Re: my acute tm introduction story
Jo Ellen Finkelstein (ghellen(AT)ninenet.com)
Mon, 22 Dec 1997 15:30:04 -0600
Neti wrote:
>
> My name is Neta, i am an 18 year old female from Israel.
> I got my acute tm at the age of 15. At the beginning it damaged me in
> C-3, after a while it "went down" to C-4-5. I was respirated for one
> year and a half and with a lot of breathing-exercises, effort &
> motivation i got rid of it (in spite of the doctors who didn't believe
> in my ability).
> I was hospitalized for nearly 3 years in a rehab. center/hospital in
> Jerusalem and lately moved to a new house with my family.
> Today i can move my left hand (not my fingers) and hardly my right
> hand. I also lost my sensation everywhere in the body except the head
> & shoulders. I'm driving an electric wheel-chair, paint & write with
> my mouth, swim(!) like a dolphin and do things that people are not
> supposed to be able to do in my physical condition. I'm very
> optimistic about my condition in the future and try to do the maximum
> i can do to make my life as normal as possible.
> Only lately i got the internet, and i'm very happy i found you guys!
> If you have any questions to ask me (or anything else to say), please
> feel free to ask.
> sincerely ,
> Neta.
> Hi Neta, My name is Joellen Finkelstein and I have had TM since october
of 1996, my damage is around T10 so I'm paralyzed from the waist down, I
have some movement in my legs (toes wiggle and right leg lifts out about
45degrees while I'm sitting up)I have had a few setbacks due to
decubitus ulcers and am about ready to go back for therapy to work on
standing etc. This TM stuff is so weird how it affects different people
in different ways. I don't intend to let this stuff get to me, so I
just try to do as much as I can as well as I can and if other people get
tired of waiting ....oh well!
I always wished I could go to Israel maybe I will yet. At the
present I live in St. Louis Missouri which is not a bad place to be. I
have good friends and an excellant family and that really helps.
My e-mail address is : Ghellen(AT)ninenet.com if you want to write
or sent to the tmic-list
Joellen