Re: [QUAD-L] List

2013-04-29 Thread bobbie299
Carolyn, 50 YEARS is truly remarkable! Way to go!! Bobbie 40 years post Smile Everyday -Original Message- From: carolyndeandrea carolyndeand...@comcast.net To: ppacera ppac...@comcast.net Cc: quad-list quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Mon, Apr 29, 2013 1:52 pm Subject: Re: [QUAD-L]

Re: [QUAD-L] the list

2013-04-29 Thread bobbie299
Elizabeth, Do you do all his home health care or a large %?Bobbie Smile Everyday -Original Message- From: Elizabeth Schwab elizabeth2...@gmail.com To: Quad List quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Mon, Apr 29, 2013 2:33 pm Subject: [QUAD-L] the list Richard (my husband)

Re: [QUAD-L] Eric's church story!

2013-04-29 Thread bobbie299
I know! I can't tell you how many times I've seen motorcycle crashes, and these guys just get back up again. DAMM!Bobbie Smile Everyday -Original Message- From: lwillis821 lwillis...@yahoo.com To: quad-list quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Mon, Apr 29, 2013 5:07 pm Subject: [QUAD-L]

Re: [QUAD-L] Weight and fasting

2013-04-26 Thread bobbie299
Nan has so great advice. But I would like to add 2 things I do, that works for me. I drink a LOT of water about 1/2 hour before eating It makes me feel full. I also eat small amounts about 4-5 times a day (snack size yogurt, pro tine bar, a bowl of cereal) and my main meal is at

Re: [QUAD-L] going to PT for crooked body

2013-04-26 Thread bobbie299
To those of you willing to give me you stats (injury level, when , how - and so on) please put in the subject line something like my stats.Bobbie Smile Everyday -Original Message- From: shirley bell sbell...@cox.net To: Dana Wray daa...@aol.com Cc: quad-list

Re: [QUAD-L] cell phones

2013-04-20 Thread bobbie299
Tom, I use a flip Trac Phone, it a pre-pay program, so you don't have to sign any contracts. You can pay in advance from $25-$200 They also have a great tech support team. Bobbie Smile Everyday -Original Message- From: Thomas E. Cusack tecn...@sbcglobal.net To: quad-list

[QUAD-L] Today the 17th is my 40th Anniversary!

2013-04-16 Thread bobbie299
Hello FriendsEmail to my family to  Ashia Saturday May 4th 4:30    Hello my friends,                    Well, I made it to 40 years! Can NOT believe it. I'm  going out with family and friends to dinner to celebrate enduring  coping against adversity not going completely insane, not dying twice 

Re: [QUAD-L] Another anniversary

2013-04-05 Thread bobbie299
Good to hear from you again. Bobbie Smile Everyday -Original Message- From: Quadius quad...@gmail.com To: quad-list quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Fri, Apr 5, 2013 7:20 pm Subject: [QUAD-L] Another anniversary I haven't been on here much lately, but I have seen several people

Re: [QUAD-L] Funny Story

2013-04-04 Thread bobbie299
I love that story! I have a silly/funny story I just thought of. A few years ago Pete, my husband, and I went to an opening of a Art gallery I helped plan in the next town. It was Valentine's Day and the weather was really crapy but the turn out was big. Pete and I started slowly strolling

[QUAD-L] Help, I don't know what to do anymore?

2013-04-03 Thread bobbie299
Everybody, Back in December I was getting up just once a week, then the day after Christmas I stayed in bed through Febuary. In March I was starting getting up twice a week for 3 weeks ...… then BAMM -- the rt was pulled out from under me again and I've been in bed ever since.

