuffle wishes he could walk. The guy that can walk a little wishes he could run. The man that runs wishes he had the guts to ask his dream girl out. The guy with the dream girl wishes he had more time to himself. The meaning of what Im saying is life is a gift and is short. Thousands of people die everyday. Thirty five thousand people die in car accidents every year. Thirty thousand people commit suicide each year. Ten thousand are paralyzed each year. All of this just in the united states. Try to do what you can with what you have left. Comparing yourself to others will bring you misery. If you do one thing each day to improve yourself, it will amount to something b4 you know it. Ron On Saturday, June 14, 2014 1:05 AM, Danny Espinoza da...@immortaldesigns.co wrote: *jealous of those of you who have enough function to handcycle -Danny blockquote Original Message Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Dreams From: RONALD L PRACHT r.pra...@sbcglobal.net Date: Fri, June 13, 2014 8:04 pm To: quad-list@eskimo.com quad-list@eskimo.com Another drug that works well to calm you and wont hurt you is lorezapam. You can take a 1mg pill and it helps out a lot. I have dealt with the crazy dreams at night. When Im experiencing pain or when im dysreflexic from needing to urinate my dreams get more intense. One more thing to add is activity during the day to wear you out helps you sleep. Obviously your level of function depends on how much you can wear yourself out. When I wheel my chair at least a mile or attach my handcycle and do a few miles Im in a better mood, less pain and sleep better. Each person can probally figure some activity to tire themselves out, maybe a handcycle on a table like at rehab or have some 20 min routine you do with moving your arms or a light freeweight attached to a cuff. There is a guy on youtube that sets up basic simple workout routines for people in chairs that require very little. I set goal for myself of 30 miles each month on my attachable rio dragonfly handcycle. I document the miles and write it all down. It helps my mind and the pain from my syrinx and hernia. Good luck Ron On Friday, June 13, 2014 8:23 PM, Quadius quad...@gmail.com wrote: I have been having a similar problem, but not as often. I usually have it a couple of times a night. I have found putting my TV on a timer and listening to a historical-based documentary has helped me get to sleep without having these terrible dreams. If they keep up, I might consider asking for medication. Quadius On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 8:20 PM, Larry Willis lwillis82...@gmail.com wrote: blockquote Panic attacks
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I was waiting for Pete to bring my van around in front of Walgreen's. While I was waiting I noticed this guy in a mini-van staring still me. So Pete parks right in front of the guy (not knowing he was there). I open the lift, with him watching every single move, and I back onto the lift, but get stuck. I was so preoccupied by this guy watching me/us. Pete spent about 5 minutes trying to get me un-stuck. The guy that was watching ... did NOTHING to help or offer to help, he just stared. I was so tempted to give him the jerk off signal since my hands are in a closed position.Bobbie Smile Everyday On Jun 15, 2014, at 3:51 AM, RONALD L PRACHT r.pra...@sbcglobal.net wrote: I personally go up and down as to how I handle being paralyzed. Sometimes I do wonderful, then I will hit a stretch, usually in winter that Im down and have a hard time pulling out. When I was in school and going to the ymca to swim, my moods were much better and more leveled out. The worst part at least for me about being paralyzed is the bowell routines. I get so tired of living my life around that. Another thing I cant stand is walking people that snub me or treat me less than human just because I use a chair. I live in a neighborhood that has a three mile oval. Ive been around this oval hundreds of times either in my chair or my handcycle. Some people are my friends others wont even look at me . The worst ones are those that you see hide in their garage to avoid you then come back out when you pass. What I do sometimes is stop in front of their house and get my water bottle out and take a break. Then they have to stay in hiding for a long time!! Its amazing how many people out there are passive aggressive as well. Everyday is a holiday. Ron On Saturday, June 14, 2014 2:52 PM, Gmail bobbiehumphre...@gmail.com wrote: AB's of all sorts wish they could do what another AB can do or have. The grass is ALWAYS greener no matter if it's physical, emotional or financial. YOU must be proud of who you are, what you have, where you've been. When I was down and out, my sister pointed out to me ALL of my accomplishments and my mental strength and patients. Bobbie Smile Everyday On Jun 14, 2014, at 2:50 AM, RONALD L PRACHT r.pra...