Re: new e mail name/new attitude
Jo Ellen Finkelstein (ghellen(AT)ninenet.com)
Sun, 28 Jun 1998 00:24:55 -0500
a d wrote:
>
> I have had tm for several years now, and have been reading this tmic
> for only a few months now. The thing that strikes me is how many
> different experiences with tm there are. Some people, like me, were
> completely paralyzed from the waist down and have recovered to some
> degree, some remain paralyzed, and others were not completely
> paralyzed but suffer numbness, weakness,etc. I never had any of the
> flu like symptoms that so many did .. I jerked my back about a week
> prior to tm's onset, but had no other indications. Are the three
> different examples I've described differnt types of tm, different
> "strains" as in flu , or just varying degrees? To what degree have
> the people who share my experience recovered? What problems do you
> have now? pain, spacticity, bladder, etc.
> I have taken up a lot of time already, but I would like to say a bit
> more on my email name. It is a town in my favorite movie (which I
> won't name to see if anyone knows it....just a little fun to lighten
> things up). The lead character Andy Dufrane reminds us all how
> important hope is. I think it is even more important for all of us.
> We must all have our own individual hopes and goals to keep us going,
> as well as having as a group the hope that we can all work together
> doing whatever we can to find answers and some day traetment/cure for
> tm. No matter what negative things people (doctors) say, hope is a
> good thing and along with a positive attitude and hard work it will
> get us all to our zawatanao someday! So I hope I havent taken toooo
> much time, and I hope to hear from you soon. thank you , Randall
> Stevens.
>
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> DO YOU YAHOO!?
> Get your free (AT)yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.comHi Joellen here, I to had no flu symptoms I had gone to a sci-fi
convention that weekend and on the way home my back and hips hurt, we
stopped for gas and a bathroom break and I almost fell down and was
walking "funny" when we got home I laid down because I thought that I
had overdone it the pain got worse and when I tried to get up I couldn't
move from the waist down! Almost 2 months later they finally told me
TM. now almost 2 years later I'm still in the wheelchair some movement
in my right leg and can at least lean up over my walker.
Joellen