Re: Fwd: [QUAD-L] Movie's featuring Quadriplegics

2013-03-26 Thread bobbie299
With the Brook Ellison Story I was amazed with her ECU She had a retainer in her mouth and with the tip of her tongue she navigated her power chair, bed, computer, lights, doors and TV Bobbie Smile Everyday -Original Message- From: lwillis821 lwillis...@yahoo.com To: quad-list

Re: Fwd: [QUAD-L] Movie's featuring Quadriplegics

2013-03-24 Thread bobbie299
Yes, I do remember theses episodes. The man who played the Quad ended up getting married in one episodes. I don't remember the actor's name. Bobbie Smile Everyday -Original Message- From: lwillis821 lwillis...@yahoo.com To: quad-list quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Sun, Mar 24, 2013

Re: [QUAD-L] Movie's featuring Quadriplegics

2013-03-24 Thread bobbie299
Joni. Murder Ball. Who's life is it anyway?. The Brook Ellison Story. Smile Everyday. Bobbie -Original Message- From: jume jume9...@comcast.net To: quad-list quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Sun, Mar 24, 2013 2:19 pm Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Movie's featuring

Re: Fwd: [QUAD-L] Movie title help

2013-03-23 Thread bobbie299
...@aol.com, Quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Disability humor Please Do Not Disturb Any Further Smile Everyday -Original Message- From: wheelchair lt;wheelch...@aol.comgt; To: bobbie299 lt;bobbie...@aol.comgt;; Quad-list lt;Quad-list@eskimo.comgt; Sent: Fri, Mar 22, 2013 8:44 am

Re: [QUAD-L] Disability humor

2013-03-22 Thread bobbie299
Please Do Not Disturb Any Further Smile Everyday -Original Message- From: wheelchair wheelch...@aol.com To: bobbie299 bobbie...@aol.com; Quad-list Quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Fri, Mar 22, 2013 8:44 am Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Disability humor Yes.  me.  He Won't Git Fir Best Wishes

[QUAD-L] Disability humor

2013-03-21 Thread bobbie299
Hi All, Anybody ever read John Callahan's disability comic's? I love his humor … got a few of his books. Bobbie Smile Everyday

[QUAD-L] My new chair was approved!

2013-03-19 Thread bobbie299
Hi All, Today a nurse from my HMO came to evaluate me for approval or denie me for a Quantum Q center wheel drive (never had one before) chair. I was approved! Including a power headrest. Not the kind of power headrest that oporate's the chair's movements but a power headrest that I oporate

[QUAD-L] Buy sell?

2013-03-15 Thread bobbie299
Hi All, I read this idea on the SCI list, I think it was written by Ron C-7 (I'm sorry Ron, I don't know your last name) Anyway, it was suggested that us all here have disability item's we no longer need or use and people here who now find themselves in need of something. There MUST

Re: [QUAD-L] Buy sell?

2013-03-15 Thread bobbie299
This is great, this is exactly what I'm talking about.?? Bobbie Smile Everyday -Original Message- From: RONALD L PRACHT lt;r.pra...@sbcglobal.netgt; To: quad-list lt;quad-list@eskimo.comgt; Sent: Fri, Mar 15, 2013 3:55 pm Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Buy sell? My?name is Ron

Re: [QUAD-L] Fwd: [SCIC] Re: File - Buying an accessable van.doc

2013-03-14 Thread bobbie299
***My 1st Van story** Injured in 1973, settlement 1980 $250 thousand, bought a 1980 E-250 V-8 pose traction, raised roof, 5 power pan drop w/ hydraulic arm to lock me down, electric gear shift. Bench seat that dropped down to a bed, refrigerator, wet sink, totally

Re: [QUAD-L] Fwd: [SCIC] Re: File - Buying an accessable van.doc

2013-03-14 Thread bobbie299
Ron, Congrats on that van you found. Sounds like a sweet deal! My next van is going to be a used mini because I can't drive anymore. Bobbie Smile Everyday -Original Message- From: RONALD L PRACHT r.pra...@sbcglobal.net To: quad-list quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Thu, Mar 14,

Re: [QUAD-L] Fwd: [SCIC] Re: File - Buying an accessable van.doc

2013-03-13 Thread bobbie299
I had a power pan that lowered me down 5 in a 1980 Ford E 250 van but t also had a raised roof because I sat so tall in my chair. That was my first van. That thing weighed 2 TONS! It was a monster and ate gas lie it was going out of style. Bobbie Smile Everyday -Original Message-

Re: [QUAD-L] meditation

2013-03-11 Thread bobbie299
Love it! Smile Everyday -Original Message- From: Danny Hearn ddh...@sbcglobal.net To: RONALD L PRACHT r.pra...@sbcglobal.net; quad-list quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Mon, Mar 11, 2013 10:14 am Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] meditation I lay here next to Ron..meditating...he is the pilot and I

