i do remember being pretty miserable in the beginning. the 4 years
pushing around school in detroit were definitely nasty. the seven years
after that looking for a job and doing school was slightly better. after i
got my full time job at +12 years, i started enjoying my life. by then al
"screwy (not THAT screwy) sexual positions"
that got MY attention ok
dave
In a message dated 3/16/2005 5:22:47 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Sorry if you get double emails, Ron ... just want it to go to
you personally
Mousestick.net is not my site. I will provide the proper link so that you can take a look at prices. It is rather confusing, but there are several configurations of the workstation. The interesting part is the inventor of the workstation is a fellow quadriplegic. I am a proponent of giving my h
Ron do you by chance use a urologist named Doctor Perry Lovingood ?
I see him and he said he treats another Quad named Ron ? He works out of
like 6 different hospitals.including St. Johns-- Depaul and Christian
Northeast. I am just curious because we both had Martin Wice as a rehab Doc
Do you still live in Washington? Thats just down I-70 from Columbia. The
Corn Cob Pipe Capital of the World! He! Haw! Very hilly area next to the
river. Went thru it many times on the way to a fellow dog shower that lived
out in the boonies near Union. Then we would go to Belleville Ill. o
I went to look at the workstation you have, Billy, but it says "no page to display."
Looks great on your site though! But wanted to check out prices, the site, etc???
Lori
Hi,
That lazy Susan
is very cool, where did you get that table?
Lester from Denver
C4-C5 Quad
16 years post
-Original Message-
From: B. Kimberlin
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Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 5:21 PM
To: Silas Shelburne;
quad-list@eskimo.com
Subject: Re: [
Sorry if you get double emails, Ron ... just want it to go to you personally as well as to others.
I was thinking it was something I had done too. In fact ... way back in the early-mid 80s when I'd get so cold in the northeast ... I used to come home from college and lie own for an hour o
If you go to the following web site you will see my workstation and my bookstand.http://www.billy-paul.blinkz.com/albums/previews/68538.htm
Billy from TampaC2-39 years postSilas Shelburne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hey everybody,
I really miss being able to read, the computer and tapes just arn'
Thank you for offerring your help. I was in despair over this for a long
time blaming myself. Im starting to see it was from the injury itself not
wheeling or swimming. Being a quad is tough enough without an extra burden but
Ill do the best I can.
yep I spent anout 12 years going to that church. the pastor there is
my financial advisor. its a great place for support Ill tell you that, they all
were there when I had my wreck and now even though I dont attend much they still
are in contact with me. We need to keep in touch Dan we have a
What holds the mouth stick when not in use, how do
you pick it back up without help? Silas
- Original Message -
From:
B.
Kimberlin
To: Ray Trostem ; Quad-l
Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 1:40
PM
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] mouth sticks
I use mousesticks to op
Hey everybody,
I really miss being able to read, the computer and
tapes just arn't the same. I have a real good mouth stick, the question
is how do you hold the book to turn the page. Ive seen the automatic
page turners on the net, but can't afford 800.00 dallars. Thanks Silas
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Ray,
I use a homemade mouthstick which is an aluminum arrow I bought at Walmart. It's cut to an appropiate length and then I have a 1" piece of surgical tubing super glued to the typing end leaving about a 1/4" overhang. I did make them out of dowel but the end which I bit down on would eventua
Hi Ron,
Welcome to the Quad-List. I'm sure you will be getting feed-back on your question, and support from those of us that haven't been through this. I will keep you in my thoughts and my prayers. If there is any way I can help with anything, please just ask. My name is Dave, C4/5, 28+ year
Wow, Ron-- Grace church is at the very end of my street McKelvey
Road...I live down across where thet built the new Aqua port and Maryland
Heights Civic Center. I was diagnosed with a syrinx in 2000 But the really
severe pains started getting worse this year about January 2005. Thanks f
Hey Everyone,
I would like to start art painting.I am a C5/6 quad.Anyone know a website that has adaptive tools that will hold paintbrush's or a website about disabled painting.
Thank you,Paul
I use mousesticks to operate my telephone, keyboard, flip pages in my binder next to my phone, change the temperature of my thermostat, write, read my books, and anything else I can think of. I have three different types of mousesticks. One I bought from the mouth stick.net site which Lester sugge
I wonder how many former cops are on this list? I myself was a state trooper in Florida for a short time (87-88). Following that, I went back into the military as a military policeman until I was injured in 95.
