the forum needs to get back on track

DA · 10-15-2001, 11:09 AM

i am so sick of all this excitement over these BS non-regenerative therapies. soon it will be 2002. wasnt it 1998 when cedar announced its human trials and we were all planning a big wheelchair bon fire. 4 years later all im reading about is fancy new cushions and new buildings and everyone jumping up and down like you just won 10 million dollars. what happen to our thirst for a cure. i come back to 50 million inquires on non-regenerative therapies. why havent anyone said stick that non-therapy up your dairy-air and bring on the cure. i believe the reason sci research has come to a complete stop is because they were able to buy/intrigue us with implants,fes, and super cushions. hats off to those whom had first generation surgery, but the rest of us dont need to be selling out. what i mean by that is this. these non-regenerative therapies are crums. there is a big turkey feast cure in the next room. we just need to bust down the door. the science and technology is here to cure us. i repeat. THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IS HERE TO CURE US.

Chris Chappell · 10-15-2001, 11:48 AM

You're right but we don't have the collective mindset to "bust down the door". We're just a hodgepodge of people without a consistent, LOUD, message.

We need organization, manpower, maturity, a message and a focus as to what we want. I'm willing to help create it, start it, join it or fund it but I want to be confident that others are also willing to participate. Not lip service, but real participation (work).

I'm not selling out, just working within the environment dealt. You have to admit it DA, as a group we haven't been able to get it together so far. Unfortunate, but true. How do we turn it around?

glomae · 10-15-2001, 12:15 PM

your frustation and if ever your willing to strom the white house i'm there but ,i don't think it's a lack of compassion or desire that we don't make more noise, i think living day to day with SCI takes most of your focus, and like me with 3 kids depending on me it's hard to put myself first even though i know thats what i should do. and i'm not the only one ive planned to go to ecuador for dr kao's procedure just to get some return while i sit on my ass and wait for a[the] cure. you are so right i beleive a cure is here but we're talkin money and politics so it takes a big movement to get attention and thats what we need. hell we go to war and people are protesting for the other guys!

W. Justin Martin · 10-15-2001, 02:58 PM

hmmmmmm

derierre........for future reference

I agree, but I don't know what any of us could do other than devoting our lives to research to affect anything.

Hensley-Martin Management

Maceyka · 10-15-2001, 04:59 PM

LOL...good to have ya back on the boards DA!

Maceyka

DA · 10-15-2001, 05:05 PM

wjm i think your right. they have us at their mercy.

maceya
lol...hush

[This message was edited by DA on October 15, 2001 at 08:17 PM.]

cheesecake · 10-15-2001, 05:26 PM

Where did the passion go...well websites keep getting squasche, then GaryM died, then you spent 6 weeks in the big house.Knew I missed you. Welcome back DA!!

Scorpion · 10-15-2001, 05:59 PM

WJM, I'm guessing DA spelled it 'Dairy-air' for emphasis.

~Rus

"Because you're not promised tomorrow." ~ Stuck Mojo

DA · 10-16-2001, 04:20 PM

scorpion you know how easy some ppl here get offended...lmao

dr young, its been 2 weeks since i been out of hospital prison, where are those 1 breakthroughs a week?

Wise Young · 10-16-2001, 04:36 PM

It is true that things are a little slow. I have the feeling, however, that it is the lull before the storm. In about 3 weeks, the Society for Neuroscience meeting will take place. I keep hoping that we will hear news of the Cheng study coming out. In the meantime, I think that the news media is very preoccupied with anthrax and terrorists. This is a very important time to pay attention to all the journals because articles of papers that will be presented at the Society meeting are beginning to show up in journals.

News concerning spinal cord injury advances have virtually dried up because every reporter is now writing about bin Laden and his cohorts, or stories of people who have been touched by the attack on the World Trade Center or powdery envelopes. Sigh.

Wise.

