Re: [QUAD-L] PAIN

2008-04-11 Thread DAANOO
I guess it is the quad thing to be freezing when you go to bed, as I am also . Dana **Planning your summer road trip? Check out AOL Travel Guides. (http://travel.aol.com/travel-guide/united-states?ncid=aoltrv000316)

Re: [QUAD-L] PAIN

2008-04-11 Thread DAANOO
I guess it is the quad thing to be freezing when you go to bed, as I am also . Dana I used to 'love' my elec blanket when I slept alone. now I just shiver to sleep and wake up warm. AZDAVE In a message dated 4/8/2008 7:51:42 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [QUAD-L] MRSA

2008-04-11 Thread MikeyBird3
I think that's why new antibiotics continue to be developed. In a message dated 4/10/2008 10:19:11 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Pretty soon the bugs will not be responsive to anything. That is why they are calling it the superbug. Bill C6 Incomplete since

Re: [QUAD-L] Am idol

2008-04-11 Thread Quadius
Actually wheelchair, you have hit on one of the primary reasons there is so many impoverished people in this country. Keep in mind I'm excluding the severely disabled community from the comment, for right now. I don't know the exact stats, but I heard that the true rates of graduation from high

Re: [QUAD-L] MRSA

2008-04-11 Thread DAANOO
I went to my sleep doctor and I was told that they are very slow to put drugs on the market for sleeping problems and they have been waiting for a another new drug for quite some time. They had to increase my trazodone to 100 mg , and it could go up as high as 200 although it can go

Re: [QUAD-L] dangers

2008-04-11 Thread Quadius
I carry a small bag on the back of my chair to hold water and other essentials. Anything that I consider valuable or of absolute importance by Kerry and two small pouches on the sides of my chair, just under my arms. That way if someone's trying to get into them I know about it. The bell is a

Re: [QUAD-L] supra swimming

2008-04-11 Thread Quadius
The advice I was given was to avoid public swimming pools, but that was about 10 years ago. Quadius On 4/10/08, Danny Hearn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: *Hi, I used to love river float trips and did those after being a quad in the 1st 3 years---but after that time I got a supra-pubic and some said

Re: FW: [QUAD-L] the show today on Dr. Phil about super bug scare

2008-04-11 Thread Quadius
You were reading my mind John and that's scary. Quadius On 4/10/08, John S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: my problem has been finding real colloidal silver. I found a place online that gives the truth about it. It also lists brands that are real and their quality.

Re: [QUAD-L] PAIN

2008-04-11 Thread Quadius
It says that on all of the electric blankets I have seen, but I believe it depends on whether you have the ability to sense of your body is getting too hot. I use my electric blanket occasionally, but I find I end up having to turn it off at some point during the night because my core temperature

Re: [QUAD-L] PAIN

2008-04-11 Thread KK
I have the 3rd degree burn scars on my stomach to prove it. This was a heating pad I hear they make them with timers that automatically turn it off.

Re: [QUAD-L] MRSA

2008-04-11 Thread Danny Hearn
Hi Dana, I take amitriptyline to sleep, at first they start you on 10mg but can move it up to 50mg or more if needed. Some say it leaves them a bit groggy in the mornings but that don't last long. On some days I skip that and instead take Ambien,,, I think by changing some nights it keeps

RE: [QUAD-L] PAIN

2008-04-11 Thread Mark Jackson
I get the same way Quadius but mine has a button I can can just slap and turn it back on. If I forget to turn it off I wake up burning up and can't get back to sleep. Mark Jackson RollinOn _ From: Quadius [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 12:58 PM To:

[QUAD-L] America's Defecit and Also the IRAQ war cost.

2008-04-11 Thread Danny Hearn
Hey everyone, I was watching some program last night that said we are spending 5,000 dollars every second 7 days a week on the IRAQ war. In addition to that ---the American defecit is costing about a Million Dollars a Minute JUST FOR THE INTEREST PAYMENT ONLY !Why can't our government cut

Re: [QUAD-L] America's Defecit and Also the IRAQ war cost.

2008-04-11 Thread Tod E. Santee
Hey Danny! From what I understand the typical pork barrel spending (i.e. earmarks) are a miniscule part of Congressional spending. The majority of it is currently war spending and regular budgeting that's been necessary for running our country--which includes all the interest we paid to other

[QUAD-L] choices reimbursement for Dec 07

2008-04-11 Thread RONALD L PRACHT
Sandy, I received the 74.47 today in the mail for the reimbursement for the supplies. Thanks for all your help. Ron Pracht

[QUAD-L] heating blankets

2008-04-11 Thread RONALD L PRACHT
Hey gang, I used heating blanketsfor a couple years until I had an incident with them. Apparenty I rolled a little to my side one night and the blanket got between my kneeswell it burned both knees badly had blisters all over them. From then on I just used a very thick comforter. To

Re: [QUAD-L] SLEEP

2008-04-11 Thread John S.
I have had problems sleeping since 1995. I had a very serious case of pneumonia and it damaged my lungs so badly they din't think I'd ever be able to get off oxygen. Well, I did, but I never sleep more than 2-3 hours at a time and often it takes 2-3 hours to return to sleep. The past few years

Re: [QUAD-L] America's Defecit and Also the IRAQ war cost.

