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I'm doing good. Not much time with the new house
and all that goes along with it. Like the kids. Took
my youngest out of headstart. He was picking up some
bad habits and it only seemed to be getting worse. I
figured why waste the money.<br
months now and after a new roof, visits from the
electrician and several from the plumber I think the house is
in pretty good shape. Must be I'm running out of
things to repair and replace. Getting ready to start a
couple of short home study courses. Try to get some more
money flowing in. As you can see nothing exciting, just
busy.<br
is.<br

I have posted a new, little spring story on my web page, if anyone has a minute
to check it out...Its springtime in the Rockies~!<br
heidi<br

Hope I don't offend but why were you having
surgery done? Guess you aren't to far from me...My
neighbor's son lives in 'Rockford and she makes the trip
quite often. We were there once for service to the
driving contols on our daughters van. You are a bit
farther North though...Is your spring arriving yet or are
you still battling some snow? Dorla

Thank you all for responding to my post. Some
people were curious how I got my injury. During surgery,
the blood supply to my spinalcord was lost, resulting
in the paralysis.<br
miles west of Chicago. I don't know where it is in
relation to the others you listed.

Hi, Becky!! What part of IL are you from? I have
relatives in Chicago and many of the smaller towns south,
like Springfield, Litchfield, Waggoner,
etc...<br

I just wanted to say Hi. I'm a T9-T10 incomplete from Illinois.

Hi, Matt,

First off, welcome to the group. Medicaid in Florida is good. I don't know what the residency requirements are, though. You may have to be a residet for a year. Where does your girlfriend live? I'm in Lakeland, Florida.

Bob
"SuperCrip (M.B.Abrams)" <m_abrams_939393@...

Gina (&/or anyone else in Florida),
hi... i'm Matt Abrams. i posted yesterday, but am new to the group.
anyhoo... my Girlfriend lives in the Tampa Bay Area. i plan to re-locate there within a year or so. though i plan to be OFF Medicaid--earning my own money--sometime not too far away, i'm currently ON Medicaid, here, in Indy. so, i'm just wondering what FL Medicaid is like. even if you're not on it, you probably know someone who is. are people generally happy with it? is it a nightmare? is it just ok?
Bliss,
Matt

Matthew B. Abrams, 32º
======
"Even among the Judges, not one in ten can Reason Logically."
~Albert Pike~
======
Indiana Freemasonry

Gina (&/or anyone else in Florida),
hi... i'm Matt Abrams. i posted yesterday, but am new to the group.
anyhoo... my Girlfriend lives in the Tampa Bay Area. i plan to re-locate there within a year or so. though i plan to be OFF Medicaid--earning my own money--sometime not too far away, i'm currently ON Medicaid, here, in Indy. so, i'm just wondering what FL Medicaid is like. even if you're not on it, you probably know someone who is. are people generally happy with it? is it a nightmare? is it just ok?
Bliss,
Matt

Matthew B. Abrams, 32º
======
"Even among the Judges, not one in ten can Reason Logically."
~Albert Pike~
======
Indiana Freemasonry

I can just see her looking at them and telling
people how she did it. She can work miracles with
things. Glad to hear from you again. I hope to be back in
Dayton the first of June to celebrate the babies 1st
Birthday... Dorla

I've been reading the posts. Dorla, yes my aunt
is a crafty kind of lady. My father told me tonight
that she used the passenger seats from my van, (I
didn't need them) and she made two rockers out of them.
She left the armrests on them, too. I bet those are
quite a conversation piece. :) <br
can't wait until it feels like spring. Ohio is getting
snow this weekend. <br

It was so nice yesterday and again today. Sure lifts the spirits and makes you
want to get outside and soak up a bit of the sun. Dorla

I am a recent incomplete quad, c5-6 disc herniation that squished my
spinal cord. Am 4 weeks post-op now, walking again and hands are
better but still dealing with spasticity, tingling and joint pain. I
know I don't have much to complain about in that regard, but recovery
is so very slow and I barely have the patience for it. I am finding it
difficult to qualify for any counselling or assistance since I can't
specifically state a date and nature of injury. It is extremely
possible that one of my many sports or fire dept activities is what
blew the disc out but I never had any real symptoms other than a
periodic intense stiff neck for as many years back as I can remember.
My hands and legs just began to "die" in January and after 5 doctors
the disc problem was found.

Melissa,
it SUCKS that you had to see 5 "physicians" before the problem was found! titles like "MD" mean NOTHING to me now. they must SHOW me that they're Competent. you must be the Master of your own condition & care!
i'm an incomplete (though much more complete than yourself) c-5, from a car wreck in 1988. i don't hate you because you're "better" than i am physically. every level of dysfunction is a big loss in anyone's life! i'm thankful that i'm not as impaired as a lot of other folks. my best advice is to take things as they come, and make the very best of it that you can. use lots of humor. be cocky & arrogant. be an enigma. your friends will Love being around you if your attitude is great. and having friends around you will bolster that good attitude. it's a cycle which begins inside yourself--where you *decide* to be Emotionally & Intellectually Strong.
Matt
SuperCrip
Melissa <jellythings@...

I am a recent incomplete quad, c5-6 disc herniation that squished my
spinal cord. Am 4 weeks post-op now, walking again and hands are
better but still dealing with spasticity, tingling and joint pain. I
know I don't have much to complain about in that regard, but recovery
is so very slow and I barely have the patience for it. I am finding it
difficult to qualify for any counselling or assistance since I can't
specifically state a date and nature of injury. It is extremely
possible that one of my many sports or fire dept activities is what
blew the disc out but I never had any real symptoms other than a
periodic intense stiff neck for as many years back as I can remember.
My hands and legs just began to "die" in January and after 5 doctors
the disc problem was found.

I hope you have hurracain insurene, cuz FEMA wont be there.
Gina <ginats@...

Hi everyone, I have not been online in awhile. My husband and I moved
from north Mississippi to south Georgia, Moultrie. All of his family
is down here so we moved to be close to family, and there's a WHOLE
BUNCH of them!! My new email is ginats@.... Glad to be back
online and keep up with what's going on!!
Gina

Glad to see your post. I have a daughter who
lives in Dayton and I'm always glad to hear from Ohio..
That way I kind of know what's going on in her part of
the country..Good Friend and member Randy lives there
to.. well I guess there are several others that are
from Ohio too..We are all good friends here in this
club. Post again so we can get to know you better.
BTW.. I'm from Iowa.. Dorla

Hi, I've never posted here before. I am a c5/6. To all the members,
"Hello"<br
albumn<br

Hi everyone, I have not been online in awhile. My husband and I moved
from north Mississippi to south Georgia, Moultrie. All of his family
is down here so we moved to be close to family, and there's a WHOLE
BUNCH of them!! My new email is ginats@.... Glad to be back
online and keep up with what's going on!!
Gina

