Re: New person with TM

Errol White (eamjwhite(AT)bigpond.com)
Fri, 1 Jan 1999 17:19:07 -0800

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Hello Wendy,
 
I am sorry to hear that your husband has TM, but you have come to the right place for lots of advice etc.   As Alton has said, go to the archives and previous posting will tell you ever so much.   I was hospitalized with what was to be diagnosed as TM on Friday 31 December 1993, left that hospital Friday 27 May 1994 in a wheelchair, but having started to take a few (wonderful) steps using a walker and Canadian crutches.   Seven months of physio and gym work saw me on two walking sticks (or canes) which I still use today.   I actually pounded the gym for two and a half years until I returned to a office job as an administration officer in a Human Resources unit.   I still exercise daily, some times it is darn hard and on odd occasions I just have to have a day off my feet just to let the body catch up.   I am 55 years and 6 months old now and apart from TM in pretty good health although a little overweight, however I am working on that also.   Enough rambling about me.   Now for your husband, as Alton advised, go for it.   Recovery is possible, although may not be quite as good as before, but every little achievement becomes a little personal celebration.   I have found  that I have had (and still do) set goals, try to be and keep very positive about getting better  at what can be done (I do not entertain the thought about what I can not do - most things are possible), keep very focused on what you want to achieve and never - but - never lose sight of the or your big picture on your life goals.   TM is not a sentence, but a damn nuisance of an inconvenience,   Like Alton, I don't regard myself as disabled, but able to do most things and I try to the best of my ability.   I intend to live a life as full as I can, and my wife and family and friends do help some along the way.  
 
Wendy, lets know how it goes, all the best for you and your husband in the future and I hope that 1999 brings your hopes and dreams to life.
 
Regards from Errol, Narangba, Queensland Australia, ( on a very wet summery New Years Day).
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From: A & W Qureshi <qureshi2(AT)sprint.ca>
To: tmic-list(AT)eskimo.com <tmic-list(AT)eskimo.com>
Date: Thursday, 31 December, 1998 8:31 PM
Subject: New person with TM

My name is Wendy and my husband has TM. He had meningitis and 6 months after being in hospital is home.
 
He is a T10 paraplegic and is sleeping all the time. He has no motivation to do anything. All he wants to do is drink tea and sleep.
 
Any hints on motivation????
 
Wendy Q.