Re: FW: [QUAD-L] My San Francisco Trip

2013-03-08 Thread bobbie299
  It will be at the Gourmet Café, but I haven't picked a date yet. We'll most likely meet at 5:30    RSVP    Bobbie Smile Everyday -Original Message- From: William Willis lt;lwillis82...@msn.comgt; To: quad-list lt;quad-list@eskimo.comgt; Sent: Fri, Mar 8, 2013 1:48 pm Subject: FW:

Re: [QUAD-L] Anybody celebrate their Quad Anniversary?

2013-03-07 Thread bobbie299
? I'm . sitten like a princes perched in her electric chair. Bobbie Smile Everyday ? ? -Original Message- From: Nan lt;nlg52...@yahoo.comgt; To: bobbie299 lt;bobbie...@aol.comgt;; Quad-list lt;Quad-list@eskimo.comgt; Sent: Thu, Mar 7, 2013 4:10 pm Subject: Re: [QUAD-L

Re: [QUAD-L] Anybody celebrate their Quad Anniversary?

2013-03-07 Thread bobbie299
it's warmer up here.?? Bobbie Smile Everyday -Original Message- From: Dana Wray lt;daa...@aol.comgt; To: bobbie299 lt;bobbie...@aol.comgt; Cc: nlg52352 lt;nlg52...@yahoo.comgt;; Quad-list lt;Quad-list@eskimo.comgt; Sent: Thu, Mar 7, 2013 6:25 pm Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Anybody

[QUAD-L] Anybody celebrate their Quad Anniversary?

2013-03-06 Thread bobbie299
I was wondering if anybody goes out of their way to celebrate their anniversary? Or do you guys try to let the day pass? Bobbie Smile Everyday

Re: Fwd: [QUAD-L] 7 years today...

2013-03-06 Thread bobbie299
40 years for me in April! I remember cut curbs were people's driveways. I feel like me, Tom, Nan, Shierly and a few more were trail blazer's. being carried up stairs into a bar to go dancing by the bouncer's. EVERYBODY in store's staring as if I had 2 heads. Soo many people would say

[QUAD-L] Mattress

2013-03-05 Thread bobbie299
Hi All, I was wondering if anybody has a Tempurpedic mattress? Would you recommend them? What did it cost? Bobbie Smile Everyday

Re: FW: [QUAD-L] Pressure sore explosion

2013-03-01 Thread bobbie299
I had bone removed back in 1980s when I was AWAKE during the surgery. They played the music I liked and I talked to them throughout. Bobbie Smile Everyday -Original Message- From: William Willis lwillis82...@msn.com To: quad-list quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Thu, Feb 28, 2013

[QUAD-L] Nightmare Doctor Stories

2013-02-25 Thread bobbie299
I had a GP who ALWAYS made everybody wait 45 minutes to 1 hour. Anyway, I went to him knowing I was going through menopause. I was only 49 but the women in my family all went through it quite early … fine with me, no more bleeding as a Quad. TMI for you guys maybe. After waiting 1 hour I

[QUAD-L] Nightmare Doctor's Stories

2013-02-25 Thread bobbie299
This one's a whopper! In May 1999 I had to have surgery on a bed sore. I had been seeing a plastic Sergon Dr.Kutlu for a few months. We set the date. I mentioned to him, while we were setting things up at the hospital that I was going to be needing a sand Clinatron bed. He seemed put off

Re: [QUAD-L] BP/Colonoscopy

2013-02-24 Thread bobbie299
I, personally, will NEVER EVER go through a colonoscopy, mama gram, pap smear or any other type of disease hunting procedure. I have no desire to live a long life as a quad. I've already put in close to 40 Quad years, I'm 57 now. My pain is out-of-control even though I take morphine … all my

Re: [QUAD-L] sad day

2013-02-14 Thread bobbie299
I use a d love his lifts. Bobbie -Original Message- From: Mike Mills blackwood4...@yahoo.com To: wheelchair wheelch...@aol.com; quad-list quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Thu, Feb 14, 2013 8:47 am Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] sad day R.I.P.  Mr. Ralph Braun! From: wheelch...@aol.com

