Happy anniversary Cullen and welcome Luis. I live in Arizona as well and I certainly prefer the heat to the snow. This is a great list and I'm sure you will like it. AZDAVE
-----Original Message----- From: Cullen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Quad-liST <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, 7 May 2008 12:20 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 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