Once again a Hoax !!
http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/gasout.asp
came from one of his engineer buddies who retired from Halliburton.
It ' s worth your consideration.
a gallon by next summer and it might go higher!! Want gasoline
prices to come down? We need to take some intelligent, united
action. Phillip Hollsworth offered this good idea.
day" campaign that was going around last April or May! The oil
companies just laughed at that because they knew we wouldn't
continue to "hurt" ourselves by refusing to buy gas. It was more of
an inconvenience to us than it was a problem for them.
can really work. Please read on and join with us! By now you're
probably thinking gasoline priced at about $1.50 is super cheap. Me
too! It is currently $2.79 for regular unleaded in my town. Now that
the oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned us to think
that the cost of a gallon of gas is CHEAP at $1.50 - $1.75, we need
to take aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control the
marketplace..... not sellers. With the price of gasoline going up
more each day, we consumers need to take action. The only way we are
going to see the price of gas come down is if we hit someone in the
pocketbook by not purchasing their gas! And, we can do that WITHOUT
hurting ourselves. How? Since we all rely on our cars, we can't just
stop buying gas. But we CAN have an impact on gas prices if we all
act together to force a price war.
two biggest companies (which now are one), EXXON and MOBIL. If they
are not selling any gas, they will be inclined to reduce their
prices. If they reduce their prices, the other companies will have
to follow suit.
Exxon and Mobil gas buyers. It's really simple to do! Now, don't
wimp out at this point.... keep reading and I'll explain how simple
it is to reach millions of people.
least ten more (30 x 10 =3D 300) ... and those 300 send it to at
least ten more (300 x 10 =3D 3,000)...and so on, by the time the
message reaches the sixth group of people, we will have reached over
THREE MILLION consumers. If those three million get excited and pass
this on to ten friends each, then 30 million people will have been
contacted! If it goes one level further, you guessed it..... THREE
(If you don't understand how we can reach 300 million and all you
have to do is send this to 10 people.... Well, let's face it, you
just aren't a mathematician. But I am, so trust me on this one.)
to ten more people within one day of receipt, all 300 MILLION people
could conceivably be contacted within the next 8 days!!!
you, please pass this message on. I suggest that we not buy from
EXXON/MOBIL UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE $1.30 RANGE AND
KEEP THEM DOWN.

It seemed a monthly UTI occured but since the shots of paravera (sp) was started
it has seemed to help. Dr. seemed to think that that monthly cycle would trigger
an infection...Dorla

This was originally sent by a retired Coca Cola executive. It came from one of his engineer buddies who retired from Halliburton. It ' s worth your consideration.
Join the resistance!!!! I hear we are going to hit close to $4.00 a gallon by next summer and it might go higher!! Want gasoline prices to come down? We need to take some intelligent, united action. Phillip Hollsworth offered this good idea.
This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the "don't buy gas on a certain day" campaign that was going around last April or May! The oil companies just laughed at that because they knew we wouldn't continue to "hurt" ourselves by refusing to buy gas. It was more of an inconvenience to us than it was a problem for them.
BUT, whoever thought of this idea, has come up with a plan that can really work. Please read on and join with us! By now you're probably thinking gasoline priced at about $1.50 is super cheap. Me too! It is currently $2.79 for regular unleaded in my town. Now that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned us to think that the cost of a gallon of gas is CHEAP at $1.50 - $1.75, we need to take aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control the marketplace..... not sellers. With the price of gasoline going up more each day, we consumers need to take action. The only way we are going to see the price of gas come down is if we hit someone in the pocketbook by not purchasing their gas! And, we can do that WITHOUT hurting ourselves. How? Since we all rely on our cars, we can't just stop buying gas. But we CAN have an impact on gas prices if we all act together to force a price war.
Here's the idea:
For the rest of this year, DON'T purchase ANY gasoline from the two biggest companies (which now are one), EXXON and MOBIL. If they are not selling any gas, they will be inclined to reduce their prices. If they reduce their prices, the other companies will have to follow suit.
But to have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of Exxon and Mobil gas buyers. It's really simple to do! Now, don't wimp out at this point.... keep reading and I'll explain how simple it is to reach millions of people.
I am sending this note to 30 people. If each of us sends it to at least ten more (30 x 10 =3D 300) ... and those 300 send it to at least ten more (300 x 10 =3D 3,000)...and so on, by the time the message reaches the sixth group of people, we will have reached over THREE MILLION consumers. If those three million get excited and pass this on to ten friends each, then 30 million people will have been contacted! If it goes one level further, you guessed it..... THREE
Again, all you have to do is send this to 10 people. That's all. (If you don't understand how we can reach 300 million and all you have to do is send this to 10 people.... Well, let's face it, you just aren't a mathematician. But I am, so trust me on this one.)
How long would all that take? If each of us sends this e-mail out to ten more people within one day of receipt, all 300 MILLION people could conceivably be contacted within the next 8 days!!!
I'll bet you didn't think you and I had that much potential, did you?
Acting together we can make a difference. If this makes sense to you, please pass this message on. I suggest that we not buy from EXXON/MOBIL UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE $1.30 RANGE AND KEEP THEM DOWN.
THIS CAN REALLY WORK.

I have a 93 Voyager LE minivan for sales. If you
live in NY Metropolitan area and want a good price
minivan for transportation, you may be interested to look
at it. It is in excellent condition. Fully equipped
for paraplegic driver.<br
rear entry, self driver, 7 passenger
conversion,<br
door and power<br
passenger seats, AM/FM stereo, power<br
locks, anti-theft alarm systems and more.<br
garaged, well maintained, flexible
transportation.<br
Negotiable

AND WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO STANLEY?!!!!!:)
(Will gives Steve a internet high five):)

George Bush goes to a primary school to talk to
the kids to get a little PR.

After his talk he offers question time. One little
boy puts up his hand and George asks him his name.

"Stanley," responds the little boy.
"And what is your question, Stanley?"

"I have three questions. First, why did the USA
invade Iraq without the support of the UN? Second, why are you President
when Al Gore got more votes? And third, whatever happened to Osama Bin
Laden?"

Just then the bell rings for recess. George Bush informs the kiddies that
they will continue afterward.

When they resume, George says, "OK, where were we?

Oh, that's right: question time. Who has a question?"
Another little boy puts up his hand. George points
him out and asks himh his name.

"Steve," he responds.
"And what is your question, Steve?"

"Actually, I have five questions."

First, why did the USA invade Iraq without the support of the UN?

Second, why are you President when Al Gore got more votes?

Third, whatever happened to Osama Bin Laden?

Fourth, why did the recess bell go off 20 minutes early?

And fifth, what the hell happened to Stanley?"

do i know u?
Tania <o2beeme@...

I am interested in doing the chat room. Whenever I have been there, it
has been empty too! We need to set a time up & post it on the site-
then we will all know when to meet. If anything, it will be just the
two of us if no one else cares to join us! I'd love to talk to you.
What is accessiability like in Europe? I have an impression that it is
limited, but that is just based on the info. I have gotten from others
I know who have traveled there. Hope this all made sense! I am very
tired. Time for bed. Hope to chat soon!

Thanks Steve... And I want to second that... HAPPY EASTER... or hope
everyone had a nice Passover Week...
And to all of our Pegan Members... Hope you are having a nice Spring
Fest(The original holiday till those Christians moved in)... and congrats
to those who were choosen Harvest King in their villages... Live and eat
like Kings... cause this next Fall they will tie you up and slaughter you
like a hog and bury you in the bog as a sacrafice for a good harvest...
But hey you get to live and eat like a King till then... which is better
than the mud you were living in before:)

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AMAZINGLY SIMPLE HOME REMEDIES- These really do work!

1. If you are choking on an ice cube, don't panic. Simply pour a cup of boiling water down your throat and presto! the blockage will be instantly removed.

2. Clumsy? Avoid cutting yourself while slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold them while you chop away.

3. Avoid arguments with the Mrs. about lifting the toilet seat by simply using the sink.

4. For high blood pressure sufferers: simply cut yourself and bleed for a few minutes, thus reducing the pressure in your veins. Remember to use a timer.

