Re: (no subject) [?? re recovery]

Errol White (eamjwhite(AT)bigpond.com)
Mon, 30 Nov 1998 20:41:09 -0800

Hello all, Errol at this end, I can vouch for what Alton has said. I
contacted TM in December 1993, in a wheelchair for four months and started
to get very minor movements. Four and a half years, I now walk some
distances, very slowly, with the aid of two canes. I traverse longer
distances with an electric scooter and use the wheelchair at home when I am
tired. In the period form hospital discharge in May 1994 to now I work as
hard as my system will allow. As I achieve one goal I set another and aim
to achieve it and better it. I may look a bit weird as I move around, but
at least I can move around in my own way. Except for a severe cold that
has recently knocked me down a bit, I have achieved some longer distances in
my walking, the best has been two and a half kilometers in just over three
hours with a couple of rests along the way. To those other people who done
have TM, it may sound trivial, but it was an ambition I worked on for all
those years, and as soon as I am fit enough again, I aim to do better, and
hopefully, God willing, I will get there.

I suppose the moral to my gains is that I have had to do most of it my self
because there are so few people here that TM exists or even know or
understand it. I just keep pushing my self to the limit, eat good home
prepared and healthy meals, sleep well and pray. My advise would be
exercise to the best of your ability, be strongly determined and focused on
what you want to achieve and never, never lose sight of your own big picture
in life. Oh by the way I am 55 years 5 months of age, and I get a lot of
encouragement from my loving family and all the people on this TMIC list.

Kind Regards from Errol in Narangba, Queensland Australia. ( who is on the
road back and can see a wee light at the end of the tunnel after being down
with the dreaded flu like cold).
-----Original Message-----
From: Alton <A.Ryder(AT)ix.netcom.com>
To: tmic-list(AT)eskimo.com <tmic-list(AT)eskimo.com>
Date: Sunday, 29 November, 1998 5:43 AM
Subject: Re: (no subject) [?? re recovery]

>WREZN8R(AT)aol.com wrote:
>> ... he should discontinue therapy ...
>
>Christi,
>
>This may not be as serious as it seems.
>
>I was told the same thing at about the same
>time, and I was ripped. I set out to fight
>it --- doing my homework by gathering my
>hospital records and getting a second opinion.
>[I went to see the head of Physical Medicine
>at Dartmouth.] I came to the same conclusion;
>I had needs, severe needs, but a PT was not
>amongst them.
>
>Mostly, I needed to rebuild my strength. I
>joined a health club to use the fitness
>facilities. Instead of two hours a week with
>a PT, I started two hours a day, almost every
>day, of intense exercise. My rate of
>improvement skyrocketed.
>
>I have some range-of-motion problems. They
>weren't getting much attention by the PT,
>and they aren't getting much attention now.
>I should do something about this, but it isn't
>high priority for me.
>
>My wife helps me with some flexibility problems.
>
>I'm working with an orthotic specialist (at
>the insurance company's considerable expense)
>to help with a "club foot" problem. I should
>write about this in another note, but the
>germane point is that a PT would not be of
>much use, I think.
>
>So, in response to your question,
>> At what point do you give up PT & say this
>> is as far as I can go?
>the answer is that the two are not tightly
>related. I didn't give up my determination;
>I have made great progress since I "gave up PT."
>
>Alton, who is no longer angry with the
>insurance company
>