Re: [QUAD-L] quad gut

2013-10-28 Thread Gmail
I have a 42" waistBobbie Smile Everyday > On Oct 28, 2013, at 4:49 PM, Patricia Brown-Tulee wrote: > > anyone measure stomach lately? > > Patricia > pl...@yahoo.com > > > while adding years to your life, add life to your years > > > On Sunday, October 27, 2013 6:01 PM, "lwillis...@y

Re: [QUAD-L] Stuck in bed for over a month

2013-10-28 Thread Gmail
Nan, What I have is from dancing ... sheering back in September. I've spent November 2012 - April 2013 in bed, no THIS! I'm just GOING NUTS! Bobbie Smile Everyday > On Oct 28, 2013, at 5:05 PM, Nan wrote: > > I spent over a year in bed in 1995 (they FINALLY decided to do a Flap) and > m

Re: [QUAD-L] quad gut

2013-10-28 Thread Dana Wray
Nan, You had Every reason to eat, The summer of 2012 I gained weight after surgery and lost weight following Dr. Oz I know it . It takes time so don't beat yourself up about it doesn't work for everyone. I love you no matter what size you are my fellow quad-list Comrade. You have accomplished S

Fwd: [QUAD-L] quad gut

2013-10-28 Thread lwillis821
When I am lying on my back in bed, my pants seem four sizes too big. When I sit up they become tight. The old flabby quad gut just rolls out there like the Pillsbury doughboy! My pants are 42 in. waistline. I'm scrawny as a stick man everywhere else. Were I standing, I would look like a pregn

RE: [QUAD-L] Stuck in bed for over a month

2013-10-28 Thread Richard Kratt
2 years 2 months in VA hospital. But who's counting? -Original Message- From: Gmail [mailto:bobbiehumphre...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 1:19 PM To: Subject: [QUAD-L] Stuck in bed for over a month Hi All, Is there anybody else right now who has been stuck in bed

Re: [QUAD-L] quad gut

2013-10-28 Thread Nan
No!!!  The I'd know exactly how much weight I've gained since: 1. My husband came out of the closet and I was put on anti-depressants.         2. My parents both died the next year.         3. They found a large growth on my ovary (was benign thank goodness) which              resulted in a hyste

Re: [QUAD-L] Stuck in bed for over a month

2013-10-28 Thread Nan
I spent over a year in bed in 1995 (they FINALLY decided to do a Flap) and many months each time I was pregnant.  Have not had to stay in bed since I got my tilt chair and then my tilt & recline chair (I use both). Do you have one?   When I get a spot or a sheer I pretty much have to stay tilted

Re: [QUAD-L] quad gut

2013-10-28 Thread Dana Wray
I recently did mine was 33 1/2 inches. it's hard to know your weight when you don't know the weight of my present chair to deduct from the total. Dana Sent from my iPhone On Oct 28, 2013, at 3:49 PM, Patricia Brown-Tulee wrote: > anyone measure stomach lately? > > Patricia > pl...@yahoo.com

Re: Fwd: [QUAD-L] quad gut

2013-10-28 Thread Patricia Brown-Tulee
anyone measure stomach lately?   Patricia  pl...@yahoo.com while adding years to your life, add life to your years On Sunday, October 27, 2013 6:01 PM, "lwillis...@yahoo.com" wrote: Congrats guys. I sure wish I could shed my gut. It pushes up on my ribs and downward on my bladder. Hurts l

[QUAD-L] Stuck in bed for over a month

2013-10-28 Thread Gmail
Hi All, Is there anybody else right now who has been stuck in bed for a month or more? Just wondering. Bobbie Smile Everyday

RE: [QUAD-L] 1st Time Traveling

2013-10-28 Thread Lissette Whitehead
I really appreciate everyone's input. All very useful tips which I will take note of.Britt, thank you for that info. I will check out the link and will let you know if I need to have my question posted. Thank you so much! Lissette Whitehead 1177 BroadwaySte. 18, apt. 127Chula Vista,CA 91911w

Re: [QUAD-L] bladder spasms

2013-10-28 Thread Gmail
I would take both if I were getting A LOT of UTI's.Bobbie Smile Everyday > On Oct 28, 2013, at 4:25 AM, Dana Wray wrote: > > Is cranberry Medication better than drinking cranberry juice? > Dana > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Oct 27, 2013, at 5:09 PM, "nichole rohling" >> wrote: >> >>

Re: [QUAD-L] bladder spasms

2013-10-28 Thread Gmail
I've had Fortaz for an extremely bad UTI years ago, but it was injected in my thigh not an IV. Bobbie Smile Everyday > On Oct 28, 2013, at 10:41 AM, Danny Hearn wrote: > > True, my doctoer put me on a low dose of cipro for 1 year in my early years > as a Quad, causing my pseudamonas i

Re: [QUAD-L] 1st Time Traveling

2013-10-28 Thread Gmail
Wow Monty! Good for you, you are incredibly prepared. I'm assuming it is from lesson's learned. Bobbie Smile Everyday > On Oct 28, 2013, at 9:57 AM, Monty wrote: > > I have traveled many times through Chicago O'Hare and contacting special > needs services for that particular airlines is

