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Coloplast Freedom Alternative?

For the past 7 or 8 years I've been perfectly happy with coloplast Freedom Clear external catheters. They worked well and they don't irritate my skin or anything. But a few months ago I guess they...

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Working

Employed persons facing layoff or full separation from their jobs due to consequences of CORVID19 have little or no recourse. However, there could be some relief employers could pursue (if financially...

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Program not fully shutting down

I've been using Blue Stacks emulator ever since Leapdroid quit working on this laptop. I like Blue Stacks, but when I turn my computer off at night, sometimes its stops and tells me that I have a...

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My Service Dog, Chewed my big toe to the bone.

Hello, I am a T-3/T-4 and have no feeling at all below my injury. I am training my own service dog, she is a GoldenDoodle and on Sunday morning I woke up to the sound of her chewing on something. At...

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Oxygen saturation level

What is considered a 'normal' oxygen saturation level for a quadriplegic. I have an over-the-counter pulse-ox, and my level is usually only at 95, even when feeling well.

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Stimulus: Congress needs to hear your voice now #WeAreEssential

From an Action alert by Nicole Jorwic, Senior Director of Public Policy, The Arc (national disability service network) Here we are again, fighting for our lives in Congressional negotiations ? this...

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Anyone looking for face masks for carers, etc?

I am involved with a group of thousands who are hand-sewing face masks in the effort to help with supply shortages. You can read about the effort on the CDC's website and various other sites around the...

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Wound care Question

Quote: Originally Posted by SCI-Nurse Medi-Honey is a debriding agent - it cleans out dead tissue in the wound bed. I would not recommend it for a wound that has fragile tissue and is trying to heal....

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Handcycle tires

I have always ran panaracer stradius elite tires 26" x 1" 23-571 (650-23c) on my Top End handcycle. Need replacements now. Are there different tires that are better than these that people are using?

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Telecom vitriol

Any quads or sympathetic others who want to join my crusade to inculcate commercial North America with the awareness of how infuriating is their propensity to omit from their phone systems the little...

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COVID-19 and SCI Research at Medical University of South Carolina

I have done surveys with them, passing on good this email- I am reaching out to our current and past participants with spinal cord injury (SCI) during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic to let you...

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Hawai'i End-of-Life Options PSA with Richard Chamberlain

Hawai'i End-of-Life Options PSA with Richard Chamberlain Ti

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Neuropathic Pain Increasing

I had a spinal cord injury about twenty years ago and recovered to the point were I could function pretty normally. Within the last few years I noticed a big increase in neuropathic pain and my walking...

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Chips and guac

I've got to admit, this is a little out of the ordinary type of question. Prior to my accident I just loved chips and guac. But now, I've got to wonder - how on Earth do quads without hand function dip...

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abs footrest cracking

i just noticed my abs cover cracking near the rivots in the front is it a pain to change that out its only cracked about a half inch in i think its from the freewheel attachment any thoughts

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