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Subject:      Handicap Digest # 2928

                             THE HANDICAP DIGEST

                                 Issue # 2928

                        Thursday, September 03, 1992

Today's Topics:


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                                  Sweating
                                    Aides
                               Post nasal drip
                               Transportation
                             Electroejaculation
                                 fast chairs
                               Post nasal drip
                             Re: Transportation
                                  Re: aides
                               Re: fast chairs


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Subject: Sweating
From: Joe.Chamberlain@p1.f175.n150.z1.fidonet.org (Joe Chamberlain)
Organization: FidoNet node 1:150/175.1 - Busted Flush BBS, New Castle DE


[This is from the Spinal Injury Conference]

In a message to All <20 Aug 92 10:39> Greg Wick wrote:

 GW> Any Quads (I'm a C-5) have a problem with sweating at night? It
 GW> use to be just every now and then, but now it's almost every
 GW> night. I wake up after a couple hours just sweating. My leg jumps
 GW> if I take a deep breth. I get turned and I'm fine for the rest of

A full bladder will often cause that.  I know that was usually my
problem when I had the night sweats.

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Subject: Aides
From: Joe.Chamberlain@p1.f175.n150.z1.fidonet.org (Joe Chamberlain)
Organization: FidoNet node 1:150/175.1 - Busted Flush BBS, New Castle DE


[This is from the Spinal Injury Conference]

In a message to James Lubin <20 Aug 92 09:10> Allison Cozzi wrote:

 AC>     Whew! Is this typical pay for an aide??? I don't require one so I
 AC> am one of the uninformed on the going pay for an aide.

     Agency aides in Delaware get about $5.15 per hour.

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Subject: Post nasal drip
From: Greg.Pickering@f24.n3602.z1.fidonet.org (Greg Pickering)
Organization: FidoNet node 1:3602/24 - ADAnet One (tm) Net, Pinson AL


[This is from the Spinal Injury Conference]

AH>Did anyone else develop a clogged sinus/post nasal drip condition after
AH>their injury?  I never had a problem with that before I was hurt, but
AH>now it is constant.  *adh*

        Hello Alan, yup, I sure did. I have been taking a myriad of
        decongestants to try and use my nose again. I'm afraid I
        might have built up a tolerance to most because I take them
        so often.

        Also, New Jersey air isn't helping much either. What do you
        do to combat the problem? Somedays it's so bad I can't eat
        because my stomach feels so rotten......

-Pick

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Subject: Transportation
From: Greg.Pickering@f24.n3602.z1.fidonet.org (Greg Pickering)
Organization: FidoNet node 1:3602/24 - ADAnet One (tm) Net, Pinson AL


[This is from the Spinal Injury Conference]

TS>    I've heard that Fords are best when it comes to lowering the floor.
TS>Anyone else....?

        True! I believe the Fords are the only full size vans with
        an entire truck frame under them. I have a Ford, but no
        lowered floor.

        I bought my van from Braun as a used demo, gotta great deal.
        Anyway, if I had the option, I would *not* get the raised
        top. A few reasons. They are a pain in parking garages, car
        washes are out, and the extra interior cubic feet strains
        the A/C. The lowered floor is the way to go for another
        *important* reason, you can see out the windows like normal
        passengers..... Get's pretty boring & tiresome constantly
        ducking to peak out the window or starring at the roof.

-Pick

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Subject: Electroejaculation
From: Howard.Dearman@f26.n130.z1.fidonet.org (Howard Dearman)
Organization: FidoNet node 1:130/26 - Speedway, Fort Worth TX


[This is from the Spinal Injury Conference]

* On Aug-17-92 Joe Chamberlain was saying these remarkable words *

JC>        The procedure requires attaching electrodes to your
JC>penis with what looks like a Band-aid.  Current passes from

The idea of hooking electrodes and supplying electrical charges to my personal
 member doesn't strike high on needability scale, especially when you have
 feeling down there.  <ouch>

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Subject: fast chairs
From: Ed.Stahl@f140.n150.z1.fidonet.org (Ed Stahl)
Organization: FidoNet node 1:150/140 - Black Bag BBS, Newark DE


[This is from the Spinal Injury Conference]

 On 08-25-92 Alan Hess wrote to all...

 AH> How fast do the fastest wheelchairs go?  *adh*

        It depends on the incline, or the height of the Bungee
        Platform.
                                Ed

... OFFLINE 1.36 * THE FUTURE ISN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE!

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Subject: Post nasal drip
From: Alan.Hess@f1000.n261.z1.fidonet.org (Alan Hess)
Organization: FidoNet node 1:261/1000 - Nerve Center, Pikesville MD


[This is from the Spinal Injury Conference]

In a missive of <Aug 23 16:32> Greg Pickering (1:3602/24)
writes to Alan Hess:

 GP>         Also, New Jersey air isn't helping much either. What do you
 GP> do to combat the problem? Somedays it's so bad I can't eat because my
 GP> stomach feels so rotten......

I usually suck it up, and swallow it (not enough lung power to blow).  And it
 tastes terrible.  Nothing has worked to reduce the problem.  *adh*

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Subject: Re: Transportation
From: Tim.Syfert@f15.n114.z1.fidonet.org (Tim Syfert)
Organization: FidoNet node 1:114/15 - St Joes Hospital, Phoenix AZ


[This is from the Spinal Injury Conference]

 GP>         I bought my van from Braun as a used demo, gotta great
 GP>         deal. Anyway, if I had the option, I would *not* get
 GP>         the raised top. A few reasons. They are a pain in
 GP>         parking garages, car washes are out, and the extra
 GP>         interior cubic feet strains the A/C. The lowered floor
 GP>         is the way to go for another *important* reason, you
 GP>         can see out the windows like normal passengers.....
 GP>         Get's pretty boring & tiresome constantly ducking to
 GP>         peak out the window or starring at the roof.

Pick,

Couldn't agree with you more. NO raised roof on my next van. My current
van has that real high raised roof on it and its been through a few
scrapes etc. Have had the roof vent rrrrripppped off a couple times.
What a PAIN. My plans are to go with a Ford with a lowered floor. Just
hope I fit in it with out having to go with a raised roof.

                                           Tim

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Subject: Re: aides
From: Tim.Syfert@f15.n114.z1.fidonet.org (Tim Syfert)
Organization: FidoNet node 1:114/15 - St Joes Hospital, Phoenix AZ


[This is from the Spinal Injury Conference]

->> for "peanuts" at $16.25/hr. He thought that he should be paid more be

 AC>      Whew! Is this typical pay for an aide??? I don't require
 AC>  one so I am one of the uninformed on the going pay for an aide.

 AC>
 AC>  Allison

Allison,

I'm paying $7.00/hr for aides. Seems to be about the going rate here in
the Phoenix area. If I'd only broken it about an inch lower..... would
have been to heck with aides!!!!!

                                           Tim

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Subject: Re: fast chairs
From: Tim.Syfert@f15.n114.z1.fidonet.org (Tim Syfert)
Organization: FidoNet node 1:114/15 - St Joes Hospital, Phoenix AZ


[This is from the Spinal Injury Conference]

 AH> How fast do the fastest wheelchairs go?  *adh*

How steep is the hill ????????

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