Thanks for making a tough life a little better by creating your email lists. I have found quad-list to be a great resource of information and comfort, as I know others have, and I'm sure those on your other lists have had similar experiences too.
Regards, bob quinn At 05:13 PM 5/17/2010, Jim Lubin wrote: >Today, May 17th, makes 21 years since I became a ventilator dependent >quadriplegic due to acute transverse myelitis. I was 21 when it happened so it >has now been half my life. I woke up that morning with a sore shoulder. >Thinking I just slept in a wrong position I went to work. After about 30 >minutes the pain in my shoulder increased and I started feeling dizzy. I tried >to stand up but could not. Someone helped me lay down. In a short amount of >time I remember a paramedic asking me my age, I tried to answer but could not >talk. I found out I had stopped breathing. The next memory I have is waking up >in the hospital unable to move or speak. > >Transverse Myelitis is an inflammatory attack in the spinal cord. It is an >auto immune disorder where a persons own immune system mistakenly attacks and >destroys myelin, the insulating material that surrounds nerves. There is no >known cause or cure. It can happen to anyone at any age. > >In 2008, the Transverse Myelitis Association has established the James Timothy >Lubin Fellowship in Rare Neuroimmunologic Disorders. The purpose of the >Fellowship is to encourage the development of medical specializations in TM, >ADEM and NMO through a year of study under a leading TM, ADEM or NMO >specialist. If you think this is a worthy cause and would like to make a tax >deductible donation to support it, you can do so using this link >http://www.myelitis.org/fellowship-donation > >---- >Jim Lubin >[email protected] >http://makoa.org/jim >disAbility Resources: http://www.makoa.org > >
