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[TextualFury]

Not saying you are old but your surgeons probably thought it, being that you had to be cantankerous after you got done with all those stitches and staples. They also would've probably not had enough glue too hmm... time to do surgery in a glue factor? (Now that is an idea that may just work bwhahaha!) ;)

I'm not sure if I am older than you now. I'll be looking up leap years for the last two and a half decades for the next few days.

Edit: There have been seven leap years, and i was born during one just to make the Math easier for my wee addled brain x.x Woohoo!

Edited by TextualFury, 19 May 2010 - 03:04 AM.

[hurbshankin]

Wheelsonfire, on May 18 2010, 08:53 PM, said:

Apologies to all, I hadn't the time to follow up on this thread.



Hurb, yes, money talks BS walks.

Regards

John

No BS here! My employer offers incredible benefits. Community Blue. They told my wife our plan has no limits. I am fortunate!

Hurb

[Wheelsonfire]

hurbshankin, on May 19 2010, 05:36 PM, said:

Wheelsonfire, on May 18 2010, 08:53 PM, said:

Apologies to all, I hadn't the time to follow up on this thread.



Hurb, yes, money talks BS walks.

Regards

John

No BS here! My employer offers incredible benefits. Community Blue. They told my wife our plan has no limits. I am fortunate!

Hurb

Hey Hurb,

I think there might be a clash of slang in my previous post, so my preference is to clarify just to make sure that you weren't offended.

In stating "money talks, BS walks";

Money will get you the best of care, having a great insurance policy will also get you the best care (which is obvious in your case).
BS walking; a crappy insurance policy will give you crappy benefits.

You might well have understood my meaning, clarification resolves any misgivings. (in other words, I'm just covering me ass)

Regards

John

[Travelling Blackbird]

Wheelsonfire, on May 19 2010, 02:53 AM, said:

Alas, Derek me ole bud (using Dublin slang); Yes, there are some talented surgeons on this Isle, not enough though. It doesn't surprise me with the results of the study, what our present Government has done now is even worse, NAMA/more taxes, we will be last to come out of recession within Europe and what makes it worse is the the next Government in '12 will be a definite Fine Gael(Good God the country run by a Mayo man) and Labour coalition, they won't have time to resolve the issues Fianna Fáil and the Greens caused and of course the thick will stick Fianna Fáil back in Government in '16.
Regarding my love for Sheffield steel; not at all sure they were the loveliest lads you would ever meet (there were two).(written using the wit font) On leaving the premises I had a brown bag filled with junk food to give me the sugar rush because of working such hours (at times when securing council housing that was been regenerated, I would start Friday at 4.30pm and finish Monday at 8am), on the night in question you could imagine their surprise when realizing it was not the takings(money) that was on my person. And bejeasus did they know anatomy, ah mere flesh wounds.

Regards

John

That was some screwed up situation. And the viciousness of them! It's like they were hopped up on something. I hope they were put away for a very long time.

Do you know I never got to vote in Ireland? I left a long time ago, and never got registered: now I don't feel like I have the right to interfere with Irish politics since I don't live there and will probably never go back.

A Mayo man in charge. Could be worse... could be a Dub!

Wheelsonfire, on May 19 2010, 07:03 PM, said:

I'm just covering me ass

Well, Jesus, Mary and Joseph forbid that there should be any bare arse on show, so 'tis as well you're covering it.

Edited by Travelling Blackbird, 19 May 2010 - 07:46 PM.

[Wheelsonfire]

Derek,

Yes they were slapped on the ass and sent to their room, the last "leader" was from Dublin, he done a Tony Blair and got out while the going was good. Biffo from Tullamore is in office now, you should Google Enda Kenny, he will be our next....
Oh I do hate it when me ass is cold, we Irish always make sure it's covered.

TextualFury,

Oi ya ole red head, and I must say you could have taken the part of me one in the movie "the quiet man", you might have to Google that one...lol
Surgery in a glue factory.........I reckon there would be no need for anesthetic, the surgeons would be so high I would go in for something menial and come out being castrated and a pair of 36DD..........Jeez, no scrap that thought, I would never keep my hands off them.(hope you grasp the slang)

Have you done your maths yet? I am 9 and a half years old.

Edited by Wheelsonfire, 20 May 2010 - 05:34 PM.

