Re: Just babbling
Jo Ellen Finkelstein (ghellen(AT)ninenet.com)
Mon, 03 Nov 1997 14:19:49 -0600
RSharma650(AT)aol.com wrote:
>
> I have been reading through several of the TM postings in my mail list
> tonight - I have not had the chance to keep up lately. So many times I
> become so upset that I am no longer able to do the things I once took for
> granted and then I come to find so many of you in the same position or worse,
> and I am embarrassed. To those of you confined to a wheelchair I feel I have
> no right to compare. What brought this all up? My girlfriend and I have
> always worked-out together, running, swimming etc. Although she has been
> very understanding w/ my difficulties I am having trouble accepting it. I
> can no longer walk/run like I used to. Although I try - it just is not
> happening - YET! (But it will). We now walk together and I get so frustrated
> that I cannot keep up. She tries to encourage me but I get so upset and end
> up directing my anger towards her. I guess I am not really looking for any
> advice I know I need just to be patient, but I am nearing the one year
> anniversery of my TM diagnosis and never thought it would last this long. I
> can remenber being in ICU almost one year ago thinking how I needed to
> recover in two weeks because there was a race I wanted to run in (I can also
> remember being able to use my left hand properly to type). Needless to say,
> I have not run in any races, but the typing is coming along! I am sorry for
> whining, but thats why I subcribed to this list - so I could get it out to
> those who truely understand. Now I gotta go patch things up w/ my
> girlfriend. Thanks for reading!
>
> RKSHi! This is what the list is for, to get out info and to be a support
system when we need it. I have been going through a lot of the same
feelings, sometimes I just wish I could get up and do the things that I
used to do! Now that winter is coming on (just got our first snowflakes
today) I can see that I probably will be more restricted to home as I
risk falling if I try to do a car transfer (sliding board) with snow or
ice on the ground. HMMM sounds like a good time to move to the desert
or Florida! Joellen