RE: [QUAD-L] bladder spasms

2013-10-28 Thread nichole rohling
one of my caregivers works at the pharmacy and Oxytrol patches are now over the counter so if he doesn’t call something in then she’s bringing them and azo pain relief to me tonight J From: RONALD L PRACHT [mailto:r.pra...@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 12:25 PM To: quad-list

Re: [QUAD-L] bladder spasms

2013-10-28 Thread RONALD L PRACHT
Its a shame that your primary wont presribe you the oxybutin. These uros that wont get you in for months at a time arent taking you seriously. It sucks the hoops these docs make us go through. You think if it was the uros daughter that needed the meds she would wait a month?   Ron ___

RE: [QUAD-L] bladder spasms

2013-10-28 Thread nichole rohling
I can’t get anymore sterile than out of sterilized new bag that’s connected to the catheter………. and why is the port there if you’re not suppose to use it? Smh……they told me it had to come out of catheter too. I suppose skin flora is my bladder freaking rotting……..lol From: Danny Hearn [mailt

RE: [QUAD-L] bladder spasms

2013-10-28 Thread nichole rohling
I wonder if it affects the blood...I'm on blood thinner and can't take certain medications From: Aaron Mann [mailto:aman...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, October 27, 2013 8:28 PM To: nichole rohling Cc: quad-list Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] bladder spasms PS: It'll turn your urine orange... perfect t

Re: [QUAD-L] bladder spasms

2013-10-28 Thread Danny Hearn
Nicki, they told me to do a sensitivity test that the urine must come straight out of catheter tube--not thru leg or night bags..I guess getting it from the bag would be ok, if you had just changed the catheter and bag both. Dan** From: nichole rohling T

RE: [QUAD-L] bladder spasms

2013-10-28 Thread nichole rohling
I took cranberry pills for several years until uro said my urine was too acidic so I quit. I only drink the juice because it hides the nasty taste of liquid potassium From: Dana Wray [mailto:daa...@aol.com] Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 3:25 AM To: nichole rohling Cc: greg; Subject: Re: [

RE: [QUAD-L] bladder spasms

2013-10-28 Thread nichole rohling
definitely possible From: Don Smith [mailto:scamper2...@att.net] Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 3:18 AM To: nichole rohling; 'greg'; quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] bladder spasms The pseudomonas may have become rrsistant to cipro _ From: nichole rohling To: 'gr

RE: [QUAD-L] bladder spasms

2013-10-28 Thread nichole rohling
Urologist wanted to do IV Meropenum like 9 – 12 weeks ago. I got info from home health but uro didn’t send orders or call me back………I wasn’t symptomatic other than my leg bag was blue so I decided to change doctors since this Uro wouldn’t get back w/ me. I figured if it was serious they would ha

Re: [QUAD-L] bladder spasms

2013-10-28 Thread Danny Hearn
True, my doctoer put me on a low dose of cipro for 1 year in my early years as a Quad, causing my pseudamonas infections to be resistant to cipro in me. So each time I became sick with bladder infections I had to have IV drugs. The last time my doctor tried an IV drug called FORTAZ - this seemed

Re: [QUAD-L] 1st Time Traveling

2013-10-28 Thread wheelchair
Both Chicago O'Hare and Midway Airports are especially friendly as they use a Jet Symbol Sticker that is about 3 inches in diameter obtained at special services. As you travel thru the airport you will be asked along the way "Can I Help You" Those with the stickers say they feel like "Cele

Re: [QUAD-L] 1st Time Traveling

2013-10-28 Thread Monty
I have traveled many times through Chicago O'Hare and contacting special needs services for that particular airlines is your first step. My experience has been only with American Airlines and a wide variety of end results! When you book your ticket it should have a place to indicate that you are

Re: [QUAD-L] bladder spasms

2013-10-28 Thread Dana Wray
Is cranberry Medication better than drinking cranberry juice? Dana Sent from my iPhone On Oct 27, 2013, at 5:09 PM, "nichole rohling" wrote: > I drink 2 cups of cranberry juice a day w/ my liquid potassium and I’ve been > taking Cipro since Wednesday……….changed cath this a,.m. but it apparentl

Re: [QUAD-L] bladder spasms

2013-10-28 Thread Dana Wray
need IV antibiotics When I had Pseudomonas I was on IV for a month at home maybe longer. Pseudomonas of my lungs. Dana Sent from my iPhone On Oct 28, 2013, at 3:17 AM, Don Smith wrote: > The pseudomonas may have become rrsistant to cipro > > > From: nichole rohling > To: 'greg' ; quad-list@

Re: [QUAD-L] bladder spasms

2013-10-28 Thread Don Smith
The pseudomonas may have become rrsistant to cipro From: nichole rohling To: 'greg' ; quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Sunday, October 27, 2013 3:58 PM Subject: RE: [QUAD-L] bladder spasms I thought of everything to no avail………..I need some Ditropan ASAP …….lol