Re: [QUAD-L] Autonomic Dysreflexia

2014-11-24 Thread Danny Hearn
John, I read that many quads develope disc problems in their backs, did they do anything for yours or do you just get by as best you can with that?? thanks, Dan** On Sunday, November 23, 2014 6:55 PM, alcibiates2 alcibiat...@yahoo.com wrote: Dan, I've had some fractures that were almost

Re: [QUAD-L] Autonomic Dysreflexia

2014-11-24 Thread alcibiates2
I was told it was disintegrating disc disease. There's no cure for it. It causes nerves to be pinched as well as making it impossible to position comfortably. Spending long times sitting in the chair is really painful.I'm to the point now where I get out of bed for a couple hours each day. Best

Re: [QUAD-L] Autonomic Dysreflexia

2014-11-24 Thread RONALD L PRACHT
I started having pain ten years ago. Im scared to get an mri and see whats going on. The doctors here in St. Louis at Washington university wouldn't operate on me at that time because I was a quad. I just wanted them to drain my syrinx and see if it helped. A girl I know that's a para had the

Re: [QUAD-L] Autonomic Dysreflexia and pain

2014-11-24 Thread jume9999
I have the same thing with pinched nerves from my disc. Also, when I first broke my neck My hip on one side got inflamed with calcium deposits (hetertopicosification) witch has left me crooked. The last few years my whole other side has deterorated and so Norco has stopped working very well.

Re: [QUAD-L] Autonomic Dysreflexia and pain

2014-11-24 Thread alcibiates2
I think that the first thing everyone needs to know about most pain drugs is that you must continually break the forming addiction.  Staying on one drug will cause it to lose its effectiveness.at that point you are taking the drug and its not doing anything but feeding an addiction. No one in

Re: [QUAD-L] Autonomic Dysreflexia and pain

2014-11-24 Thread jume9999
You are correct and I do that. Also, i have noticed that when you have a thorough bowel movement it helps the medicine work better...weird I know, but true for me. Anyone else notice that? - Original Message - From: alcibiates2 alcibiat...@yahoo.com To: jume9...@comcast.net,

Re: [QUAD-L] Got to figure out a new way

2014-11-24 Thread Don Smith
Maybe he's hiding from the mob On Sunday, November 23, 2014 7:51 PM, wheelch...@aol.com wheelch...@aol.com wrote: I'm sorry. I must have come in between paragraphs and did not read the whole subject. Please excuse. Best Wishes In a message dated 11/23/2014 9:31:38 P.M. Central

Re: [QUAD-L] Got to figure out a new way

2014-11-24 Thread RONALD L PRACHT
I don't want to carefully write everything . I have people that know me searching google . It can cause conflict. Ron On Monday, November 24, 2014 8:31 PM, Don Smith scamper2...@att.net wrote: Maybe he's hiding from the mob On Sunday, November 23, 2014 7:51 PM, wheelch...@aol.com