5. A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.

6. If you have a bad cough, take a large dose of laxatives, then you will be afraid to cough.

7. Have a bad toothache? Smash your thumb with a hammer and you will forget about the toothache.

Sometimes we need to remember what the rules of life really are:

You only need two tools: WD-40 and Duct Tape.
If it doesn't move and should, use the WD-40.
If it shouldn't move and does, use the duct tape.

Remember:
Everyone seems normal until you get to know them.

Never pass up an opportunity to go to the bathroom.

If you woke up breathing, congratulations! You get another chance.

And finally, be really nice to your family and friends; you never know when you might need them to empty your bedpan

HI EVERYONE!!!

I just wanted to wish you and your family a Happy Easter!!!

Scott Wesner

Not hardly... disagree with this piti-seeker and you're gone.
These guys are as sick as the pretenders.
Dave

In a message dated 4/11/2006 9:27:10 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, chris1h23@... writes:

This group is for support and understand of the disabled..
Intimacy for the disabled is not just about sex,Intimacy has
a bigger meaning...Its more about caring,sharing and closeness of each
other..
This is now in its 4th year with over 1,700 members and counting..This
is not like all the other groups that deal with the physical
disabled..one thing its not a chat group..We don't talk about
handicaped parking or dwell on how bad are life is because were
disabled..The spin is more on being positive about life and working on
finding friendship and relationships..
A few things I ask its members to do, is not post just a few words,,if
you agree or disagree with someone explain why.I also ask its members

This group is for support and understand of the disabled..
Intimacy for the disabled is not just about sex,Intimacy has
a bigger meaning...Its more about caring,sharing and closeness of each
other..
This is now in its 4th year with over 1,700 members and counting..This
is not like all the other groups that deal with the physical
disabled..one thing its not a chat group..We don't talk about
handicaped parking or dwell on how bad are life is because were
disabled..The spin is more on being positive about life and working on
finding friendship and relationships..
A few things I ask its members to do, is not post just a few words,,if
you agree or disagree with someone explain why.I also ask its members

I sure wish I had an answer for you. All I know is the same remedies that you
have listed. Maybe someone else has some solutions..Dorla

The majority of the spinal cord patients suffer
from CHRONIC urinary track infections, but the only
solution Dr's give us is antibiotics. Long term use of
antibiotics is not the answer, it causes other serious health
problems. My only defense is quality cranberry (capsules) &
Vit-C & plenty of water to slow the frequency of
infections. Does anyone else have any solutions to the UTI
epidemic?

i all ,I have started a site http://www.outofstress.com
which deals all aspects of stress and recovery.Our objective is to
help people those who are suffering from stress ,anxiety and
depression.If any of you have stress related stories
,comments,tips,sugggestion post webmaster@... site
covers a junk traffic of 7000/month.You can get a good publicity as
well.....bye..kamal...webmaster
STRESS STORIES
http://www.outofstress.com/stress-stories/yoga-meditation-health.php
http://www.outofstress.com/stress-products/satling-stress-relief-beads.php
http://www.outofstress.com/stress-stories/lynda-stress-story-leukemia.php

I see you lurking but would enjoy a post to see how you are doing.. Dorla

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=66121824

Looked out and the ground is covered with snow
and it is still gently comming down. Would sure be
pretty if it was around Christmas and had the lights to
go with it and the spirit. lol. But that is long
gone.. Dorla

hello im have trouble wondering y u dont no what level you are,
wasent you in the hospital after ur injury? and is there any thing
else on ur body affected?im c-6and c-7 inconplete quad.. i walk i
have alot of weakness throw out my body,,, hope ur getting around
good, hope to here from you,, Donna--- In

Dorla, you and those east of you have had an
AWFUL winter so far and I too wish that spring would
get here soon. For us, in my opinion, it's still been
a bad winter from the OTHER standpoint---not enough
snow. But, can't do anything about it, so I'll just
keep hoping that spring gives you all a break soon.
Catch ya in the chatroom of Angel's later today?? Take
care.<br

HELLO THERE ANY ONE... I HAVE WENT INTO THE CHAT ROOM SERVEAL TIMES IN
THE PAST COUPLE MONTHS,JUST WONDERED IF I WAS DOING SOMETHING
WRONG,THERES NEVER ANY ONE IN THERE,WHEN I CLICK ON CHAT IT TAKES ME TO
A ROOM. IS THERE ONLY ONE ROOM?ANY ONE NO?THANK YOU DONNA,

We got rain here too.. And late last night I saw
flood warnings for all the Eastern counties of Iowa and
into Illinois..Didn't think we got that much rain but
we still have snow cover in our area and a lot of it
is ice so the water must just have run off very
fast. Maybe the ground is frozen and caused it too.
Even had a road tube plugged that caused water to back
up over 1/2 a block ....I keep saying this is a long
winter. Wind is howling now..So guess we are lucky it was
rain instead of snow.. Dorla

It was very nice to see all your replies to my
question. I emailed the radio station and they gave me the
promoters number to which I am going to call and ask the
questions that you all gave me. We had rain here all last
night and into today. Glad I don't have to go anywhere.
Hate going out in the rain. Hope everyone has a great
day!<br

Oil Change Instructions For Women (and Men).......
1. Pull up to Jiffy Lube when the mileage reaches 3,000 miles since
the last oil change.
2. Drink a cup of coffee.
3. 15 minutes later write a check and leave with a properly maintained vehicle.
Money Spent
Oil Change $20.00
Coffee $1.00
Total $21.00
Oil Change Instructions For Men
1. Wait until Saturday, drive to auto parts store and buy a case of
oil, filter, kitty litter, hand cleaner and a scented tree, write a check
for $50.00.
2. Stop by 7 - 11 and buy a case of beer, write a check for $20.00,
drive home.
3. Open a beer and drink it.
4. Jack car up. Spend 30 minutes looking for jack stands.
5. Find jack stands under kid's pedal car.
6. In frustration, open another beer and drink it.
7. Place drain pan under engine.
8. Look for 9/16-box end wrench.
9. Give up and use crescent wrench.
10. Unscrew drain plug.
11. Drop drain plug in pan of hot oil: splash hot oil on you in
process. Cuss.
12. Crawl out from under car to wipe hot oil off of face and arms.
Throw kitty litter on spilled oil.
13. Have another beer while watching oil drain.
14. Spend 30 minutes looking for oil filter wrench.
15. Give up; crawl under car and hammer a screwdriver through oil
filter and twist off.
16. Crawl out from under car with dripping oil filter splashing oil
everywhere from holes. Cleverly hide old oil filter among trash in
trash can to avoid environmental penalties. Drink a beer.
17. Buddy shows up; finish case of beer with him. Decide to finish
oil change tomorrow so you can go see his new garage door opener.
18. Sunday: Skip church because, "I gotta finish the oil change."
Drag pan full of old oil out from underneath car. Cleverly dump oil in hole in
back y ard instead of taking it back to O'Reilly to recycle.
19. Throw kitty litter on oil spilled during step 18.
20. Beer? No, drank it all yesterday.
21. Walk to 7-11; buy beer.
22. Install new oil filter making sure to apply a thin coat of oil to
gasket surface.
23. Dump first quart of fresh oil into engine.
24. Remember drain plug from step 11.
25. Hurry to find drain plug in drain pan.
26. Remember that the used oil is buried in a hole in the back yard,
along with drain plug.
27. Drink beer.
28. Shovel out hole and sift oily mud for drain plug. Re-shovel oily
dirt into hole. Steal sand from kid's sandbox to cleverly cover oily patch
of ground and avoid environmental penalties. Wash drain plug in
lawnmower gas.
29. Discover that first quart of fresh oil is now on the floor. Throw
kitty litter on oil spill.
30. Drink beer.
31. Crawl under car getting kitty litter into eyes. Wipe eyes with
oily rag used to clean dr a in plug. Slip with stupid crescent wrench
tightening drain plug and bang knuckles on frame.
32. Bang head on floorboards in reaction to step 31.
33. Begin cussing fit.
34. Throw stupid crescent wrench.
35. Cuss for additional 10 minutes because wrench hit Miss December
(1992) in the left boob.
36. Beer.
37. Clean up hands and forehead and bandage as required to stop blood
flow.
38. Beer.
39. Beer.
40. Dump in five fresh quarts of oil.
41. Beer.
42. Lower car from jack stands.
43. Accidentally crush remaining case of new motor oil.
44. Move car back to apply more kitty litter to fresh oil spilled
during steps 23 - 43.
45. Beer.
46. Test drive car.
47. Get pulled over: arrested for driving under the influence.
48. Car gets impounded .
49. Call loving wife, make bail.
50. 12 hours later, get car from impound yard.
Money Spent
Parts $50.00
DUI $2 500.00
Impound fee $75.00
Bail $1500.00
Beer $40.00
Total $4165.00 -- But you know the job was done right!
Note: forwarded message attached.