[TextualFury]

Actually I'd have to play Maureen O'Hara's part on account of gender. I may be an American but I am still a female. You also make it sound like having luscious breasts is a bad thing! (I am wondering how you knew I had red hair though... o.o)

Also I did NOT have to google. I am a John Wayne fan, and have been since I saw Angel and the Badman when I was much shorter than I am today. (I like westerns in general actually.)

They could be the ones on oxygen not you... and I figured your surgeons were high anyway! Course I figure that for most surgeons. Everyone I've met seems a bit off.

[Wheelsonfire]

I thought you or even most people on this forum had the capability of reading between the lines........Seems I was wrong......Oh Jesus laugh I'm taking the piss.
Maureen O'Hara is who I was talking about.
I checked out your blog.

[TextualFury]

No, I often miss the lines completely. I get it most of the time but it takes a while. Lets just say I have extremely literal thinking challenges. Just don't hurt yourself laughing! For some reason I thought you meant your role would be John Wayne's, or I misread that completely. Woops!

[Wheelsonfire]

TextualFury, on May 20 2010, 07:02 PM, said:

No, I often miss the lines completely. I get it most of the time but it takes a while. Lets just say I have extremely literal thinking challenges. Just don't hurt yourself laughing!

I reckon it is an American thing, not to worry Wheels is here now to educate the lot of you.
Sorry it took a while to pick myself up from the ground(better put this in for clarity-keeled over from laughing)

Now stop going off thread or I'll give you a spanking

[TextualFury]

Right Right.. Physical therapy. Does it count if you go to the community pool and pretend to dance? You could do that and get a water proof tutu!

[hurbshankin]

Wheelsonfire, on May 19 2010, 01:03 PM, said:

hurbshankin, on May 19 2010, 05:36 PM, said:

Wheelsonfire, on May 18 2010, 08:53 PM, said:

Apologies to all, I hadn't the time to follow up on this thread.



Hurb, yes, money talks BS walks.

Regards

John

No BS here! My employer offers incredible benefits. Community Blue. They told my wife our plan has no limits. I am fortunate!

Hurb

Hey Hurb,

I think there might be a clash of slang in my previous post, so my preference is to clarify just to make sure that you weren't offended.

In stating "money talks, BS walks";

Money will get you the best of care, having a great insurance policy will also get you the best care (which is obvious in your case).
BS walking; a crappy insurance policy will give you crappy benefits.

You might well have understood my meaning, clarification resolves any misgivings. (in other words, I'm just covering me ass)

Regards

John

No clash, it's just me being super literal, gets me in trouble with the wife too! Clarification is best though. No worries.

Hurb

[Travelling Blackbird]

Wheelsonfire, on May 20 2010, 07:33 PM, said:

Derek,

Yes they were slapped on the ass and sent to their room...

There's some who'd pay for that!

Now, back on topic: have you though about getting more physiotherapy yourself? Sort of bullying the doctors into prescribing it?

[Wheelsonfire]

Travelling Blackbird, on May 22 2010, 02:06 PM, said:

Now, back on topic: have you though about getting more physiotherapy yourself? Sort of bullying the doctors into prescribing it?

I think I am better off staying as I am
(note to self, use standing frame more often)

[qbounce]

Speaking of a standing frame. I was offered the chance to use one last year for the first time since rehab five years ago. When my Physio heard that I hadn't used one in so many years she pulled the offer back, stating it would be to risky to use it? Something about my bones being to brittle, or some such "hog wash."

Is this really the case? I'm only 41, well not that I'm a young buck, but I'm in pretty good physical shape . . . . at least I was then. *cough cough.

[Tetracyclone]

Q- bone density is lost quickly to a sedentary life. Ask a doctor to order a bone density scan and find out if your number is acceptable. Somewhere in these threads is advice, as the area tested on a WC resident is different from where people are normally tested (menopausal girls).

Early in the learning curve NASA discovered astronauts lost about 10% of bone density after 3 days of weightlessness.

Of course it will be different for you because your wife puts all that weight on your bones!

[mcferguson]

Tetracyclone, on May 24 2010, 03:36 PM, said:

Q- bone density is lost quickly to a sedentary life. Ask a doctor to order a bone density scan and find out if your number is acceptable. Somewhere in these threads is advice, as the area tested on a WC resident is different from where people are normally tested (menopausal girls).