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Everybody is jealous of somebody. The c1 just wants to breath on his own. The c4 has dreams of self transferring. The c5 wishes he could push a manual chair faster and up hills. The c7 wishes he had just a little more to perform all the tasks of a bowell routine. The t4 wants more ab control. The t12 wishes he could urinate on his own. The l1 wishes he could feel his penis. The guy that can stand and shuffle wishes he could walk. The guy that can walk a little wishes he could run. The man that runs wishes he had the guts to ask his dream girl out. The guy with the dream girl wishes he had more time to himself. The meaning of what Im saying is life is a gift and is short. Thousands of people die everyday. Thirty five thousand people die in car accidents every year. Thirty thousand people commit suicide each year. Ten thousand are paralyzed each year. All of this just in the united states. Try to do what you can with what you have left. Comparing yourself to others will bring you misery. If you do one thing each day to improve yourself, it will amount to something b4 you know it. Ron On Saturday, June 14, 2014 1:05 AM, Danny Espinoza da...@immortaldesigns.co wrote: *jealous of those of you who have enough function to handcycle -Danny Original Message Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Dreams From: RONALD L PRACHT r.pra...@sbcglobal.net Date: Fri, June 13, 2014 8:04 pm To: quad-list@eskimo.com quad-list@eskimo.com Another drug that works well to calm you and wont hurt you is lorezapam. You can take a 1mg pill and it helps out a lot. I have dealt with the crazy dreams at night. When Im experiencing pain or when im dysreflexic from needing to urinate my dreams get more intense. One more thing to add is activity during the day to wear you out helps you sleep. Obviously your level of function depends on how much you can wear yourself out. When I wheel my chair at least a mile or attach my handcycle and do a few miles Im in a better mood, less pain and sleep better. Each person can probally figure some activity to tire themselves out, maybe a handcycle on a table like at rehab or have some 20 min routine you do with moving your arms or a light freeweight attached to a cuff. There is a guy on youtube that sets up basic simple workout routines for people in chairs that require very little. I set goal for myself of 30 miles each month on my attachable rio dragonfly handcycle. I document the miles and write it all down. It helps my mind and the pain from my syrinx and hernia. Good luck Ron On Friday, June 13, 2014 8:23 PM,
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Over the years while me and my wife would be eating out at a restaurant there has been a person that stared at me thru our entire meal! This has happened now 3 different times at different restaurants. I told my wife , gosh why don't they just take a picture...Have'nt they ever saw a disabled man before? My wife said they gawk like we are animals at a zoo or something ! lolThey were so rude that even if I looked back at them they just kept staring ! Some (humans- people ) can be very strange and unthoughtful of others. Dan H*** On Sunday, June 15, 2014 10:06 PM, Gmail bobbiehumphre...@gmail.com wrote: I was waiting for Pete to bring my van around in front of Walgreen's. While I was waiting I noticed this guy in a mini-van staring still me. So Pete parks right in front of the guy (not knowing he was there). I open the lift, with him watching every single move, and I back onto the lift, but get stuck. I was so preoccupied by this guy watching me/us. Pete spent about 5 minutes trying to get me un-stuck. The guy that was watching ... did NOTHING to help or offer to help, he just stared. I was so tempted to give him the jerk off signal since my hands are in a closed position. Bobbie Smile Everyday On Jun 15, 2014, at 3:51 AM, RONALD L PRACHT r.pra...@sbcglobal.net wrote: I personally go up and down as to how I handle being paralyzed. Sometimes I do wonderful, then I will hit a stretch, usually in winter that Im down and have a hard time pulling out. When I was in school and going to the ymca to swim, my moods were much better and more leveled out. The worst part at least for me about being paralyzed is the bowell routines. I get so tired of living my life around that. Another thing I cant stand is walking people that snub me or treat me less than human just because I use a chair. I live in a neighborhood that has a three mile oval. Ive been around this oval hundreds of times either in my chair or my handcycle. Some people are my friends others wont even look at me . The worst ones are those that you see hide in their garage to avoid you then come back out when you pass. What I do sometimes is stop in front of their house and get my water bottle out and take a break. Then they have to stay in hiding for a long time!! Its amazing how many people out there are passive aggressive as well. Everyday is a holiday. Ron On Saturday, June 14, 2014 2:52 PM, Gmail bobbiehumphre...@gmail.com wrote: AB's of all sorts wish they could do what another AB can do or have. The grass is ALWAYS greener no matter if it's physical, emotional or financial. YOU must be proud of who you are, what you have, where you've been. When I was down and out, my sister pointed out to me ALL of my accomplishments and my mental strength and patients. Bobbie Smile Everyday On Jun 14, 2014, at 2:50 AM, RONALD L PRACHT r.pra...