RE: [QUAD-L] Interesting heat story

2012-06-21 Thread nichole rohling
Probably wasn’t funny at the time ……… thanks for sharing! I love sitting in the heat but the older I get and the longer I’m injured the less tolerant I am. Nicki From: gah17...@aol.com [mailto:gah17...@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2012 12:55 PM To: quad-list@eskimo.com Subject:

[QUAD-L] Interesting heat story

2012-06-21 Thread Gah17582
Along with my question about temperature, I will share a funny story. It's true! About five years ago we owned property and a summer cabin in central Pennsylvania. Financial issues dictated that we needed to sell my dream property. My wife was working that day and my plan was to take th

Re: [QUAD-L] Interesting

2012-06-21 Thread John S.
There's a bunch of glands under your brain along with thyroid and adrenal  glands that stop functioning as they should. Some are affected more than others. I've never heard a desent explanation for this. All quads are affected to differing degrees at different times. Pnumonia is an easy killer

Re: [QUAD-L] Interesting

2012-06-21 Thread Glen House
Yes, a lot of differences among the range of injury levels and completeness. I love the heat, but it is a matter of time that I can continue to love it before it doesn't let me. I often find that it is the individuals with complete injuries that have a much more difficult time with heat intolera

Re: [QUAD-L] Interesting

2012-06-21 Thread Don Price
  It's an interesting topic and points out the magnitude of difference that is present in people with SCI. I, for example, am uncomfortable in temperatures below 80 degrees f, and moved to a hot climate because of it. I routinely sit in heat well over 100 degrees and enjoy it. Yes, I do overheat

Re: [QUAD-L] Interesting

2012-06-21 Thread Glen House
If you go that link and hit the play button it seems to play a very short advertisement about disability travel. Cool site. To hear the interview you need to download it and the play. Sorry this didn't work by just hitting play. I notified the company healthradio. Glen On Jun 21, 2012, at

Re: [QUAD-L] Interesting

2012-06-21 Thread wheelchair
Thanks Glen In a message dated 6/20/2012 10:29:07 P.M. Central Daylight Time, glenho...@me.com writes: Hi group. I have never posted here but usually read and follow the post. A lot of great topics and interesting debates. This particular topic is of personal interest and one that I felt