What a day. If anything else could go wrong I don't know what it would be for
there's nothing left to go wrong.... lol Does anyone else ever have this kinds
of days? Dorla

I'm a gay guy in a chair. Any other disabled gay guys hre?

Hope you day is a good one. Dorla

heres my web page if u wld like to know more about me!<a
href=http://www.angelfire.com/ga3/idahofishing/index.html
target=new

just wante d to say hi! hope everyone is doing great!

Thank you Scot- always a smile when I think they are all gone.

Thanks,

Diane

Bill, One suggestion might be to call the
facility ahead of time and inquiry about parking, seating,
restroom facilities, etc. Sometimes, they even let you
come in during off-hours and show you around, so you
can decide how it is set up before you buy your
concert ticket. Is there a local advocacy group there who
could give you tips about that particular facility. I
know the concert facility in my hometown was notorious
for poor parking and seating for disabled folks when
it first opened, but a rousing outcry forced them to
improve the situation! Take care and hope you can enjoy
the concert!<br

Good question Bill.. I haven't a clue but hope someone comes in and posts an
answer that will help you.. Glad to see your post here as well ..Dorla

This group is for selling, buying, trading or giving away medical
equipment such as crutches, bicycles, weight equipment, wheel chairs,
converted vans, hosp. beds, computers, parts, advice as what to buy,
equipment you are looking for,braces, booties, etc.

Hi, I was wondering about how things are set up
for handicapped people at concerts. There is one
coming up and I'd like to go but would like to hear how
others have done it. Seating and being able to see and
the likes. Ticket prices are rather expensive and I
don't want to waste it if I can't see it all.<br

1. Two antennas met on a roof, fell in love and got married. The ceremony
wasn't much, but the reception was excellent.
2. A jumper cable walks into a bar. The bartender says, "I'll serve you, but
don't start anything."
3. Two peanuts walk into a bar, and one was a salted.
4. A dyslexic man walks into a bra.
5. A man walks into a bar with a slab of asphalt under his arm and says: "A
beer please, and one for the road."
6. Two cannibals are eating a clown. One says to the other: "Does this taste
funny to you?"
7. "Doc, I can't stop singing 'The Green, Green Grass of Home.'" "That
sounds like Tom Jones Syndrome." "Is it common?" Well, "It's Not Unusual."
8. Two cows are standing next to each other in a field. Daisy says to Dolly,
"I was artificially inseminated this morning." "I don't believe you," says
Dolly. "It's true, no bull!" exclaims Daisy.
9. An invisible man marries an invisible woman. The kids were nothing to
look at either.
10. DejaMoo: The feeling that you've heard this bull before.
11. I went to buy some camouflage trousers the other day but I couldn't find
any.
12. A man woke up in a hospital after a serious accident. He shouted,
"Doctor, doctor, I can't feel my legs!" The doctor replied, "I know you
can't - I've cut off your arms!"
13. I went to a seafood disco last week...and pulled a mussel.
14. What do you call a fish with no eyes? A fsh.
15. Two fish swim into a concrete wall. The one turns to the other and says
"Dam!".
16. Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly, so they lit a fire in the
craft. Unsurprisingly it sank, proving once again that you can't have your
kayak and heat it too.
17. A group of chess enthusiasts checked into a hotel and were standing in
the lobby discussing their recent tournament victories. After about an hour,
the manager came out of the office and asked them to disperse. "But
why," they asked, as they moved off. "Because", he said, "I can't stand
chess-nuts boasting in an open foyer."
18. A woman has twins and gives them up for adoption. One of them goes to a
family in Egypt and is named "Ahmal." The other goes to a family in Spain;
they name him "Juan." Year's later; Juan sends a picture of himself to his
birth mother. Upon receiving the picture, she tells her husband that she
wishes she also had a picture of Ahmal. Her husband responds, "They're
twins! If you've seen Juan, you've seen Ahmal."
19. Mahatma Gandhi, as you know, walked barefoot most of the time, which
produced an impressive set of calluses on his feet. He also ate very little
which made him rather frail and with his odd diet, he suffered from bad
breath. This made him. (Oh, man, this is so bad, it's good)..... A super
calloused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis.
20. And finally, there was the person who sent twenty different puns to his
friends, with the hope that at least ten of the puns would make them laugh.
No pun in ten did.

To join my groups:

Yes. and maybe this will turn out to be a
foursome instead of a twosome.. lol..I sure wish more
would post. I know there are visitors each day but no
posts...I am disabled retired and make my home on the
internet. My hubby works 2nd shift and I puter in the
mornings to serve two purposes. One is my own fun time and
it also keeps the phone from ringing and waking him.
then off and on all afternoon and the evenings I pass
my time here. Love web pages and posts. Don't chat a
whole lot as seems there are an alful lot of disruptive
people in the general chats. Dorla

I apologize before you read this... but my Aunt Ramona sent me this:) WILL
The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington
chemistry mid-term. The answer by one student was so profound that the
professor shared it with colleagues, via the internet, which is why we now
have the pleasure of enjoying it as well.
Bonus question; Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic
(absorbs heat)?
Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyles Law (gas
cools when it expands and heats when it is compressed) or some variant.
One student, however, wrote the following:
First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we
need
to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate at
which
they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul
gets
to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving.
As for how many souls are entering Hell, lets look at the different
Religions that exist
in the world today. Most of these religions state that if you are not a
member of their
religion, you will go to
Hell.
Since there is more than one of these religions and since people do not
belong
to more than one religion, we can project that all souls go to Hell.
With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of
souls
in Hell to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rat of change of
the
volume in Hell because Boyles Law states that in order
for
the
temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell
has to expand
proportionately as souls are added. This gives two possibilities.
l. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls
enter,
Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Helll will increase until
all Hell breaks lose.
2. If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the rate at which souls
enter
Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes
over. So which is it?
If we accept the postulate given to me by Teresa (cheerleader
captain
and Class Valedictorian ) during my Freshman year, that "kit will be
a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you" and take into account the fact
that I slept with her last night and again this
morning, then number 2 must be true and thus I am sure that Hell is
exothermic, and has
already frozen over.
The corollary of this theory is that since has frozen over, if follows
that is is not accepting any more
souls and is therefore,extinct...leaving only Heaven. Thereby proving the
existence of a divine
being which explains why Teresa kept shouting "Oh my God!!!!"
This student received the only A.

