A Welcome to all the New Members

[Jo*mar]

I noticed we are having quite a few new members signing up and would just like to say hello and welcome to the forums.

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[loisba]

Lovely thought, jo55! Just thought I'd add my little welcome to your great big one! :welcome_sign:
Hugs,

[heyjude5050]

TO ALL THE NEW MEMBERS:




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[Idealist]

Excellent idea, Jo.

A very warm welcome to everyone!

I hope you find a home here!

[Wittesea]

:Wave-Hello: Hello New Members :Wave-Hello:



:welcome_sign: Welcome to NeuroTalk :welcome_sign:

[kimmydawn]

Wow, y'all are so talented!!! How nice to see!

Let's see what I can come up with... ;)

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You've come to a great place with caring, sharining and a wealth of information!

KD

[loretta]

I noticed we are having quite a few new members signing up and would just like to say hello and welcome to the forums.

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Thank you for the greeting. It is a very special place to either just listen, learni, and and receive invaluable information from the experiences of others. Ii'll put my story on the site at another time. Sincerely, Loretta

[Chemar]

welcome to NeuroTalk Loretta :)

[bluzett]

0Hi....I just joined the forum and live in the Pacific NW. I would like and response on Parkinson's Disease. Thanks.....MAM

[loisba]

Welcome, MAM! There's quite an active Parkinson's Disease forum. Have you found it yet? I know they would welcome you and answer any questions you would have there. http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forumdisplay.php?f=34
Hugs,

[Idealist]

Welcome, welcome, welcome!

I hope you all stick around to become permanent and active members. Every one of you are welcome to become part of our family. A second cousin, maybe. Or a long lost aunt. :D

Just kidding. Everyone here are brothers and sisters. I guess our mother wanted a big family...:eek:

[wasabi]

Hey, welcome. I'm pretty new myself. I just wanted to share something I discovered about posting.

When I am composing a long post, I sometimes time out of my log in as a member. So, if I hit the "submit reply" button I get a message that I am unauthorized to post (since I am no longer logged in) and I have to log in again. But, if I always preview my post before actually posting it, I get a chance to log in again without losing what I have done.

[skauzlick]

Hello Everyone;

I was looking for info on my original neurosurgeon when I stumbled upon this site. I am hydrocephallic and have been shunted for over 47 years. Is there anyone out there now?

[Chemar]

welcome skauzlick :)

if you havent yet visited our hydrocephalus board here is the quick link to it
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forumdisplay.php?f=14

[skp722]

I joined 10 minutes ago, don't know a "thread" from an "avatar", but am dazzled by that welcome sign! Thanks for the wild welcome and the feeling it gave me - humor, which saves my life on a regular basis, is not prohibited here.

[Chemar]

glad you found us skp722 :)

here is the full index to our forums here at NeuroTalk so look around and get to know our other members
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com

[JohnChase]

My Google alert on the phrase "Richard Paey" found this site, so I thought I'd join, listen a while, and comment occasionally. Richard Paey is a serious chronic pain patient whose home was raided in early 1997 by his local sheriff because Richard was using "too much" opioid (mainly Percocet). When Richard's doctor was threatened by DEA and told that Richard was selling his pills, his MD abandoned him and Richard committed prescription fraud to get relief. The local prosecutor then hounded him for 7 years through 3 trials and finally got him convicted under Chapter 893 of the FL Statutes. Richard in now 3 yrs "down" on a 25 year mandatory minimum (i.e. no parole allowed) sentence. He is reasonably comfortable, his destroyed spine fed by a sewed-in morphine pump, but also suffers advanced MS. He lives in a wheelchair in the FL Prison near Daytona Beach.

He has exhausted all his appeals in FL except asking Governor Charlie Crist for clemency, as the FL Appeals Court suggested he do when they turned him down 2-1 back in December. The FL Supreme Court has declined to hear the case. The American Pain Foundation has gone to bat for Richard, urging Americans to write Gov Crist. you can do this at http://painfoundation.org/ where Richard is currently featured at the top of that page. You do not need to be a Florida resident; in fact I think non-residents have more clout owing to FL's tourist-rich economy.

If anyone wants to read the decision of the FL Appeals Court, just let me know.