Early in the learning curve NASA discovered astronauts lost about 10% of bone density after 3 days of weightlessness.

Of course it will be different for you because your wife puts all that weight on your bones!

speaking of bone density loss, found this interesting graph with bone density, race, and age:

http://courses.washi...phys/opbmd.html
I had always heard that black folks didn't become elite swimmers b/c of dense bones, so maybe their is some truth to that. Anyhow, I wonder if us chair sitters have dense pelvises and less-dense leg bones.

Q: there's bound to be a way to build up your bone density gradually, perhaps you can challenge your physio to come up with a way.

[Wheelsonfire]

It is the biggest mistake I made, if to start again, the frame would be used daily.

To the freshly injured, use your standing frame often and very often.

[KeepTheFaith]

This has been a very interesting read. From talking to many individuals with spinal cord injuries, most tell me that their rehab experience (inpatient and outpatient) was grossly inadequate. I was in the hospital for a little over 5 weeks (2 weeks in trauma center) and in an acute rehab facility for a little over 3 months. My stay was longer because of the multiple orthopedic injuries and the non-weight bearing status. My primary insurance through my employer was not adequate to cover all my needed care. They only paid for 30 days of inpatient rehab. I had to apply for government funded emergency Medicaid, as a secondary insurance, to pay for the rest of my hospitalization. It had a $1,300 monthly cost share attached to it, which my parents paid. My primary insurance only covered $2,500/year of outpatient therapy, which is about 20 hourly Physical Therapy visits. Most of it was a waste of time. I currently make a $400/month COBRA payment to keep my private insurance going until I am eligible for Medicare. My private insurance covers medications($15 co-pay), doctor visits($20 co-pay), and %5,000/year of durable medical equipment. It's no surprise that half of all bankruptcies in the U.S. are due to medical debt. Fortunately I received help with deductibles, cost shares, co-pays, and all the other insurance crap. I found myself under-insured and in a financial mess.

If not for my parents and the help of many family and friends I would not be as recovered as I am. I realize that I am lucky, but it's also important to be very pro-active and look for the best therapies, doctors, and programs out there. I started exercise based recovery at Project Walk in Carlsbad, CA a few weeks after leaving acute rehab because my very determined Irish/German mother made it happen. I have applied for many grants and just this month I received $3,600 from a Foundation that assists the spinal cord injured. My community had a fundraiser that brought in $17,000 for me. All the food, drinks, music was donated for this event. Some woman that I never met handed my parents a can full of hundred dollar bills, totaling $5,000. I have had people give me equipment(someone gave me a standing frame), furniture for my apartment, built me ramps, brought me meals and the list goes on. Most people don't know how devastating spinal cord injury can be, so it is important to get your stories out there and not be too proud to ask for help.

I also look for inexpensive therapies and things that I can do at home. For instance, I do adaptive horse back riding at a beautiful Ranch in Southern California once a week for $90/month. There is also a "Wheels to Water" program at the local beach, which is all run by volunteers. You just show-up and they help you with various water activities.

Bottomline: I don't let insurance, doctors, physical therapists, or anyone put limits on my recovery. It's my life!

[Wheelsonfire]

Keepthefaith,

Money makes the world go round/ opens doors or so to speak.

On this side of the pond, well within Éire anyhow there are many medical insurance companies, all have difficulty in loosing their purse, for those who are not so lucky there is what is known as the medical card, this will cover all medical costs irrelevant to the limit, the government pays for this, normally people who are on social welfare obtain this.

I had always paid VHI to some degree and as stated found difficulty in recouping costs.
Now this is where it shows the system for what it is; I do not receive any form of social welfare due to my means, I am shall we say a dab hand within Irish Constitutional law, my knowledge within is finding loop holes, well I found my loop hole and was given a card until 2014, oh how I did chuckle, this covers everything, I have all medical costing paid for, I now have 3 wheelchairs at hand to use, heck if a woman can choose from an array of shoes then I can choose which chair to go with what shoes I wear lol.

In saying that, I have some fine contacts within the health service but don’t avail of PT due to been the bones of 20 years too late, I’m a para, I shall die a para.