Little Bruce and Jenny are only 10 years old but they just know that they
are in love. One day they decide that they want to get married, so Bruce
goes to Jenny's father to ask him for her hand. Bruce bravely walks up to
him and says "Mr. Smith, me and Jenny are in love and I want to ask you for
her hand in marriage."
Thinking that this was just the cutest thing, Mr. Smith replies, "Well
Bruce, you are only 10. Where will you two live?"
Without even taking a moment to think about it, Bruce replies "In Jenny's
room. It's bigger than mine and we can both fit there nicely."
Still thinking this is just adorable, Mr. Smith says with a huge grin,
"Okay then how will you live? You're not old enough to get a job. You'll need to support Jenny."
Again, Bruce instantly replies, "Our allowance.. Jenny makes 5 bucks a week and I make 10 bucks a week. That's about 60 bucks a month and that should do us just fine."
By this time Mr. Smith is a little shocked that Bruce has put so much thought into this. He thinks for a moment trying to come up with something that Bruce won't have an answer to. After a second, Mr. Smith says, "Well Bruce, it seems like you have got everything all figured out. I just have one more question for you. What will you do if t he two of you should have little ones of your own?"
Bruce just shrugs his shoulders and says "Well, we've been lucky so far..."
Mr. Smith doesn't think the little shit is adorable anymore...

I guess we did generate a few posts! LOL..I should have clarified that I am old
enough to be Shawn's...er...aunt! <br

Does anyone know of a drug rehap place for quads.

Thanks,

julie
curt4362 <curt4362@...

We have made some exciting changes to our disabled community Board. We are offering new with your registration a place to post your own picture album and create your own blog. In two months we have had 60 people register to become members of www.gloryinweakness.com . Please come over and check us out we would love to have you as part of our community for the disabled.

Curtis

C-7 Quadriplegic

www.gloryinweakness.com

Julie Costello

We have made some exciting changes to our disabled community Board. We are offering new with your registration a place to post your own picture album and create your own blog. In two months we have had 60 people register to become members of www.gloryinweakness.com . Please come over and check us out we would love to have you as part of our community for the disabled.

Curtis

C-7 Quadriplegic

www.gloryinweakness.com

What was you other name? Just wondering if I can
remember you.. As I said ..my memory is very poor. Seems a
lot of the time I can remember my childhood and
growing up just as if it was yesterday but can't remember
what happened yesterday to save my soul.. lol...What a
wonderful summer you will have. I'm sure looking forward to
spring and summer like I never have before in my life.
It seems the winter has been very long and
cold..Glad to have you back posting also. Dorla

Kenny,

I wish you luck with your adventure with speed. Please keep us informed your performance.

Hope you have good shocks and brakes!

Paralyzed with happiness,

Jack
Kenny France <kenny@...

Hi All,

I am wondering if anyone on this group has/are plack power shooters?

I found this site Specificaly for BP shooters in SA and would like to hear if anyone here has tried it, i would love to give it a go but don't want to fork out $$$$ if it is only going to turn my chair into a rocket.

K-

ps: the site is www.whitesmoke.co.za

I know from personal experience, Heidi, what a
great thrill it is to meet someone face to face that
you've met online... and I can sense your happiness...
good luck. It would be neat if this turned into
something permanent and lasted the rest of your life!!
:)<br
an aquaintance I made online... mine just didn't
have the happy results that yours did..<br
for the story.<br

Hi All,

I am wondering if anyone on this group has/are plack power shooters?

I found this site Specificaly for BP shooters in SA and would like to hear if anyone here has tried it, i would love to give it a go but don't want to fork out $$$$ if it is only going to turn my chair into a rocket.

K-

ps: the site is www.whitesmoke.co.za

Hello folks I would love to express my sympathy about Claudine passing on, I only knew her through the posts and e-mail . but because I haven't checked my mail in a couple of days I didn't know about the special chat. Is it still going on? and where can I find it?

Trinity

Hey folks,
I thought my fellow SCI'S would be interested in:
New Mobility Magazine
http://newmobility.com/
and
Some Bible studies I give by email called:
These Last Days
Go here, email Chris and the ask for Troy (me) to be your instructor:
http://www.geocities.com/barabbas_ii/guides.htm
God bless,
Troy

about this very site. I met a young fellow in
this club a little over a year ago. We began
corresponding back and forth, and he ended up coming to visit
my family--across the country! All because of this
very club! There are a couple stories about the time
we had on my web
page...<br
target=new
great experience for our whole family and
the best news is he is coming back this summer!
<br

Hi, Heidi, so nice to see a post from a different
name!! You're right, there used to be a lot of different
people posting lots of different and interesting things
on here, but lately, at least for the last 2 months,
there's been virtually nothing. My fear is that the club
will eventually just fade away. And since this was the
first club I ever joined, there'd be a note of sadness
on my part if that happened.<br
Dorla and I talking about relates to some troublemakers
who have infiltrated other clubs we belong to and
start fights..then they move on to another club and do
the same thing. Dorla has been a big help to me in
identifying these people and I in turn have passed on info to
the founder of another club. I don't care for
conflict and want these people deleted from clubs before
they can cause trouble. All the clubs I'm in now are
filled with people who seem to care for each other and
seem to want to help. I would like to see them stay
that way.<br
can get this club revived??? I'd like to see more
postings, regular chats, helpful topics, maybe a joke now
and then.<br
thanks again for posting. Hope I've answered your
concerns.<br

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But I sure don't understand this line of
posts...Is there something going on that everyone else knows
about? These posts don't seem to be of general
interest...Is there some code? I have been a member here since
the beginning of this club...There used to be
interesting posts from a variety of people. I rarely even
check here anymore, but when I do, the posts seem more
like private conversations. What gives?

If you didn't see this on the Tonight show, I hope you're
sitting down when you read it. This is probably the funniest date story ever,
first date or not!!! We have all had bad dates.. but this takes the cake. This
just tells you how tough it is to be single nowadays. This was on the
"Tonight Show" with Jay Leno.

Jay went into the audience to find the most embarrassing first
date that a woman ever had. The winner described her worst first date
experience. There was absolutely no question as to why her tale took
the prize!

She said it was midwinter... snowing and quite cold... and the
guy had taken her skiing in the mountains outside Salt Lake City, Utah.

It was a day trip (no overnight). They were strangers, after
all, and truly had never met before. The outing was fun but relatively
uneventful until they were headed home late that afternoon.

They were driving back down the mountain, when she gradually
began to realize that she should not have had that extra latte. They were
about an hour away from anywhere with a rest room and in the middle of
nowhere!
Her companion suggested she try to hold it, which she did for a while.
Unfortunately, because of the heavy snow and slow going, there came a
point where she told him that he had better stop and let her pee beside the
road, or it would be the front seat of his car.

They stopped and she quickly crawled out beside the car, yanked
her pants down and started.

In the deep snow she didn't have good footing, so she let her
butt rest against the rear fender to steady herself. Her companion
stood on the side of the car watching for traffic and indeed was a real gentleman
and refrained from peeking. All she could think about was the relief she
felt despite the rather embarrassing nature of the situation. Upon
finishing however, she soon became aware of another sensation.

As she bent to pull up her pants, the young lady discovered her
buttocks were firmly glued against the car's fender.