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Everybody is jealous of somebody. The c1 just wants to breath on his own. The c4 has dreams of self transferring. The c5 wishes he could push a manual chair faster and up hills. The c7 wishes he had just a little more to perform all the tasks of a bowell routine. The t4 wants more ab control. The t12 wishes he could urinate on his own. The l1 wishes he could feel his penis. The guy that can stand and shuffle wishes he could walk. The guy that can walk a little wishes he could run. The man that runs wishes he had the guts to ask his dream girl out. The guy with the dream girl wishes he had more time to himself. The meaning of what Im saying is life is a gift and is short. Thousands of people die everyday. Thirty five thousand people die in car accidents every year. Thirty thousand people commit suicide each year. Ten thousand are paralyzed each year. All of this just in the united states. Try to do what you can with what you have left. Comparing yourself to others will bring you misery. If you do one thing each day to improve yourself, it will amount to something b4 you know it. Ron On Saturday, June 14, 2014 1:05 AM, Danny Espinoza da...@immortaldesigns.co wrote: *jealous of those of you who have enough function to handcycle -Danny Original Message Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Dreams From: RONALD L PRACHT r.pra...@sbcglobal.net Date: Fri, June 13, 2014 8:04 pm To: quad-list@eskimo.com quad-list@eskimo.com Another drug that works well to calm you and wont hurt you is lorezapam. You can take a 1mg pill and it helps out a lot. I have dealt with the crazy dreams at night. When Im experiencing pain or when im dysreflexic from needing to urinate my dreams get more intense. One more thing to add is activity during the day to wear you out helps you sleep. Obviously your level of function depends on how much you can wear yourself out. When I wheel my chair at least a mile or attach my handcycle and do a few miles Im in a better mood, less pain and sleep better. Each person can probally
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Ive got a few stories that are flat out crazy that I cant tell on the net,but I will tell a mild one, About 10 yrs ago b4 I had my girlfriends I was involved in this group from St. Louis for disabled to get out and do things. They would match you up with a person to take you anyplace you want once a week and hang out. I called it jokingly my pay a friend. Anyway one week I picked going to a cardinals baseball game. My helper came to get me in a car usually but this week he showed up in a Ford Explorer. He had to lift me into the truck and load my manual chair. When we got down to the parking garage and he went to pick me up and turn around to set me in the chair his ankle rolled over and he fell, then I fell right on top of him. Im 6'2 and was pushing 200 pounds at the time so we were in a bind. During all this a steady flow of people were walking by to walk across the walking overpass to get to the game. Everybody looked at me and him on the ground and not one person would help or do anything for that matter. Eventually the guy rolled me off of him to get his breath. Eventually he manhandled me enough to drag me back into the chair with me helping. At least 75-100 people walked by that circus and did nothing. This situation as well as many others taught me never to get into anything you cant get out of and never expect anyone to be there to help. That way if you get help its an unexpected bonus. Ron On Sunday, June 15, 2014 10:23 PM, Danny Hearn ddh...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Over the years while me and my wife would be eating out at a restaurant there has been a person that stared at me thru our entire meal! This has happened now 3 different times at different restaurants. I told my wife , gosh why don't they just take a picture...Have'nt they ever saw a disabled man before? My wife said they gawk like we are animals at a zoo or something ! lolThey were so rude that even if I looked back at them they just kept staring ! Some (humans- people ) can be very strange and unthoughtful of others. Dan H*** On Sunday, June 15, 2014 10:06 PM, Gmail bobbiehumphre...@gmail.com wrote: I was waiting for Pete to bring my van around in front of Walgreen's. While I was waiting I noticed this guy in a mini-van staring still me. So Pete parks right in front of the guy (not knowing he was there). I open the lift, with him watching every single move, and I back onto the lift, but get stuck. I was so preoccupied by this guy watching me/us. Pete spent about 5 minutes trying to get me un-stuck. The guy that was watching ... did NOTHING to help or offer to help, he just stared. I was so tempted to give him the jerk off signal since my hands are in a closed position. Bobbie Smile Everyday On Jun 15, 2014, at 3:51 AM, RONALD L PRACHT r.pra...@sbcglobal.net wrote: I personally go up and down as to how I handle being paralyzed. Sometimes I do wonderful, then I will hit a stretch, usually in winter that Im down and have a hard time pulling out. When I was in school and going to the ymca to swim, my moods were much better and more leveled out. The worst part at least for me about being paralyzed is the bowell routines. I get so tired of living my life around that. Another thing I cant stand is walking people that snub me or treat me less than human just because I use a chair. I live in a neighborhood that has a three mile oval. Ive been around this oval hundreds of times either in my chair or my handcycle. Some people are my friends others wont even look at me . The worst ones are those that you see hide in their garage to avoid you then come back out when you pass. What I do sometimes is stop in front of their house and get my water bottle out and take a break. Then they have to stay in hiding for a long time!! Its amazing how many people out there are passive aggressive as well. Everyday is a holiday. Ron On Saturday, June 14, 2014 2:52 PM, Gmail bobbiehumphre...