Re: [QUAD-L] Wound Care

2013-02-12 Thread bobbie299
Are you fearing kidding me, Regranex has been my go to medication for a major wound. I can't believe it isn't being manufactured anymore!! I still have a tube in my refregaartor.Bobbie -Original Message- From: Billy Lang blan...@verizon.net To: quad-list quad-list@eskimo.com

Re: [QUAD-L] I'm moving

2013-02-11 Thread bobbie299
KK, That is just wonderful!!! I'm so excited for you. I remember when I moved into my own HUD apartment 30 YEARS ago. It's just a very small one bedroom with accessible bathroom and kitchen I can wheel under. BUT IT'S MINE!!! Do you have a mov-in date? Please let me know when you move

[QUAD-L] Snow totals in New Jersey

2013-02-09 Thread bobbie299
Well, we got 15 and WIND. Today is brilliant sunshine, tonight 6 degrees with wind chill well below zero. How about you Shirley, how much did you get in RI? Bobbie

Re: [QUAD-L] Snow totals in New Jersey

2013-02-09 Thread bobbie299
and Dawn's van. The building hires someone to plow our parking lot, they do it while were all sleeping. But tonight it's going down to 7 degrees. Bobbie -Original Message- From: jume jume9...@comcast.net To: bobbie299 bobbie...@aol.com; quad-list quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Sat

[QUAD-L] No Thanks

2013-02-09 Thread bobbie299
Remember I was telling you all about Dawn a neighbor who happens to be a Quad that lives in our apartment building. Every single snow storm we've gotten in the past 20 years that she and us have been living here, she has NEVER EVER said Thanks to Pete for digging her out. Today Pete dug her

[QUAD-L] Here comes 12-16 of snow

2013-02-08 Thread bobbie299
Hi All, I live 25 miles due west of NYC in Northen New Jersey. While I'm stuck in bed were going to get 12-16 of snow. I LOVE to drive my van chair in te snow … shit I'm going to miss it. OH well, I'll just have to watch it outside my window. Anybody else out there going to be in

Re: [QUAD-L] Old age

2013-02-08 Thread bobbie299
I'm 57 and 40 years post this April and my pain is insane. I take A LOT of morphine plus other pain meds. I find I don't remember things like I use to ...… it's definitely a side effect of pain meds.Bobbie -Original Message- From: Danny Hearn ddh...@sbcglobal.net To:

Re: [QUAD-L] finding regular doctor

2013-02-03 Thread bobbie299
I called my insurance company to get a short list of Doctor's then I set up appointments and interviewed the Doctor's themselves, then I choose. Bring with you questions and also ask if you can fit in at least one examine room. For kidney stones go to a urologist. Bobbie

[QUAD-L] Roho seat cushion

2013-01-25 Thread bobbie299
Hi All, Has anybody ever gotten a specialty Roho seat cushion? As you may, or may not know, I've been stuck in bed since November because of a chronic sore on my right issum (sp) area. I called Roho and asked if they have any cushion that dose not have any cells in the issum area. They

Re: [QUAD-L] Dr.Oz probiotics

2013-01-22 Thread bobbie299
I've been using probiotics for years in the form of Activia yogurt … I've been eating one per day for well over 5 years. I don't get as many UTI's but I also change my bag frequently and soak it every night in a solution plus alcohol wipes at every connection. Bobbie -Original

RE: [QUAD-L] fingers....

2013-01-21 Thread bobbie299
I was told by my Doctor's that the reason my finger's are curled up is because … the position your finger's are in when your nerves are severed is how they will stay. I personaly had my fingers wraped around motor cycle handles when I broke my neck. How about the rest of you. What position

Re: [QUAD-L] Ditropan vs. Propantheline

2013-01-20 Thread bobbie299
Nan, Many, MANY years ago … back in the 1970s … I was prescribed propatheline. I HATETED the dry mouth side affects SO much that I told my Doc's that I was allegic. Then I realized, a few more years later, that if they thought I was allegic to propatheline then they would assume I

Re: [QUAD-L] fingers....

