Thank you so much Jim. It is truly amazing that you devised this list. I am so thankful for the list. It is so wonderful to get ideas from others and share her problems. Dana In a message dated 5/31/2010 2:38:00 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
I'm pretty sure it was May '96. I was stuck in bed for 2 months waiting for my wheelchair to get fixed when I started the list. At 06:38 AM 5/31/2010, t crook wrote: You have accomplished so much with so little function, it is nothing short of amazing. Wishing you all of the health and happiness one could have. Tim c5-c5, 21 yrs. post P.S. How long have you had the q-list? I have been on here since 92' or 93'. _http://www.whoopiekat.com/crockscrib/index.htm_ (http://www.whoopiekat.com/crockscrib/index.htm) --- On Mon, 5/17/10, Jim Lubin <[email protected]> wrote: From: Jim Lubin <[email protected]> Subject: [QUAD-L] 21st anniversary! To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Date: Monday, May 17, 2010, 4:13 PM 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. ---- Jim Lubin [email protected] _http://makoa.org/jim_ (http://makoa.org/jim) disAbility Resources: _http://www.makoa.org _ (http://www.makoa.org/) _http://www.makoa.org/jlubin/charitybadge _ (http://www.makoa.org/jlubin/charitybadge)