Thoughts of tongues frozen to pump handles immediately came to
mind as she attempted to disengage her flesh from the icy metal. It was
quickly apparent that she had a brand new problem due to the extreme
cold. Horrified by her plight and yet aware of the humor of the moment, she
answered her date's concerns about "what is taking so long" with a
reply that indeed, she was "freezing her butt off and in need of
some assistance!"

He came around the car as she tried to cover herself with her
sweater and then, as she looked imploringly into his eyes, he burst out
laughing.
She too, got the giggles and when they finally managed to compose
themselves, they assessed her dilemma. Obviously, as hysterical as
the situation was, they also were faced with a real problem

Both agreed it would take something hot to free her chilly
cheeks from the grip of the icy metal! Thinking about what had gotten her into
the predicament in the first place, both quickly realized that there
was only one way to get her free. So, as she looked the other way, her
first-time date proceeded to unzip his pants and peed her butt off the fender.

As the audience screamed in laughter, she took the Tonight Show
prize hands down... or perhaps that should be "pants down." and you thought
your first date was embarrassing .

Jay Leno's comment "This gives a whole new meaning to being
pissed off."

My name is Luis Torres, age 23 injured at 19. I would
like to visit... I am President of a non profit agency
called Vertical Horizon. I am not allowed to exactly
discuss what we have planned to do to change the lives
and improve by influence and networking everyone
together who live with spinal cord injury. If you
would like I would give you my contact information in
private. I would need to know where you are but we
can discuss that later. My business email is
luistorres@vhny,org if you would like to leave a
message by phone contact our headquarters in New York
at 1-800-977-VHNY (8469)

You didn't happen to E Mail the founder with the info I sent you did you? That
might stop it at the beginning...Have several messages to send to you too to
just get your opinion. lol Dorla

I am a chaplain at a hospital in Fremont. I have a patient who has a
severe spinal cord injury as a result of a gunshot during gang
actvity. This 20 year old is lonely, isolated, and depressed, he cries
alot. His family is stretched to the breaking point. Please do not
suggest any resources or chat room, he cannot use the computer and
neither can his fmaily, and he cannot read and neither can his fmaily.
He need somone who has actually gone through what he has gone through
to talk to. Is there someone who can visit him in this area. He is in

consider yourself lucky this pityparty leader bounced you. they are nearly as pitiful as the pretenders group. (yes a group of ABs pretending to be paralyzed--- go figure)
dave
p.s. how are the olympics?

In a message dated 2/23/2006 9:01:28 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, saw42571@... writes:

HERE IS THE REASONING BEHIND IT. II DO HAVE A PICTURE ON MY PROFILE, I HAVE NEVER BEEN BANNED EXCEPT FROM HIS SORRY ASS GROUP BECAUSE HE IS A DICKHEAD. I SPEAK MY MIND AND DAVE AND I FINALLY AGREE ON THIS BECAUSE HE BOUNCED HIM FROM THE GROUP ALSO. HE WOULD AGREE WITH ME

SCOTT
Note: forwarded message attached.

Yep, Dorla, I knew! How've ya been, my
friend??<br
info on one of those 'evil' ones who got into one of
the clubs and what happened... take care.<br

HERE IS THE REASONING BEHIND IT. II DO HAVE A PICTURE ON MY PROFILE, I HAVE NEVER BEEN BANNED EXCEPT FROM HIS SORRY ASS GROUP BECAUSE HE IS A DICKHEAD. I SPEAK MY MIND AND DAVE AND I FINALLY AGREE ON THIS BECAUSE HE BOUNCED HIM FROM THE GROUP ALSO. HE WOULD AGREE WITH ME

SCOTT
Note: forwarded message attached.

I should have changed the heading for I was actually replying to the lewco19's
post.. Comprenda Ray?

Im a straight male who just joined this club and wanting to make some friends so
if ya want to chat Instant Message me and we will see what happens from
there:)Bye bye!<br

WHAT'S UP. I JUST THOUGHT I SHOULD LET ALL OF YOU KNOW WHAT TYPE OF IDIOT THIS OWNER IS OF THIS GROUP. IF HE HAS 1,700 MEMBERS WHY DOES HE REJECT PEOPLE AND NOT CHECK HIS EMAIL? WHAT A JACK ASS
Note: forwarded message attached.

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This is hilarious!

I was hysterical!

1. Pick up cat and cradle it in the crook of your left arm as if holding a baby. Position right forefinger and thumb on either side of cat's mouth and gently apply pressure to cheeks while holding pill in right hand. As cat opens mouth, pop pill into mouth. Allow cat to close mouth and swallow.

2. Retrieve pill from floor and cat from behind sofa. Cradle cat in left arm and repeat process.

3. Retrieve cat from bedroom, and throw soggy pill away.

4. Take new pill from foil wrap, cradle cat in left arm, holding rear paws tightly with left hand. Force jaws open and push pill to back of mouth with right forefinger. Hold mouth shut for a count of ten.

5. Retrieve pill from goldfish bowl and cat from top of wardrobe. Call spouse from garden.

6. Kneel on floor with cat wedged firmly between knees, hold front and rear paws. Ignore low growls emitted by cat. Get spouse to hold head firmly with one hand while forcing wooden ruler into mouth. Drop pill down ruler and rub cat's throat vigorously.

7. Retrieve cat from curtain rail, get another pill from foil wrap. Make note to buy new ruler and repair curtains. Carefully sweep shattered figurines and vases from hearth and set to one side for gluing later.

8. Wrap cat in large towel and get spouse to lie on cat with head just visible from below armpit. Put pill in end of drinking straw, force mouth open with pencil and blow down drinking straw.

9. Check label to make sure pill not harmful to humans, drink a beer to take taste away. Apply Band-Aid to spouse's forearm and remove blood from carpet with cold water and soap.

10. Retrieve cat from neighbor's shed. Get another pill. Open another beer. Place cat in cupboard, and close door on to neck, to leave head showing. Force mouth open with dessert spoon. Flick pill down throat with elastic band.

11. Fetch screwdriver from garage and put cupboard door back on hinges. Drink beer. Fetch bottle of scotch. Pour shot of scotch, drink. Apply cold compress to cheek and check records for date of last tetanus shot. Apply whiskey compress to cheek to disinfect. Toss back another shot. Throw Tee shirt away and fetch new one from bedroom.

12. Call fire department to retrieve the damn cat from across the road. Apologize to neighbor who crashed into fence while swerving to avoid cat. Take last pill from foil wrap.

13. Tie the little bastard's front paws to rear paws with garden twine and bind tightly to leg of dining table, find heavy-duty pruning gloves from shed. Push pill into mouth followed by large piece of filet steak. Be rough about it. Hold head vertically and pour 2 pints of water down throat to wash pill down.

14. Consume remainder of scotch. Get spouse to drive you to the emergency room, sit quietly while doctor stitches fingers and forearm and removes pill remnants from right eye. Call furniture shop on way home to order new table.

