Re: ANNIVERSARY !!

Errol White (eamjwhite(AT)bigpond.com)
Fri, 13 Nov 1998 19:53:52 -0800

Hello all, in response to the stress comments, I 'll give a quick run down
on my part. I did not feel that I was under stress. For several years
prior to my TM onset I was a tour and charter coach driver, working mainly
six days per week on local and intra-inter state distance driving. This
also involved daily washing the vehicle (40 ft long 8ft 2ins wide and about
10 - 11 ft high) and also inside daily duties sweep, mop, clean windows,
vacuum seats weekly and on occasions, dump the onboard loo if one was
installed. This along with luggage load/unload and trip commentary I
found was a pleasing job. Some of the suggested contributing factors that
could have caused TM are:-
a. Stress due to the nature on long haul heavy vehicle and tour driving.
b. Low frequency vibration on the spinal chord again from long haul heavy
vehicle driving.
c. A very heavy bout of the flu twice in the 15 months leading to TM.
d. Anti Hepatitis vaccination due to the large numbers of international
passengers particularly from Asian regions.
e. A combination of all.

That's about it, any comments appreciated.

On the more humorous side, I suppose the odds of getting TM are better than
winning a lottery!!!!!!!!!
Regards from a tired and very fatigued Errol in Aust, on a wet Friday.
-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Throne <lbthrone(AT)hotmail.com>
To: doc09(AT)sprintmail.com <doc09(AT)sprintmail.com>; Edwino(AT)webtv.net
<Edwino(AT)webtv.net>
Cc: tmic-list(AT)eskimo.com <tmic-list(AT)eskimo.com>
Date: Thursday, 12 November, 1998 3:21 AM
Subject: Re: ANNIVERSARY !!

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>>From: Edwino(AT)webtv.net (Koliver (AT)tstar.net)
>>Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 22:39:20 -0600 (CST)
>>To: doc09(AT)sprintmail.com (Doc)
>>Cc: tmic-list(AT)eskimo.com
>>Subject: Re: ANNIVERSARY !!
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>>Hello Doc,
>>
>>I am not going wish you a Happy Anniversary because my anniversary is
>>coming up soon. Jan. 31 will be my 18th. How did we ever get by with
>out
>>the support this group gives? I was 55 when this hit and was a pastor
>>in Northern Mich. I blame stress and over work . I was working 80 to 90
>>hours a week and could not let up. I would be interested to know if
>>others were under a lot of stress when TM hit.
>>
>>Ken
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>>Ken,
>I was a 18 when I got hit with TM, I was burnig the candle at both ends.
>I was working at least 10 hours a day, seven days a week in
>construction, and taking care of my livestock and trying to have a
>social life at the same. You know how we were when we were young, we
>thought nothing could hurt us! Well, I don't know if TM was a result
>of that type of hectic life or if it contributed to the wearing down of
>my immune system. I'v always thought it was somehow related.
>Well I had better start getting ready for the day,
> Larry in Oklahoma
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