2008-04-11 Thread wheelchair
We have become a debit nation. It won't change tomorrow or the next day either. Ten years from now we as a nation will still be paying for our actions of yesterday... and then some. Your elected officials have spoken for you and your future and the future of your children. When you

Re: [QUAD-L] Am idol

2008-04-11 Thread wheelchair
It was only aired on Fox Network, but everything is traced by to the production company that owns everything... 19 Entertainment. Best Wishes In a message dated 4/11/2008 12:25:44 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Basically the premise of my blog is that if Fox, news

Re: [QUAD-L] SLEEP

2008-04-11 Thread oconnelldb
All I can manage without drugs is about 4 hours a night. I just get used to watching the clock and listeni8ng to the wife saw logs.? She could (and has) sleep 10 hours and even 12 or 14, no problem. AZDAVE -Original Message- From: John S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

[QUAD-L] Dragon Dictate question

2008-04-11 Thread Bobbie299
Hello all dragon people, I just got my Dragon dictate up and running. I am enjoying it very much as a matter of fact, I am using it right now to write this e-mail. The headset seems to be a bit tight and I was wondering if any of you had any solutions to loosening up the tightness of the

Re: [QUAD-L] America's Defecit and Also the IRAQ war cost.

2008-04-11 Thread oconnelldb
Speaking of money? the recent write-down by Citibank of 12 Billion is an effort to clear off junk from their balance sheets so they can get back to banking business stuff.? Their balance sheet has a total of 2.2 Trillion dollars on it so 12 billion represents 1/2 of one percent of their

RE: [QUAD-L] America's Defecit and Also the IRAQ war cost.

2008-04-11 Thread Mark Jackson
If America was a company we'd fire the CEO! It's not just the Iraq war, do you know how much money each year on the War on drugs? It's close to a 20 billion dollar budget a year spent on drug control. They're doing a great job too, drugs are more readily available and cheaper than ever! Before we

RE: [QUAD-L] America's Defecit and Also the IRAQ war cost.

2008-04-11 Thread Mark Jackson
I was also watching the news and found out that we are spending halk a billion dollars a week on guess what? Gasoline to power our Army that defends Iraq by Iraq. The part that really pissed me off was that the Iraqi people only pay around $1.25 a gallon but they charge the good ol USA over $3.00

Re: [QUAD-L] PAIN

2008-04-11 Thread Lori Michaelson
Same here although it happened much more frequently when I lived in the Northeast. So I absolutely love it here in the Southwest! I still can't go to sleep without my head covered with the least that sheet. That is something that I have always needed since my accident 28 1/2 years ago. Lori

Re: [QUAD-L] SLEEP

2008-04-11 Thread Danny Hearn
JOHN, I TAKE VICODIN AND OXYCODONE FOR PAIN ALSO THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF I ONLY HAD TO TAKE ONE OR THE OTHER ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK --- NOW I NEED SOME NEARLY ALMOST EVERY DAY OR I GO NUTS WITH PAIN, MY QUESTION IS THIS,,, DO YOU OR OTHERS ON THE LIST NEED PAIN MED HELP AS OFTEN AS ME???

RE: [QUAD-L] SLEEP

2008-04-11 Thread Mark Jackson
Yes Mark Jackson RollinOn _ From: Danny Hearn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 4:09 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] SLEEP JOHN, I TAKE VICODIN AND OXYCODONE FOR PAIN ALSO THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF I ONLY HAD

RE: [QUAD-L] SLEEP

2008-04-11 Thread Danny Espinoza
I don't have a regular sleep schedule either... I found that I'm awake for about 36 - 40 hours then sleep for about five or six hours then start over again.. I'm sure it's not healthy for me I'm not really sure why like that.. I tried Lunesta but it didn't have much effect on me. Danny Espinoza

RE: [QUAD-L] Dragon Dictate question

2008-04-11 Thread Danny Espinoza
I use a Plantronics microphone that I bought after... you should be able to use any microphone with the program, I personally like Plantronics the best Danny Espinoza 25/m/California Occupation before accident - Network engineer / SR. Network security engineer Broke c2,c6,c7 and doner bone

Re: [QUAD-L] SLEEP

2008-04-11 Thread Lori Michaelson
I am in chronic pain all the time as well. Like Corie Jones (a list member) we can't find anything that is of real help. I have run the gamut of narcotics, tens units, heating pads, etc.. I was on OxyContin since late 1998 or early 1999 until January of last year when my insurance company

Re: [QUAD-L] SLEEP

2008-04-11 Thread John S.
Dan, I avoided taking any narcotic drugs for years while I worked. By 2000 my deforming was becoming really noticeable. I was regularly going to have spurs ground off. I lean dramatically to the right. I was overdoing tylenol and advil when the doctor gave me hydrocodone. I'd be shaking and