2013-01-20 Thread bobbie299
Mine have been locked closed like a fist since day on in the 1970s Nobody ever tried to straighten them out ever. It has been an advantage to have them curled up and locked … I'm able to one doors very easily along with any other tasks.Bobbie -Original Message- From: Danny

Re: [QUAD-L] Fwd: My Buddy Ray

2013-01-14 Thread bobbie299
Sounds like a wonderful cherished friendship. That was a very nice tribute. -Original Message- From: Billy Lang blan...@verizon.net To: quad-list quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Mon, Jan 14, 2013 1:20 pm Subject: [QUAD-L] Fwd: My Buddy Ray From: Billy Lang  Sent: Saturday, January 12,

[QUAD-L] Invalid

2013-01-14 Thread bobbie299
I just looked up the work invalid … it's me …. Bobbie

Re: Fwd: [QUAD-L] successful

2013-01-13 Thread bobbie299
Larry, Did you write a chapter in the book From There to Here ? There was a quad in that book who was transported in a hearse. I wrote a chapter in that book. Bobbie -Original Message- From: Larry Willis lwillis82...@msn.com To: quad-list quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Sun, Jan

[QUAD-L] Christmas gifts

2013-01-12 Thread bobbie299
Hi All, I'm tempting to change the subject from vomiting to something much more pleasing. I got a Kindle for reading in bed … it's working out very well, I love it. What did everybody else get for Christmas? Bobbie

Re: [QUAD-L] Flu Shots/vomiting

2013-01-11 Thread bobbie299
Don, OH yea, I have vomited as a quad. If I'm up or in bed and know what's about going to happen, I hold a basin, like you'd use for a bed bath in the hospital, and hurl away. It just happens … your body takes over. Bobbie -Original Message- From: Derrick Winegardner

RE: [QUAD-L] Back-up power for our beds ~ solution!

2013-01-10 Thread bobbie299
My brother is an electrician and said plugging the sump pump back-up system would be fine for my electric bed.Bobbie -Original Message- From: Dave Krehbiel davekrehb...@earthlink.net To: bobbie299 bobbie...@aol.com; quad-list quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Thu, Jan 10, 2013 8:35

Re: [QUAD-L] Damn it!

2013-01-08 Thread bobbie299
Glenn, I'd like to suggest hot mist I get a pasta pot, which is usually the largest pot in the kitchen, fill it with water and just et it simmer. It will keep you warm and not have a dry trought. I live in northern New Jersey and do the above every cold winter. Hope this helps.

Re: [QUAD-L] all quiet on the Western front

2013-01-05 Thread bobbie299
I'm so glad your starting t feel better! Bobbie -Original Message- From: Quadius quad...@gmail.com To: lwillis821 lwillis...@yahoo.com Cc: quad-list quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Sat, Jan 5, 2013 6:05 pm Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] all quiet on the Western front I'm just now getting to all

Re: [QUAD-L] all quiet on the Western front

2012-12-31 Thread bobbie299
Cold here in New Jersey … about 28 Pete and I are staying in. Curling up in bed together and watching movies. Bobbie -Original Message- From: shirley bell sbell...@cox.net To: Joan Anglin poaj...@sbcglobal.net Cc: quad-list quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Mon, Dec 31, 2012 5:53 pm

[QUAD-L] Barriers for family visits

2012-12-27 Thread bobbie299
Hi all. This happens EVERY single year, nd it STILL breaks my heart. My husbands out tonight visiting his family … with whom I've gotten very close to in the past 30 years. I us to be be to get in this hose until they planted scrubs where my ramp use to go … now I can't get in. Pete is

[QUAD-L] Merry Christmas!

2012-12-23 Thread bobbie299
Hi All, I'd like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas! I hope you all are happy and healthy in 2013! I'll be in bed still but my brother in-law (my husbands brother) comes to our place on Christmas Day. We ALWAYS have a blast. What is everybody else doing Christmas?Bobbie

RE: [QUAD-L] Im back! but........