By way of full disclosure, I've been an advisor for about nine years to www.november.org, the organization of the families/friends of drug prisoners. I came off the sidelines when I realized that the drug war had escalated so far beyond the point of diminishing returns that each uptick now causes far more societal damage than it prevents. Most of the damage is done to people too weak to fight. Richard happens to have both the will and the resources to fight. His case is an example of the imbalance the drug war has brought to the criminal justice system.

Richard is serving his country in that FL Prison by helping educate Americans on the need to carve out a space in anti-drug law for legitimate pain patients. This holy war against docs and patients must end.

Now I'll shut up for a while......................

p.s. I first saw the Paey family in a Pinellas-Pasco Florida courtroom in August 2002. I walked away from that hearing almost sick to my stomach after watching several local police talking and laughing among themselves during the hearing, at which a sick man in a wheelchair was to be sentenced to 25 years, no parole. As it turned out, Paey's lawyer gently persuaded the judge that he had no choice but to overturn the jury verdict at the trial at which he - the judge - had presided. It was on a technicality. The judge was so miffed he set Paey's bail at $1 million, an amount later reduced and a different judge assigned to the case.

[Wittesea]

Hi John and Welcome to NeuroTalk.

I am a chronic pain patient, so I have followed Richard Paey's case and the whole thing just makes me sick to my stomach. What happened to him could have happened to anyone with chronic pain.

The one thing that has bothered me the most is when I read that he tried to get approved for the internal morphine pump years before his arrest - but was denied insurance approval for the surgery of the implant.... and now he has one. He had to go to prison to get the medical treatment he most needed for his chronic pain - yet he ended up in prison because he was trying to treat his chronic pain. This "war on drugs" sure isn't helping anyone, especially chronic pain patients like Richard Paey and the pain management doctors who try to help their patients.

Welcome to NeuroTalk :)

[Pamster]

Hi John, thanks for the info on the Richard Paey case, I hadn't heard about it yet, welcome to NeuroTalk! Hope you find what you're looking for here. :)

[FlyFishin Momma]

Wow what a nice thread for a newbie like myself to pop into...thanks ya'll sweeties......

[Chemar]

I hope you (and your friends :D ) will enjoy the NeuroTalk Community, FlyFishin Momma

If you need any help around just let us know.

[JessieSue]

Everyone here has been so wonderful! I just love how warm and welcoming everyone is! There is a definite "family feel" here, I'm excited to get to know y'all better!~~~Jess

[Curious]

as long as you don't call me granny. :p

hehehe..pretty cool place huh? now if ffm would just come through with some fish...we could get the fish fry started. :D

[AfterMyNap]

Wow, this place sure has a lot of good info. I am learning so much about other conditions that some have mentioned in the past. Everyone is very generous with information.

Hope I don't go giving myself psychosomatic symptoms!



Curious, FFM is a minnow catcher, I have pics! ;)

[Anniemetalgirl]

:confused: I am trying to subscribe to some links/forums and don't know how. Can someone help me??

Thanks,

Annie:grouphug:

[Chemar]

Hi

As you enter each forum, you will see a "Forum Tools" button top right below the page numbers. Clicking that will bring a drop down menu where you will see the option to subscribe to that forum.

Similarly, if you want to subscribe to a particular thread, you will see the button for "Thread Tools" top right under the page numbers once you enter the thread

Your subscriptions will appear in your user CP (top left) and you can also set your options to receive email notifications

hope that helps
welcome to NeuroTalk :)

Cheri

[nan17051]

ILovely thought, jo55! Just thought I'd add my little welcome to your great big one! :welcome_sign:
Hugs,

Thank You I came here to see if there is anyone with rsds

[riverrunnernky]

I'm David of Lexington,Ky.

I saw this Site as searching for infor on Broken Pelvis/Pelvic Disruption and the treatment.

I have been treated for this injury for over a year now (June 28thy 2006) and still suffer from it. It was over a month after the 2 visits to the ER, that missed not just the facture but a hernia that I was examined for both times.

Unforntunately the fatures were not found until Mid November 2006 and after the hernia was repaired.

I still experience poping and extreme pressure before the popping happens.
Even reare end bodily functions are seriously affected by the injury.

