-----Original Message-----
From: g b <gb2430(AT)hotmail.com>
To: tmic-list(AT)eskimo.com <tmic-list(AT)eskimo.com>
Date: Friday, 11 June 1999 3:01:pm
Subject: [TMIC] help/advice
>i am writing in hopes of getting some much needed
>advice/support/motivation...
>mine is a long complicated story (as are most of us tmers). i'll do the
>short version here first. i got tm 11 years ago at the age of 14. i was
>completely paralyzed from the waistdown. my right leg came back fuoll
>strength quickly. my left was two months before any movement at all.
slowly
>but surely i progressed to afo, and the to nothing. a year later i was
>riding bikes and swimming in pretty good shape. then i kept having back
and
>ankle pain and stopped exercising. i then became depressed and am very
>frustrated now. i am trying hard to get back to where i was but am at my
>wits end. i keep thinking i should see a psychologist to help my mental
>state first. i have a physmed dr appt next week to look at my afo that is
>uncomfortable now. i also want to look into diet, nutritionists and
massage
>therapy. o f course insurance is a hassle too.
>i guess this is a jumbled note, but any thoughts you have would be great.
>ive had tm for along time, but feel like im going through it all over again
>because i didnt deal with it prperly from the start.
>i'm hoping to come to the conference in august.
>thank you very much, gb
>
>
>_______________________________________________________________
>Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com