2012-12-16 Thread bobbie299
I'll NEVER give permission for anybody to do a track EVER! But I'm glad things worked out for you and your out of the hospital Bobbie -Original Message- From: Danny Espinoza da...@immortaldesigns.co To: wheelchair wheelch...@aol.com; quad-list quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Sun, Dec

[QUAD-L] ipad what you'll need how much $$

2010-09-18 Thread Bobbie299
_Click here: iPad - iPad WiFi - iPad WiFi + 3G - Apple Store (U.S.)_ (http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_ipad/family/ipad?afid=p219|GOUScid=OAS -US-KWG-iPad-US) Hi All, I'm very much enjoying my ipad (I got the 32 GB $599.00) the web site above in very informative about cost and

[QUAD-L] I got an ipad

2010-09-11 Thread Bobbie299
Hi all, I've been in bed the last two months, and I got an ipad. It is so very easy to use in bed. Bobbie

[QUAD-L] Back in bed again

2010-07-12 Thread Bobbie299
Hi All, I have to stay in bed till Aug 2nd Bobbie

[QUAD-L] Need to vent, one of those nights

2010-07-01 Thread Bobbie299
Hello dear comrades, OK, here is the set up. I've got a lot on my mind, like July 7th I'm going to a wound care Dr. because I have the beginnings of a pressure sore on my upper thigh, July 19th I'm going to a neurosurgeon to find out how he can help me with my syrinx that is causing out

[QUAD-L] pain meds question

2010-06-25 Thread Bobbie299
Hi All, Anybody here take Hydrocodone on a steady basics, if so what strength? Anybody here take Pennsaid (topical) I just started - so far so good. Bobbie

[QUAD-L] pain Doctor a gem

2010-06-23 Thread Bobbie299
Hi All, I went back to Kessler to see the pain management Doctor - the week prior I had to first see a psychologist who was an ass. This pain Doctor was very compassionate and listened to me and asked good questions. He doubled the strength of the Hydrocodone to the highest strength and

[QUAD-L] Pain management pain in the a** psychologist

2010-06-22 Thread Bobbie299
Hi All, I saw a psychologist last week, it was the first part before going to see the pain Doctor who will prescribe my new and improved pain meds. I thought it was a JOKE! They, Kessler, had mailed me a 15 page form to fill out regarding my pain - where is it, what meds am I on now and on

Fwd: [QUAD-L] phone headsets

2010-05-29 Thread Bobbie299
No, no luck. Nobody has responded to my request as of yet. I'll ask again - I becoming to painful for me to hold a phone to my ear, anybody know of a wireless headset phone under $50? I'm not crazy about the head sets that have a head band type. Please send links of tried a true ones. Bobbie

[QUAD-L] pain management

2010-05-28 Thread Bobbie299
Hi All, I'm going for pain management, but first I have to go talk to a psychologist. I want to know from an of you out there who have gone through this; what should I say and what shouldn't I say in order to get some pretty strong pain medication for my syrinx pain? I had an MRI back

[QUAD-L] pain management - again from Bobbie

2010-05-28 Thread Bobbie299
I forgot to mention what pain meds I'm taking now; late afternoon darvaset around 8:30 Hydrocodone around 3:00am soma and valuim 10 mg every night I've only started taking this much this often in the past few weeks so I can sleep, my GP told me to o this and it is helping.Bobbie

[QUAD-L] phone headsets

2010-05-27 Thread Bobbie299
Hi All, I'm in the market for a wireless headset for my existing house phone. Which ones are comfortable and under $50 Bobbie

[QUAD-L] Anybody with a cyst on thir neck?

2010-05-13 Thread Bobbie299
Hi All, The cyst on my neck, syrinx, is getting worse - I can't drive out of town anymore. My arm falls asleep at night and the pain is bad. I take 500mgs of Gabapentin for the nerve pain and perkiest, Hydrocodone and soma for just good old pain. You know I was doing fine with the not

[QUAD-L] I got fingerprinted - not

2010-05-09 Thread Bobbie299
Hi All, Anybody here ever get fingerprinted since your accident? I started a summer job at a center where some of the students are developmentally disabled. I am an assistant meditation instructor to 12 students with physically disabilities but have to be fingerprinted nevertheless. My

Re: [QUAD-L] I got fingerprinted - not

2010-05-09 Thread Bobbie299
I wrote this poem a few years ago; We lock our homes We lock our Churches We lock out cars We lock our schools We lock out work places Land of the free Home of the brave?Bobbie Humphreys

Re: [QUAD-L] How about the 10 most wonderful things people do to or for peopl...