Doctors are baffled by all my symptoms, and even seem exasperated, as not knowing what to do for me or perhaps discust as the insurance is slow or not paying my bills correctly if at all. (Ghallager Bassett CMC my personal coverage insurance as an independant contractor.)

I'm concerned that maybe I don't communicate well enough with my Primary Doctor.:confused:

I'll search other post, to see what I can find. Any ones input that can help me to get this fixed so I can get to work asap, or conclude to disability. It's been a long time since I was hurt, the company I worked for has also closed it's business.

I hope someone here has some answers I need to speed up this slow progress.

If someone has a heart attack, that person is treated promply, my problem was no priority, in the ER x2 over 10 hours each visit. And months to get an appointment to whatever doctor.

Thanks for reading.

David
Ky

We need health reform in a big way in the US.

[nguidupleloz3]

hi,
my name is norma. thank you for your welcome. i am 62 and have degenerative osteoarthritis. in 2005 i fell and fractured my right sacrum and left pubis. after being out of work for three months, i went back and fractured my left sacrum since then i have been in extreme pain. they found that i had a mild bulging disk, mild multifactorial central canal stenosis,in L4, L5,also minimal pseudobulge associated with spondyolisthesis, bilateral facet hypertrophy and arthropathy. milddisc dehydration at the lower 3 lumbar levels and some other problems that i know nothing about and the orthopedist i saw did not explain nor did he tell me why i was in so much pain. he just said i needed physical therapy and that should take care of all my problems. he did not listen when i told him that i had 1 year of all types of therapy and it had just made matters worse. so here i am trying to figure everything that is on the report of all my c-scans, mris, bone density tests, x-rays, etc.

i am an elementary school teacher and have not been able to work in 2yrs. i was on disability for a little over and year and now we are just on one salary, my husband's. he is also a teacher so we have had to declare bankruptcy.

[rsd-aura]

hello, my nme is aura, i posted a thread in the new member forum, to try to find some help on rsd and to join in your org. but i am realy having a hard time using this site. its very confusing. I am computer literate usually but this has me very confused, can you offer some help? thanx Aura

[JSR1]

I am a new member and a mother of three that I delivered and four more from my sweetheart. All told we are nine, bigger than fits in a minivan. I have gone through the medical system for myself and my kids:) and it is relaxing to be here. Thank you.

[DM]

Hello auro and JSR1. A big welcome to NeuroTalk to you both. May I suggest starting an intro thread on yourselves, as more members will probably see it there and be able to greet you and offer help.


http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum88.html

Please take a look around and make yourselves at home. Glad to have you both with us.

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[Koala77]

Wow! I can see why you don't all fit in a minivan! :) I too inherited extra people to love when I married my darling husband............... Certainly prevents that childbirth pain! :D

Seriously now, I'm so very pleased that you found us JSR1.

I'm sure you'll find, just like I did, that this is an excellent place to meet wonderful people who really do care.

I see you have listed some concerns in your profile so here's a few links to get you started:

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum37.html

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum38.html

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[tonita7]

How do I post a question about post-concussion syndrome???thanks:confused:
tonita

[Chemar]

welcome Tonita

here is the link to our forum for Post Concussion Syndrome
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum92.html

let us know if you need any additional assistance

[DM]

Hello Tonita. Glad to have you here w/us at NeuroTalk.
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[charliebubs]

Hi :)

I've just joined and this looks like a great place to be!!! Everyone seems so helpful and friendly.

I've got an injury to my occipital nerves following a car crash and am looking for more info, as well as others in the same position :)

Thanks for welcoming me.

[Kimmergrand]

I am a 43 year old female with CMT which is a neuromuscular disorder. I have 2 girls 17 and 14. The 17 year old inherited the CMT from me but not my 14 year old. My husband of 19 years and our family live in Ontario Canada. Once again I thank you for welcoming us and hope to connect with others that have the same disorder as I do.


Kimmergrand:wink:

[Bannet]

I would like to welcome all the New folks to NeuroTalk. I'm glad you found us.
It is a wonderful community here with a lot of supportive people.

Feel free to pop in anywhere!:)

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[Love Thy Neghibor]

[QUOTE=Jo*mar;56581]I noticed we are having quite a few new members signing up and would just like to say hello and welcome to the forums.


:hug:Here is a hug from me thanks for the warm welcome.