15. Arrange for SPCA to collect mutant cat from hell and call local pet shop to see if they have any hamsters.
How to Give A Dog A Pill

1. Wrap it in bacon.
2. Toss it in the air.

Ray, You don't have to worry about RED flags as I
can assure you that I am just about as much AMERICAN
as you can get. The whole rationale of discussion
groups is the free and open exchange of topical
informqation in an informative medium through messages and
visual imagery, NOT necessisarily relying on one's own
personal info. Furthermore, what you say "can and could
possibly be used against you" especially in a new medium
as the net is. In summation, my motive was NOT to be
secretive, but sensible and cautious. Respectively
submitted, THE FOUNDER.v

Lewco, for a founder of a club, you have about the least information on your
profile as anyone can have. Why so secretive?? I find this very strange and it
triggers red flags for ME!<br

Pay attention Please!
Ten Peeves that Dogs Have About Humans

1. Blaming your farts on me... not funny... not funny at all !!!
[INLINE]
2. Yelling at me for barking.. I'M A FRIGGIN' DOG, YOU IDIOT!
[INLINE]
3. Taking me for a walk, then not letting me check stuff out. Exactly whose walk is this anyway?
[INLINE]
4. Any trick that involves balancing food on my nose... stop it!
[INLINE]
5. Any haircut that involves bows or ribbons. Now you know why we chew your stuff up when you're not home.
[INLINE]
6. The sleight of hand, fake fetch throw. You fooled a dog! Whoooo Hoooooooo what a proud moment for the top of the food chain.
[INLINE]
7. Taking me to the vet for "the big snip", then acting surprised when I freak out every time we go back!
[INLINE]
8. Getting upset when I sniff the crotches of your guests. Sorry, but I haven't quite mastered that handshake thing yet.
[INLINE]
9.Dog sweaters. Hello ???, Haven't you noticed the fur?

10. How you act disgusted when I lick myself. Look, we both know the truth, you're just jealous.
[INLINE]
Now lay off me on some of these thing's, We both know who's boss here!!! You don't see me picking up your poop do you ???

ALL DISABLED FEMALES ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO

<a href=http://members.nerve.com/cillymcfly/whatisit.html
target=new
think this explains as simply as possible what SCI is.

Hello Chris, that was a very nice email thank you,I would like to here more about you,I live in a small town where theres like 2 spinalcord injurys... I dont have any one to talk to about it...It has been 20 years and i have kept myself pos.This is a nice site..i have had alote of response sence i joined the other day...thank you,Donna

mkoldbrook <chris.checkley@...

I am so pleased to see that people are now supporting each other. I
thought I had joined the wrong group from some of the e-mails that
have arrived in my box.
Living with a spinal injury is not easy but can still be fun.
My best wishes to you all
Chris

Have been talking to friends and relatives
tonight because one of our dear friends that lives here
in town is gravely ill. His accident was just about
one month before my daughters and he is a C 3-4.. So
it's been almost 19 years for him. He has pneumonia
and a bacterial infection. One lung collasped and
they have him on a bi-pap I think. One said he was
trached and one said vented and one said they are the
same thing just they have changed the terminology..I'm
not sure what a bi-pap used to be called ..maybe it's
a new invention. I know Donna was on one I sure
hope she made it to step down this week. ....He was
only sick for around three days with a cold/flu..Sure
hard to see and know our friends are having troubles.
Dorla

Join SCI and Kids today!! We want to chat and meet new friends with the same
lifestyle as ours!

I am so pleased to see that people are now supporting each other. I
thought I had joined the wrong group from some of the e-mails that
have arrived in my box.
Living with a spinal injury is not easy but can still be fun.
My best wishes to you all
Chris

every time i come 2 this club, the chat room is always empty. doesn't anyone
ever come 2 chat these days or is it strictly message board use only??????

I would love to get a chat going. We used to have
them every Friday night and was well attended. Then it
sort of dropped off. If you want to set a time and day
or whatever I'd be glad to come and chat. There are
so few posts I wonder if many of the members are
very active anymore. Post a time and I'll try to be
there. I check the board every day or E mail me from my
profile .. Dorla

Donna..DMKID ... is in the hospital and could use some well wishes.. Dorla

No, smoking won't increase pain. It just causes cancer.
Heather Tice <basketballgurl0306@...

So smoking cannot increase nerver pain and spasms? Cuz mine have increased and I dont no if it is from smoking? Thank you guys for your help!

Heather

I saw this petition on another site and Yes, it is something everyone should
sign. I hope all the members will take a look at it and also sign it. Maybe many
voices will be heard. Dorla

Can you tell us a little about your club? Always nice to visit several clubs
and get to know other people. Dorla

Hello Everyone, <br
and sign the petition to try to change the ridiculous
MediCare homebound criteria.<br
<a href=http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/petition-sign.cgi?abolish1
target=new
<br
medicare has for the disabled. In order to get any help
one needs to be home bound. Meaning you can't go out
to the Store, church, movie, job, for a car ride
even. Etc. Etc. It's terrible.<br
then they are no longer considered homebound. Then
their medical coverage will be terminated. We all know
it is hard enough to get out and enjoy any outing.
But to know your<br
is inhumane. <br
will look into this matter and will do something about
it. You can read about how the petition got started
and the trials this fellow as well as most disabled
people have to go through to get Medicare to pay for his
PCA help, etc. <br
petition and hopefully you will agree and add your name as
well. Please pass this onto your friends and family.
Thank you..<br

getting on with her life??? Good. Anything special going on with her? I hope
that soon she will find another good man to share her life.<br

Subject: INTERESTING FACTS
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW BUT PROBABLY DON'T
1. Money isn't made out of paper, it's made out of cotton.
2. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana)
paper.
3. The dot over the letter i is called a "tittle."
4. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up
and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.
5. Susan Lucci is the daughter of Phyllis Diller.

6. 40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.
7. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.
8. The 'spot' on 7UP comes from its inventor, who had red eyes. He
was albino.
9. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents,
daily.
10. Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are brother and sister.
11. Chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system; a few
ounces will kill a small sized dog.
12. Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the
shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.
13. Most lipstick contains fish scales (eeww).
14. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't
wear pants.
15. Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as medicine.
16. Upper and lower case letters are named 'upper' and 'lower'
because in the time when all original print had to be set in individual
letters, the upper case' letters were stored in the case on top of the case that stored
the smaller, 'lower case' letters.
17. Leonardo DA Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the
other at the same time. hence, multi-tasking was invented.)
18. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War
II were made of wood.
19. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.
20. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan; there was
never a recorded Wendy before!
21. There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange,
purple, and silver!
22. Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10 years
to paint Mona Lisa's lips.
23. A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion will make it instantly go
mad and sting itself to death.
24. The mask used by Michael Myers in the original "Halloween" was
a Captain Kirk's mask painted white.
25. If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you
have $1.19 You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being
able to make change for a dollar (good to know.)
26. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't
sink in quicksand (and you thought this list was completely useless.)
27. The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law,
which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than
your thumb.
28. The first product Motorola started to develop was a record
player for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was
the Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola.
29. Celery has negative calories! It takes more calories to eat a
piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with. It's the same with
apples!
30. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying!
31. The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher..
32. Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book
most often stolen from Public Libraries.
33. Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into
space because passing wind in a space suit damages it.
34. George Carlin said it best about Martha Stewart.. "Boy, I feel
a lot safer now that she's behind bars. O. J. Simpson and Kobe Bryant are
still walking around; Osama Bin Laden too, but they take the ONE woman in
America willing to cook, clean, and work in the yard, and they haul her fanny off
to