2010-04-29 Thread Bobbie299
I love it when a woman straddles me and sits on my lap up and personal, good times. My brother is the ONLY person who dose this when he gives me a hug and I haven't seen him in a lng time - he lives in FL me in NJ

Re: [QUAD-L] How about the 10 most wonderful things people do to or for peopl...

2010-04-28 Thread Bobbie299
Whenever I'm getting in to my van 9 X's out of 10 someone asks me if I need any help. Bobbie

[QUAD-L] I sent a news paper article about me my Labyrinth

2010-04-25 Thread Bobbie299
Hi All, The previous email I sent. Bobbie

[QUAD-L] Mother's in-law and other family reactions

2010-04-21 Thread Bobbie299
The hand puppet I can't match - pun intended. My Mother in-law's intention, or explanation, was I thought Pete could work it for you Pete and I had been dating about one month before I met her, that night when I saw him he started crying. He said My Mother doesn't

Re: [QUAD-L] Top 10 most annoying things people do to people using wheelchairs

2010-04-19 Thread Bobbie299
I don't like it when people saw to me What a shame, your so pretty Is this a complement? For Christmas one year I got a hand puppet!! Bobbie

[QUAD-L] 37 years today

2010-04-17 Thread Bobbie299
Hello my beloved comrades, I'd like to take this opportunity to thank each and every one of you for being there whenever I need to vent or get information and advice. I'm dam proud of us all as well, this quad stuff is not for the faint of heart. ** Greg ** thank YOU for this list

[QUAD-L] *clicking* chairs WHY - WHY - WHY???????????

2010-04-01 Thread Bobbie299
Anybody, I have a 41/2 year old storm series Action power chair. When I ordered it, the very FIRST thing I asked was Which chair can I order won't click every time I move? Question; can I get my repair chair people to turn off this clicking? I understand the clicking has something to

[QUAD-L] bad shoulder pain

2010-04-01 Thread Bobbie299
I have osteoarthritis (arthritis in my shoulder) and chronic tendentious in my shoulder. I saw an orthopedist today and all he did was write me two RX's for PT, OT and pain management. I can't put a coat or sweater any more as of mid-February or brush the back of my hair. Anybody else have

[QUAD-L] reaching greeting cards

2010-03-29 Thread Bobbie299
Hi All, I see my sister Bobbie had sent a message through you about SendOutCards. I also think it was very prudent of you to add your insight to the fact that other choices are available. It shows you do watch what is being passed around and that you care about the content and make

[QUAD-L] I'm not sure what to do

2010-03-26 Thread Bobbie299
Hi All, My shoulder hurt like crazy. My rehab Doc said it was tendoninitus(sp) and gave me a pain patch - it helped a little. I couldn't stand the pain any more so I went to my GP he ordered x-rays which showed chronic tendonitius(sp) arthritis in the shoulder and bone spurs. I'm going

[QUAD-L] Reaching greeting cards

2010-03-24 Thread Bobbie299
Hi All, I don't know about you but I love sending greeting cards in the mail (and getting them) but it's almost impossible to look at the cards in a store. I either get a kind person to help or ask someone who works there to help me find a card. What do you guys do? Do you not send

Re: [QUAD-L] Reaching greeting cards

2010-03-24 Thread Bobbie299
I think both Hallmark and American Greetings [and probably others] have Websites that allow you to browse greetings cards and then print them at your desk. There is a fee to use these services. I've just learned about a great company Send Out Cards that is just great. If you type

[QUAD-L] Going from rear wheel drive to center wheel or vice versa

2010-03-04 Thread Bobbie299
How many people here have gone from rear wheel drive to center wheel drive or vice versa? How was it better or worse? I now have rear wheel and am seriously considering ordering center wheel for my next power chair. I live in a tiny 400 square foot apartment and I think center wheel will be

Re: [QUAD-L] Dizzy?

