Congrats Cullen! Welcome Luis, I got to kick myself in the rear end to do anything somedays. I'm wheelchair bound and gave up thinking about long ago. I hate the cold. It physically hurts. I can deal with heat if I'm not directly in the sun. Ninety degrees sitting in the west garden in Ault Park is what I always envisioned heaven to be like. Best of wishes to you both, john
----- Original Message ---- From: Cullen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Quad-liST <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 7, 2008 3:20:47 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] My name's Luis Luis Welcome to the list. I'm Cullen and I live in Arizona. I am a C3 quad and a can't believe I almost forgot my 11th Anniversary which is today. This all started May 7, 1997. The member on this list are very supportive , all you have to do is ask and somebodies will usually have an answer to your questions.. Again welcome. Cullen C3 --- On Tue, 5/6/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [QUAD-L] My name's Luis To: [email protected] Received: Tuesday, May 6, 2008, 3:44 PM AOL Email I live in Hoboken NJ and have Progressive MS now for about 3 years. I was dxd in 1990 but the symptoms can be traced back to 1976 July 4 Bicentennial Year, while watching the tall ships parade sailing along the Hudson river, I felt dizzy and lost vision of left eye for a few minutes, my father took me to the shade of a tree and wet papers an placed them on my head, in 15 minutes I felt some relief. I forgot about the case, began to fall specially in the subway on my way to work in Brooklyn NY. Once I fell and hit my head and side of face, stopped short of a few feet from the rails. These problems forced me to "put my papers in" after 34 years teaching at BrooklynTech HS. Is now 11 years I don't work and my condition's declined quite rapidly, can use right hand and drive short distances. Using chair 24/7 and I AM NOT ONE OF THOSE THAT SAY "WHEELCHAIR BOUND" I see the wheelchair as a liberation that allows me to move and participate whenever I feel strong enough and is not too cold and/or windy. Summer time heat and humidity are my nemesis so if you come to see there are few "perfect days" I can really enjoy. Practice a few hobbies: Amateur Radio call's N2GKI, I am a short wave listener, collect stamps with full cancellation, read avidly and at times when my head allows it I play chess, nothing spectacular. I don't force myself to do anything, I don't compromise with anybody, my time is MINE and only do what I am sure I can do w/o suffering consequences. I like to hear from other MSers, quads, paras etc. There is always something we can learn in those exchanges. Hope to hear from some, lots of Health, Luis M Méndes Hoboken NJ LiveWell * Laugh Often * Love Much! ______________________________________________ Some people perceive our life to be almost worse than it's worth living. Condescending attitude" piss me off! _______________________________________________ My memory's not as sharp as it used to be. Also, my memory's not as sharp as it used to be. _____________________________________ IN SOLIDARITY 'You don't stop laughing when you get old, You get old when you stop laughing!!' ________________________________ Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family favorites at AOL Food.. ________________________________ Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ
