Re: Digest Number 530

November 27, 1999

Hi Newzie! Geoff Crenshaw here,

> From: " Lisbeth " <lisbeth@...>

>

> I'll let you into a secret that I discovered very late in life (some

of us

> are a bit slow:-)) which was quite a revelation............

>

> .........there's no such thing as 'the Happy Medium.!!!! "

Right as rain. You sit on the fence, you get splinters up your

you-know-what! ;)Seems all the rage these days in our politically

correct, non-offensive society to have no committment to this or that.

After all, someone might get upset. But as the old saying goes, there

are always (at least) two sides to every story. Unfortunately, as we

lose our " training in civil discourse " we also lose our ability to

express (or understand) differing opinions without being offensive, or

offended; And so even those of who don't mean to, end up with a seat on

the fence at least some of the time.

(snip)

> I always used to say that whining is compulsory, if you

feel/angry/upset,

> whatever, then let us know. We all feel these things and it's great to

be

> able to share with someone who understands, that's what support is all

> about. People who won't criticise but who will validate what you feel

and

> help you to get through it.

(snip)

> Emotions are a valid and very big part of our makeup and come into

play in a

> major way when one has dis-ease.We're not all huggy, kissy type people

but

> feelings we all most definitely have.

>

> So yes, lets have some more feelings expressed. In so doing we bond

with one

> another on a different level, a more personal level, not just with the

dry

> clinical facts of our common problems. For example, e-mail hugs don't

> intrude upon anyones personal space, people can either take them or

leave

> them but they bring with them a sense of caring.

Well said, Newzie! Well said. And thanks as usual for the cyber hugs.

Regards,

Geoff Crenshaw, ACC -----------------------

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December 30, 1999

>Message: 7

> Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 20:41:52 -0600

> From: green1585@...

>Subject: Re: anyone tried this

>

>according to my pill book Klonopin is a benzodiazepine which includes

>valium and zanax, which tend to cause drowiness. Nimotop is pretty

>expensive, but according to Dr B any calcium channel blocker will work,

>he had me on 30mg 4x a day, but I found 1 a day works fine for me, and it

>does not cause drowsiness in me. I live right outside StLouis in

>Hazelwood.

According to my physician Klonopin is only brely in the benzodiazepine

group. There is a lot of controversy over whether it should even be in

that drug class because it is so different and does not have the same

effects as the benzodiazepines....-E

November 8, 2000

Hi All,

my name is Stuart Mackin, I am 28, married to Helen with 1 daughter, Abbie.

The reason I started the Disabled Enabled website is, Helen has Friedreich's

Ataxia, which means she is a full time wheelchair user.

We were going to Manchester (UK) to see a show, and weren't sure of the

wheelchair access to the theatre. When you don't know if you will be able to

get in, or if you can get in but can't actually see anything, it makes you

anxious.

I wanted to start a website where people who had already been to such places

could report of the facilities, and reduce the anxiety of anyone else who

wanted to go.

It all spiralled from there and now we review all sorts, have a Your Story

section, and giveaway prizes.

Eventually we hope the site will be self funding and we can employ some

journalists to further our expansion.

I hope you all take a look at our site and contribute a story or review.

Thanks for reading

Stuart Mackin

Please visit our website

http://www.disabled-enabled.com

Why not become a member, it's free!!

April 28, 2001

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Digest Number 530

>

June 21, 2001

Penny,

Candlemaking survival is a good one.

Marci

candle groups?

>

> Hi!

> Can anyone recommend a good candle group for a newbie? My SIL would

> like to get into candle making.

>

> TIA!

>

> Penny Pagani

> Penny's All Natural Soap

> pennysoap@...

>

> ________________________________________________________________________

>

January 18, 2002

In a message dated 1/18/02 3:50:25 AM Pacific Standard Time,

writes:

<< The past month

he has really begun to what I call stutter--I think the SLP called it

repetitians. It is like he gets stuck on a word. He repeats the

entire word or most of the word but it sounds like a stutter. For

example he might say, " I need more juice. " and he gets stuck on need

so it sounds like " I nee nee nee nee need more juice. " >>

Hi ,

My son, also went through a stuttering phase around the age of 4 when

he had a surge of improvement in his length of spontaneous speech. His

speech therapists did not seem concerned. In fact, they told me that many

children with typical speech development go through a period of stuttering

around age 3 - 4. I guess their oral motor planning cannot keep up with

their expanding thoughts, vocabulary, and sentence construction. is

now 4.5 and the stuttering occurs much less.

's voice is often too loud, also. We attribute it to sensory

integration disorder. He is a seeker of sensory stimuli (chews on toys and

other objects, loves to cuddle, speaks loudly). This too, seems to be

getting less and less over time.

Jackie

April 3, 2002

Excellent information as always. I had forgotten about avoiding stereo

speakers. I sit within three feet to the right of a small speaker when I

watch TV, high in trebel, to compensate for my hearing loss in my left ear.

My defibrillator is on the left hand side of my chest. Although the speaker

is not turned on loud, just treble amplification, I can hear everything very

well. Is there any danger in being 3 feet away from this quite small

speaker. It measures about 6 x 10. " Many thanks. Theo1415@...

April 3, 2002

Im not sure about the older units, but my new one (Old number2) beeps

pretty loud when you go huggen speakers or holden the electric weed

wacker under your arm.

Also beeps for low battery, bad diagnostics and bad leads. Does that

at the 10 AM check.

Pretty cool.

There is a company called Digital Angel (Applied Digital Solutions)

that has a GPS tracking device that can receive and send info. They

are hoping that one application they can get is to have their units

added to Defibs and pacers.

The idea being that if at any time the diagnostics in the ICD finds a

problem, the Digital Angel unit will take the info and immediately

send it to a central location where they will inform your doctor and

be able to tell hime where you are anywere in the world Via GPS

tracking.

So if you are traveling, no problem. It detects a problem and sends

the data to your doctor as well as the location of the slot machine

that is taking all of your money in Vegas

Hope they get it, no more going in

October 18, 2002

Regarding o's question, below:

I thought I'd reply to all on the listserv because the resource I'll mention

might be new to other subscribers:

o,

I don't have the link at hand, but it's not hard to find: check the

Commonwealth Fund on the www. In the sections about their reports and

publications, you should find a report on the health of Hispanic Americans.

The executive summary of that report includes many interesting statistics,

among them issues of distrust and dissatisfaction among Hispanic patients,

the advice vs. lack of advice given by medical providers to Hispanic

smokers, and the perception among Hispanics that they were treated poorly at

their last doctor's visit on the basis of either race/ethnicity or ability

to pay. The comparison cohort was white Americans. There are similar

reports and data about African-Americans and other minority groups at the

same website. One Commonwealth study, as I recall, blends them all together

as their report on the " health of minority Americans. "

tina.castanares@...

Message: 3

Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 08:56:31 -0700 (PDT)

From: o Astorga <manchego99@...>

Subject: Re: question

Hello everybody!

I have a couple of subjects that I need to comment with some agencies

serving Latinos. Can you direct me to the appropiate links?

Links or articles that illustrate the mistrust of communities of color and

the medical system due to racism?

A definition of Technical Assistance

Thank you!

o Astorga PPC

Cancer Information Service

October 22, 2003

Hello--

Regarding the below, I can see great potential for abuse. Firstly, it is

doubtful that such tests could produce a 1:1 correlation between test

results and job performance. Secondly, personnel people are hardly

qualified to make interpretations of such data.

The lore is rife with examples. I have known of employers who have used

graphoanalysis and astrology to evaluate candidates. There was a period

when polygraphs were used, even though there is no such thing as a lie

detector. The MMPI has been used, sometimes with the personnel person doing

the scoring. Sometimes a person with all scores in the middle is sought,

though there is no reason that such a person necessarily does the best job

in a particular position.

I know of a case in which a past employer said that a new employee (a

therapist) was a diagnosed schizophrenic. The personnel people didn't know

a schizophrenic from a horse's behind, and fired her. (Later, her lawyer

was late filing some papers, and her case was dropped. However, instead of

suing the lawyer, she married him.)

From: " azendence " <neurofeedback@...>

Subject: New use for Pete's assesment systems

Dear Pete and list members;

As a fighting victim of stress and depression in my executive

carreer, and with my MBA knowledge of personell recruitment and

carreer development in companies that succeed in todays national and

globalized economies, I have searched in Pete's assesment

systems,

for an objective instrument that would allow both Employees and Human

Resources Specialists, to transparently assess the way employees

manifest stress in their working lives, their bearing capacity

compared to job requirements, and type of tasks and organization that

best suits employees according to the way they manifest stress.

The idea is that Pete's objective assessment, gives quantitative

information that can be translated into qualitative information in

this regard; and that this information is exactly the kind employee

would generally hide in detriment of his health, and employer would

generally overlook in the name of productivity.

Considering Pete's categories description and questions in

subjective

assessment, I came up with a first draft entitled CATEGORIES

CONDITIONING ON WORKING ABBILITIES, which I copy below this message.

My objective is to team up with those of you who would be interested

in developing such an instrument, in order to provide a transparent

service in this regard, that should be appreciated by both employers

and employees in recruitment and career development plans. I Imagine

the final instrument as a sort of objective assessment report that

would rate items such as leadership capacity, team working capacity,

job specialization level, job wideness of scope, stress taking

capacity, creativity, negociation skills, pronennes to depression,

etc. I don`t have the skills to do this by myself, but am

contributing with a good kick-off, unless I am just reinventing the

wheel ?

October 22, 2003