2010-03-03 Thread Bobbie299
I get real dizzy when I'm being turned to get dressed and when i first sit up long sitting in bed. i do NOT want to take any more pills. ~ Bobbie

Re: [QUAD-L] Dizzy?

2010-03-03 Thread Bobbie299
stomach binder I use to wear one but now I have a stoma~ Bobbie

[QUAD-L] How much is too much pain?

2010-02-21 Thread Bobbie299
Hi All, My pain has gotten so bad that I'm having trouble sleeping. I went to my rehab Dr. at Kessler and she prescribed me Flector Patch to put on my shoulder where I tore a tendon between my bicep and shoulder and she also said ...try not to use that arm so it can heal. My neck also has

[QUAD-L] Who's falt was my broken neck - you be the judge

2010-01-11 Thread bobbie299
Hi all, Here is the story of how I had my accident. Bobbie After lunch in Denville at Bond’s Ice Cream polor, we dropped my mom off. When she closed the door to the van, she leaned her head in, pointed at the dirt-bike tied up in the back and said “I don’t want you riding that

[QUAD-L] A project I worked over the summer

2010-01-05 Thread bobbie299
Hi all, I've kept meaning to tell you about a project that came to fruition this past summer. I built a wheelchair accessible labyrinth in one of my town's parks. It is 60 feet in diameter painted on flat black top sandwiched between a rather large picnic area with a provillion and a public

Re: [QUAD-L] New Chair?

2010-01-02 Thread Bobbie299
Hopefully soon I can qualify for a new chair. Greg, Start NOW making a list, literally, of things you want for your new chair - right down to the size of the foot plates, arm rest size EVERYTHING. ~ Bobbie

[QUAD-L] can't visit family - not accessable

2009-12-29 Thread bobbie299
Pete just left to go visit his/my family, can't get in to the house - I've them all over 27 years. This CRAP hurts a LOT!! I'm crying as I'm typing ~ Bobbie

Re: [QUAD-L] Scoliosis +

2009-12-28 Thread Bobbie299
Bobbie, are you incomplete or a complete injury? How many years post and on what level C./4? Do you deal with pain? Mine is through the roof! I am complete C 4,5,6,7 36 years post, I deal with my pain by limiting my hours in the chair averaging 8 hrs per day and taking three different types

[QUAD-L] SCI, death depression

2009-12-28 Thread bobbie299
If you want to die, you need some help. Depression is also very painful. I know. I have had it, and see the other side. Please take care of yourself and your depression, and look to see what meds or other depression treatment you can have to live a long quality of life... Okay? What is

[QUAD-L] Correction regarding the movie Avatar

2009-12-28 Thread bobbie299
Hi All, I told you about the movie Avatar and mentioned that it cost $300,000 to make it really cost $300,000,000 - $300 million the most expensive movie ever made. ~ Bobbie

Re: [QUAD-L] Scoliosis

2009-12-27 Thread Bobbie299
Does anyone else out there have scoliosis -- curvature of the spine? I do Bobbie Humphreys C-5,6.7 motocross jumping accident in 1973 at 17 Married to Sweet Pete Living in Parsippany, New Jersey

[QUAD-L] The movie Avatar a para has the lead

2009-12-27 Thread Bobbie299
Hi Everybody, Go see the movie Avatar it is AMAZING. It's shown in 3D and the special effects are just outstanding. It's 2 hrs 45 mins long but went by very quickly. The lead guy is a para in a manual w/c I think from a war injury because he is still a marine and with a unit was sent

Re: [QUAD-L] Merry Christmas from Oklahoma

2009-12-24 Thread bobbie299
My dad wanted to drive me, son wanted to put me in manual chair and transfer me in/out of pickup...just not worth the risk! Hoping they forgive me and understandwe're in a blizzard! If they don't, we do. Merry Christmas Everybody from New Jersey

[QUAD-L] Merry Christmas From New Jersey

2009-12-24 Thread bobbie299
Merry Christmas everybody My brother in-law, my husband Pete's brother, is coming over tomorrow - we'll go out to eat at a dinner then come back to our place and open gifts. I wish you all a happy and healthy New Years2010 ~ Bobbie Pete Bobbie Humphreys C-5,6.7

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