Hi Donna, thank you for your words of hope.
This all started with my dad when he was admitted
to the hospital on January 31st, the day before his
63rd birthday. He was admitted to the hospital
because he was very weak, confused, and he was
hallucinating and had renal failure(kidneys).
He was running a fever also. Then everything
went downhill from there! He got a staph infection
in the blood, he got pneumonia, he was VERY sick.
They had him heavily sedated because he is also
an alcoholic, even though he did not drink everyday,
even sometimes not for weeks.... BUT.....
One day I questions the doctors on why he had no
MOVEMENT what so ever... They had lightened up on
his sedatives and he seemed to be coming out of it
somewhat but he would not move anything NOT even
a flinch of a finger nothing, and for some reason
I just thought this was strange! The doctors chalked
it up to sedatives and the infections in his body.
Then a few days later they decided to send him for
an MRI of his back because he does have back pain alot.
Well through the MRI they discover he has this
Spinal Epidural Abscess on the spine in his neck area.
This is CAUSE for EMERGENCY surgery.... ok so now
they need to send him off to another hospital in
Philadelphia where there are GOOD neurosurgeons.
Well low and behold that day we get a snowstorm and
they cannot have him trasnported there till the next day.
Those doctors there do tests and decide EMERGENCY Surgery
is needed immediately to remove the abscess and get
the pressure off of the spinal cord. So he has surgery,
they clean up some of the abscess and do a spine fusion.
They tell us they have to do surgery again in a few
days to go in at the spine from another direction to
finish cleaning up the abscess. And they have to do
another fusion to the spine so that he will be able to hold
his head up. When they went in to do the 2nd surgery
they discovered it was not as bad as they thought. So
hopefully that was a good thing. So here it is a few days
after 2nd surgery and he is awake but with no movement
yet except for his shoulders and head. The doctors basically
told us he may never walk. But they did say there is a chance
of him getting mobility back. BUT they cannot tell us
what percent of a chance, they do not know. My father has
been depressed so as it is for the past several years
and now this. Yesterday when I was at the hospital he is
trying to talk, but we have a hard time reading his lips BUT
we did understand a few things..... he wanted a drink, so the
nurse let us sponge his mouth while we were there.... we did this
for 3 hours. LOL.... And the other thing he kept saying was that
he will not be here tomorrow... We asked him if he will
be walking me down the aisle next year when my fiance and I get
married and he said again, I will not be here, then when we
left I said I will see you tomorrow and again, he said I WILL
NOT BE HERE.... I guess this is probably normal, he is depressed
and expects he will never walk again. AND I know my father he will
give up and die. He will NOT stand for not being able to walk.
The doctor explained to me that a peraon with trauma to the spine
from an accident has about 0 % chance of walking. A person in
my dad's condition he does not know he said he cannot say he has
a 5 - 10% chance... he said he does not know... he said time will
tell. I need to learn how to support my father and I want to be a
part of encouraging him that if he tries really hard he may walk
again.... So any advice and stories from anyone now will help
me to better understand all of this. I want to hear about the GOOD
and BAD stories.......
Thank you everyone and thank you Donna for your inspiring story.
Please tell me more about how long your recovery took????
Thanks
Diane

I have had some messages from Steph and I'm sure everyone will be glad to know
that she is getting on with her life and we all send our love and best wishes to
her...Dorla

Hello there,Sorry to here about ur dad.must be a hard thing to see.I dont no if i can help you of not but id like to try.I was in a car acc, 20 years again.and it left me paralized from the neck down, i also was on a ventalater.I remeber the very well.Every guess is diffent tho... But you defintaly have a long road ahead of you.I have never heard of what u are talking about tho.i no about the being paralized thing tho..if theres any thing ud like to no plz feel free to email me..how long has he been going threw all of this?And did the doctor tell you that he may never walk again?i had a lote of doctors tell me that also.. i broke my neck and i severd all the nerves in my neck... the more they said i wasent the more i felt i will... mind over matter please be live that.. The doctors are still amazed to this day.I wish there was something i could say to help you,I no ur very scared right now as im sure he is.please let me here back from you...Donna

"www.thecraftersbin.com" <thecraftersbin@...

I joined this group hoping someone here can help me and give me some
insight on SEA. My father is in the hospital and had surgery to drain
the abscess in his neck. They also had to stablize the spine. As of
right now my father is paralized from the shoulders down. The abscess
is believed to have come from a staph infection in the blood. He is on
a ventilator but they just began to ween him off of that today. So far
he is doing well. He also has an embolism in the lung. I have been
doing alot of research online about SEA, quadraplegic, etc...
I know my father could get better and get mobility back, but I also
know that he may not. I would like to hear from people in this type of
situation and hear their story. I CAN handle the good and the bad. I
just want to hear from others in this situation to relate more to what
my father is going through and what outcomes others have had. I also
know this could lead to the death of my father. ANY help will be
greatly appreciated.
Thank you so much.

And especailly Good Morning to you Ray. I'm
having puter problems again and I'm just about ready to
give up and go get another one. It's just a tiny quirk
and then I get to fooling with it and then I have big
giant lots of quirks.. Oh Me..Dorla

I joined this group hoping someone here can help me and give me some
insight on SEA. My father is in the hospital and had surgery to drain
the abscess in his neck. They also had to stablize the spine. As of
right now my father is paralized from the shoulders down. The abscess
is believed to have come from a staph infection in the blood. He is on
a ventilator but they just began to ween him off of that today. So far
he is doing well. He also has an embolism in the lung. I have been
doing alot of research online about SEA, quadraplegic, etc...
I know my father could get better and get mobility back, but I also
know that he may not. I would like to hear from people in this type of
situation and hear their story. I CAN handle the good and the bad. I
just want to hear from others in this situation to relate more to what
my father is going through and what outcomes others have had. I also
know this could lead to the death of my father. ANY help will be
greatly appreciated.
Thank you so much.

Life is what you make of it. After 18 years as a incomplete quad, c 5-6 I can still find plenty to do.
joypeace_for_me2000 <joypeace_for_me2000@...

Hello every one..i didnt relize there was a site for
disabilities..pretty cool,I was in a car acc. 20 years ago i seveard my
spinal cord and cut all my nerves into..picking up my life and going
on..i thought i was doing pretty good..til i read what you people are
doing way to go! hope to here from someone,,Donna

Didn't I see your pitch in New Mobility a while
back. I think Vocational Rehabilitation has programs to
help people get set up in businesses..I think all
states have these programs and would be listed in your
phone book. Do I understand you right that you want to
set up a corporation.. Perhaps the Small Business
Loans could help you out. With the monentary help of
the Equipment suppliers for the trip to advertise
their products you probably wouldn't have to borrow
much to get your business started. Like the race cars
do.. They get cars, tires, oil, and most everything
they need to be able to participate in the races gave
to them free just for the advertisment of their
products. . Chris Reeves has endorsed several products
also..I have seen advertisements with his picture and
quotes from him to sell Insurance through banks and etc.
Probably many things I haven't ran across..I certainly
applaud you to take it upon yourself to sacrifice your
time and money to further the cause for all SCI's.
Most of us find it very hard to survive on the small
sum that comes to us from the disability checks and
how little the insurances or Medicade covers towards
the medicines and supplies. .. to say nothing of the
lack of funding for equipemnt just to be able to have
a wheel chair, transportation, or even take a
bath...I for one would certainly be glad to write a letter
of support for you to the companies you intend to
appeal to. And I want to take this opportunity to thank
you for informing us of your self sacrifice in our
behalf.. Dorla

Hello every one..i didnt relize there was a site for
disabilities..pretty cool,I was in a car acc. 20 years ago i seveard my
spinal cord and cut all my nerves into..picking up my life and going
on..i thought i was doing pretty good..til i read what you people are
doing way to go! hope to here from someone,,Donna

...the chat session is for Sat. afternoon chat starting at 2pm ET.

So smoking cannot increase nerver pain and spasms? Cuz mine have increased and I dont no if it is from smoking? Thank you guys for your help!

Heather