10-15-2001, 11:09 AM	#1
DA Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: beaumont tx usa Posts: 32,390	the forum needs to get back on track i am so sick of all this excitement over these BS non-regenerative therapies. soon it will be 2002. wasnt it 1998 when cedar announced its human trials and we were all planning a big wheelchair bon fire. 4 years later all im reading about is fancy new cushions and new buildings and everyone jumping up and down like you just won 10 million dollars. what happen to our thirst for a cure. i come back to 50 million inquires on non-regenerative therapies. why havent anyone said stick that non-therapy up your dairy-air and bring on the cure. i believe the reason sci research has come to a complete stop is because they were able to buy/intrigue us with implants,fes, and super cushions. hats off to those whom had first generation surgery, but the rest of us dont need to be selling out. what i mean by that is this. these non-regenerative therapies are crums. there is a big turkey feast cure in the next room. we just need to bust down the door. the science and technology is here to cure us. i repeat. THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IS HERE TO CURE US.

10-15-2001, 11:48 AM	#2
Chris Chappell Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 7,035	DA You're right but we don't have the collective mindset to "bust down the door". We're just a hodgepodge of people without a consistent, LOUD, message. We need organization, manpower, maturity, a message and a focus as to what we want. I'm willing to help create it, start it, join it or fund it but I want to be confident that others are also willing to participate. Not lip service, but real participation (work). I'm not selling out, just working within the environment dealt. You have to admit it DA, as a group we haven't been able to get it together so far. Unfortunate, but true. How do we turn it around?

10-15-2001, 12:15 PM	#3
glomae Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: flatonia,tx Posts: 330	DA i understand your frustation and if ever your willing to strom the white house i'm there but ,i don't think it's a lack of compassion or desire that we don't make more noise, i think living day to day with SCI takes most of your focus, and like me with 3 kids depending on me it's hard to put myself first even though i know thats what i should do. and i'm not the only one ive planned to go to ecuador for dr kao's procedure just to get some return while i sit on my ass and wait for a[the] cure. you are so right i beleive a cure is here but we're talkin money and politics so it takes a big movement to get attention and thats what we need. hell we go to war and people are protesting for the other guys!

10-15-2001, 02:58 PM	#4
W. Justin Martin Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 209	interesting hmmmmmm derierre........for future reference I agree, but I don't know what any of us could do other than devoting our lives to research to affect anything. Hensley-Martin Management

10-15-2001, 05:26 PM	#7
cheesecake Moderator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: USA Posts: 7,522	Passion Where did the passion go...well websites keep getting squasche, then GaryM died, then you spent 6 weeks in the big house.Knew I missed you. Welcome back DA!!

10-15-2001, 04:59 PM	#5
Maceyka Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Columbia, South Carolina, USA Posts: 101	LOL...good to have ya back on the boards DA! Maceyka

10-15-2001, 05:05 PM	#6
DA Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: beaumont tx usa Posts: 32,390	wjm i think your right. they have us at their mercy. maceya lol...hush [This message was edited by DA on October 15, 2001 at 08:17 PM.]

10-15-2001, 05:59 PM	#8
Scorpion Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Colorado Posts: 5,607	WJM, I'm guessing DA spelled it 'Dairy-air' for emphasis. ~Rus "Because you're not promised tomorrow." ~ Stuck Mojo

10-16-2001, 04:20 PM	#9
DA Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: beaumont tx usa Posts: 32,390	scorpion you know how easy some ppl here get offended...lmao dr young, its been 2 weeks since i been out of hospital prison, where are those 1 breakthroughs a week?

10-16-2001, 04:36 PM	#10
Wise Young Administrator Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: New Brunswick, NJ, USA Posts: 37,975	It is true that things are a little slow. I have the feeling, however, that it is the lull before the storm. In about 3 weeks, the Society for Neuroscience meeting will take place. I keep hoping that we will hear news of the Cheng study coming out. In the meantime, I think that the news media is very preoccupied with anthrax and terrorists. This is a very important time to pay attention to all the journals because articles of papers that will be presented at the Society meeting are beginning to show up in journals. News concerning spinal cord injury advances have virtually dried up because every reporter is now writing about bin Laden and his cohorts, or stories of people who have been touched by the attack on the World Trade Center or powdery envelopes. Sigh. Wise.

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