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From: Dragon9949(AT)aol.com <Dragon9949(AT)aol.com>
To: annlindstrom(AT)yahoo.com <annlindstrom(AT)yahoo.com>; tmic-list(AT)eskimo.com
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Date: Thursday, 27 May 1999 12:02:am
Subject: Re: [TMIC] Is it, or isn't it...and does it really matter..??
>to robert and all, i know it would be a kinder world if we could accept
>things as they are and not by their name. but....unfortunately our minds
>and our hearts are in this equation and the name/title/description means
>alot. i was told i had ms in 1994, in the midst of a thriving career, as
my
>body started failing me in things i had routinely participated, i realized
>this was not going to be easy. and unfortunately i let my mind get the
>better of me and i sunk very deep into a hole i am only now coming out of.
a
>year ago i was told i had tm not ms and that sent me spiraling even further
>into this neat little hole i had dug. a stronger person may have done
>better, but being told i had ms and then tm, none of it is good and none of
>it can be dismissed when your life has so dramatically changed. to put a
>name to what has caused us to change is a double edged sword, we need it
for
>explanation, we hate it for what it is. with love to all who suffer
vicki