@gmail.com wrote: AB's of all sorts wish they could do what another AB can do or have. The grass is ALWAYS greener no matter if it's physical, emotional or financial. YOU must be proud of who you are, what you have, where you've been. When I was down and out, my sister pointed out to me ALL of my accomplishments and my mental strength and patients. Bobbie Smile Everyday On Jun 14, 2014, at 2:50 AM, RONALD L PRACHT r.pra...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Everybody is jealous of somebody. The c1 just wants to breath on his own. The c4 has dreams of self transferring. The c5 wishes he could push a manual chair faster and up hills. The c7 wishes he had just a little more to perform all the tasks of a bowell routine. The t4 wants more ab control. The t12 wishes he could urinate on his own. The l1 wishes he could feel his penis. The guy that can stand and shuffle wishes he could walk. The guy that can walk a little wishes he could run. The man that runs wishes he had the guts
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AB's of all sorts wish they could do what another AB can do or have. The grass is ALWAYS greener no matter if it's physical, emotional or financial. YOU must be proud of who you are, what you have, where you've been. When I was down and out, my sister pointed out to me ALL of my accomplishments and my mental strength and patients. Bobbie Smile Everyday On Jun 14, 2014, at 2:50 AM, RONALD L PRACHT r.pra...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Everybody is jealous of somebody. The c1 just wants to breath on his own. The c4 has dreams of self transferring. The c5 wishes he could push a manual chair faster and up hills. The c7 wishes he had just a little more to perform all the tasks of a bowell routine. The t4 wants more ab control. The t12 wishes he could urinate on his own. The l1 wishes he could feel his penis. The guy that can stand and shuffle wishes he could walk. The guy that can walk a little wishes he could run. The man that runs wishes he had the guts to ask his dream girl out. The guy with the dream girl wishes he had more time to himself. The meaning of what Im saying is life is a gift and is short. Thousands of people die everyday. Thirty five thousand people die in car accidents every year. Thirty thousand people commit suicide each year. Ten thousand are paralyzed each year. All of this just in the united states. Try to do what you can with what you have left. Comparing yourself to others will bring you misery. If you do one thing each day to improve yourself, it will amount to something b4 you know it. Ron On Saturday, June 14, 2014 1:05 AM, Danny Espinoza da...@immortaldesigns.co wrote: *jealous of those of you who have enough function to handcycle -Danny Original Message Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Dreams From: RONALD L PRACHT r.pra...@sbcglobal.net Date: Fri, June 13, 2014 8:04 pm To: quad-list@eskimo.com quad-list@eskimo.com Another drug that works well to calm you and wont hurt you is lorezapam. You can take a 1mg pill and it helps out a lot. I have dealt with the crazy dreams at night. When Im experiencing pain or when im dysreflexic from needing to urinate my dreams get more intense. One more thing to add is activity during the day to wear you out helps you sleep. Obviously your level of function depends on how much you can wear yourself out. When I wheel my chair at least a mile or attach my handcycle and do a few miles Im in a better mood, less pain and sleep better. Each person can probally figure some activity to tire themselves out, maybe a handcycle on a table like at rehab or have some 20 min routine you do with moving your arms or a light freeweight attached to a cuff. There is a guy on youtube that sets up basic simple workout routines for people in chairs that require very little. I set goal for myself of 30 miles each month on my attachable rio dragonfly handcycle. I document the miles and write it all down. It helps my mind and the pain from my syrinx and hernia. Good luck Ron On Friday, June 13, 2014 8:23 PM, Quadius quad...@gmail.com wrote: I have been having a similar problem, but not as often. I usually have it a couple of times a night. I have found putting my TV on a timer and listening to a historical-based documentary has helped me get to sleep without having these terrible dreams. If they keep up, I might consider asking for medication. Quadius On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 8:20 PM, Larry Willis lwillis82...@gmail.com wrote: Panic attacks. About four years ago I began having them at night. Not as frequent as yours, but I still felt like I was going to explode. It was horrible. My doc gave me a small dose of Xanax to take at bedtime. I haven't had one since. Good luck. -- Forwarded message -- From: greg g...@eskimo.com Date: Friday, June 13, 2014 Subject: [QUAD-L] Dreams To: quad-list@eskimo.com For weeks now I've been waking up every few hours, with panic dreams. My heart is racing, pounding. My breathing is heavy, and I feel like I need to get up. I haven't changed meds or anything. If it was just waking up in the morning like that I could handle it, but it's like 5 times a night. Often I think I can't breath. Other times I'm getting chased by a mob, etc. I'm so tired. Greg