Billy from Tampa
C2-3 quad
9 years post[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well my story is pre
A monkey is sitting in a tree smoking a joint when a lizard
walks past and looks up and says to the monkey "Hey! What are you
doing?"
The monkey says "Smoking a joint, come up and have some."
So the lizard climbs up and sits next to the monkey and
they have a few puffs. After a while the li
Title: Message
I remember Emmett
S Land used arrows trimmed down; or how about a dowel rod. I don't use
one, just offering.
Eric W Rudd
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-Original Message-From: LesterSmith
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005
1:58 PMTo: 'Ray Trost
Hi,
The mouth stick I
currently use is not sold anymore (I guess they made it to good, using the same
one for about fifteen years), but I have found this web site http://mouthstick.net/ when I get read to buy
a new mouth stick this is where I going to get it. hope that helps.
Lest
people use mouth sticks to type, turn pages, type on computer u name
it
Hi Everyone!I have been reading this site for ten
years, and I post on it once in a while.Today I have a question, What do
people use for mouth sticks? Any suggestions would be helpful!Also, what are
people using to mount their cameras on their chair? Is there anything out
there?Ray T,C3,4 10
well they didn't recommend anyone here in st. louis. they said i was a
candidate for surgery.im not losing functions yet but pain is worse and energy
is about half what it was b4 syrinx. you are very lucky to have craig, i would
kill to get there, lol
this past neuro said surgery is easy and not complicated and i would really
like to believe him, i guess the end result of the surgery is the biggest part
im worried about, lol
yes lori i printed your whole story, its helped me think this all through,
at least ive gpotten 4 opinions
Hey Ron...
Hadn't I wrote to you before on the whole ball of wax?
It's such an individual choice with individual outcomes. Which sux.
Still here to talk but ultimately it's your decision. Did you save my experience email to you?
Lori :-)
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From: [E
thank you lori you have been very helpful, much
appreciated
Dan wrote:
Ron, I am in the St. Louis area also, I have a syrinx also and have all the pain you described...yes it is very hard and depressing. My spinal cord Doc.sent me to a neurosurgeon and he said they will not operate now unless one is losing function or movement.He told me risk o
Yo Dan,
Ive been taking 1mg lorezapam twice a day, ten 25 mg elavil at night. i
have noticed im kind of out of it in morning but I think its worth it. Neurontin
didn't work for me at low doses anyway. Mixing them works fine no negative
effects, docs gave approval. My general doc is John Obrie
Ron, My pain really got bad this year, I began taking elavil
about 2 weeks agoI was on 1mg Lorazapam for years...I was going to see if I
can still take both but you said you do, so i guess its ok. I also take vicadin
or flexeril muscle relaxer on occasion. Since I began taking elavil I
Well my story is pretty interesting. In short I went to the police academy
in 97 and graduated oct 97 was 21 years old at time. Did security for a
couple months until I was hired by Washington Missouri Police Dept. I started
there Dec 1, 97. Things were going well i met a girl right away who
Appreciate your input. My psysiatrist better known as a rehab doc is at St.
Johns hospital. His name is Martin Wice. He told me to avoid surgery for now,
but the guy is an old schooler has no suggestions on much of anything but
dealing with it. I was and still am pretty active. I swim, lift w
Ron, I am in the St. Louis area also, I have a syrinx also and
have all the pain you described...yes it is very hard and depressing. My spinal
cord Doc.sent me to a neurosurgeon and he said they will not operate now unless
one is losing function or movement.He told me risk of making one wo
Yea Amye I agree if people can just wake-up and see that there is more
to us that this chair, I'm affraid to approuch AB girls, of rejection
-- well my ex was with me when I got hurt, she stayed with me for 3.5
years after injury, we got married then 5 months later she leaves -- no
reason well
well who hasn't it seems. i wait on guys to wake up and see the whole package but i'm still here single. it just gets frustrating having feelings for someone who is too scared to commit. i have recovered, i just want an explanation or to be let go completely. beimng hidden under their wings as a "b
Hi guys,
My name is Ron I am a c7 quad, 7 years post. For the past 1.5 years I have
dealt with abdominal pain, back pain, pain in arms, weakness and other various
symptoms.A syrinx was found at my injury site which measures 2.6cm by the
width of cord. Ive had four opinions from neurosurgeon
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