Gunny,
I've done much more than that already good buddy. I have a letter that
a State Senator wrote for me. The actions of this condominium board
are governed by the Federal Fair Housing Laws of my state. So my
friend, the Senator, wrote a letter to the President of the Fair Housing
Administration, stating that "Kevin Wolfthal's condominium board
is apparently breaking the Fair Housing Laws, would you please look
into this?" So one day, I got a call from the President of the Fair
Housing Association, who said he got a letter from the Senator, and
that he will write a letter to my board for me, but FIRST I have to
write a letter to my board asking them to stop discriminating, and
help me in and out of the building as per the law. That's procedure.
Well, I wrote the
letter, a really nice one, not nasty at all, and the board never
responded. So I called the President of the FHA and he said:
"So they blew you off? Sounds like they've shot themself in the
foot! I"ll write a letter to them whenever you want."
So this week, the board had their elections of new members. Monday,
I'm gonna call the President of the FHA and ask him to send his
letter to them to straighten them out. So you see, I ain't just
sittin' on my arse. ;) It's amazing what we can accomplish with
a laptop and a cellphone, even from a sickbed! Thanks for thinking
of me. Oh, by the way, I also spoke to an investigator for the
FHA, who said she might subpoena all this board's records. ;)
Take care,
Kevin
Gunny wrote:
Kevin, they can't discriminate. Go to the ADA website and check it
out. There are no grandfather clauses here, they have to comply. If
not, they leave themselves open for a huge lawsuit. Pursue this buddy,
if you don't, your screwed.
-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Wolfthal
Sent: May 11, 2007 3:32 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected]
Subject: [TMIC] OT: Concern - Rick
Rick,
No need to explain my friend. I am so cautious I haven't been out
of my apartment
in many weeks for fear of falling. Also because the board of the
building I live
in discriminates against disabled people. I am fighting them, but
it's hard to fight
when you are fatigued all the time.
Take care buddy, and I appreciate your concern. :)
Kevin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Kevin,I am just a worry a worry wart especially when it comes to someone
with TM i guess I just want noone to hurt or to have an unexpected fall. I have
another friend who worked on a machine that didn't have proper safeguards
anyway a wrench that he used to make adjustments on the machine flew back and
crushed nearly every bone in his face. He still has problems 9 years later,
excrutiating pain today. So I'm sorry if I am a little overactively
precaussious. I am a little accident prone and sometimes I can blame it on not
having the use if my legs. But try and overlook me for caring about my TM
buddies. Take care Rick
From: Kevin Wolfthal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 2007/05/11 Fri PM 02:15:37 EDT
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected]
Subject: Re: [TMIC] allodynia - Lynn
Rick,
I didn't fall on my face, I fell face forward. My arms and hands took
the force of the fall. Sorry I didn't explain that correctly
the first time. Two other people tripped on the wire while I
was there. I didn't trip on it, my cane tip caught it walking into
a dark garage at night and down I went. It was as if this was put there
on purpose.
I believe the shock of the fall went into my neck. I have had
MRI's since then that show a lot of arthritis in my neck. However
the neurologist said that the arthrits has nothing to do with the
pain and numbness in my hands??? (same neurologist that lost
my medical records and broke the EMG machine)
Thank you for your concern. Trust me, I am careful, but unexpected
wires that shouldn't be there...I should have sued the board
of my building, sorry I didn't.
Take care,
Kevin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dang Kevin I know that must have hurt .Did you go and have x-rays done? If
so did it show any thing fractured? Those tiny bone in your face can sometimes
not show anything. I would have an MRI done. Please be more careful. Rick
From: Kevin Wolfthal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 2007/05/11 Fri AM 07:09:38 EDT
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected]
Subject: Re: [TMIC] allodynia - Lynn
I took a very bad fall, full force onto
a concrete floor a few ears ago. I think
that may be the reason I am having
hand numbness and neck/shoulder
problems now. An employee in the
building I live in left a wire
going accross the entrance to the
garage. My cane caught it and I
went down hard face forward.
Didn't need that.
Kevin
Candis Kalley wrote:
Lynn and Kevin,
Is it just great to not "feel" unless it feels like a thunderbolt has it
you!
I fell one night and it took 3 more falls before I realized that the "pain"
was what was making my legs give out - dah. But, this was the first time
that a fall had caused real pain and I am a little slower since TM to
anaylze cause/effect.
Candy K.
[Original Message]
From: Kevin Wolfthal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Lynn Pouliot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]>
Date: 5/10/2007 11:34:04 PM
Subject: Re: [TMIC] allodynia - Lynn
Lynn,
This is one of the oddest things I've noticed with my own symptoms.
My feet are numb to the touch, I can't tell what direction my big
toe is pointing when the neurologist moves it up or down, yet, if
I stub my toe it is like I put my foot in a light socket, and I have
to catch my breath. In fact just tonight I was walking in bare feet
and must have stepped on some tiny raised object that made me
limp. Numbness and hypersensitivity at the same time. Weird.
Kevin
Lynn Pouliot wrote:
I have "had" tm since 1992. I have had flare ups but do get somewhat
better each time. But I can't say I am in lots of pain. And don't
notice lots of increase in pain. Now that i am on the lyrica the pain
in my legs is not too bad. I do get feelings of cold or burning
sometimes but it is not unbearable. Also I find it strange that if I
stub my toe or bump into something my legs overeact. I get spasms in
my leg and it is like I am really injured but it only last a couple of
minutes. I know if i have bumped my toe or foot to hold on to
something for a few minutes.
Lynn in RI
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 9:42 AM
Subject: Re: [TMIC] allodynia
I'm also interested in Heather's question: how many people w/TM
more> than 3 or 4 years have gotten >worse as time goes by?
Perhaps the question should be:
Are there any of us who have NOT had an increase in symptoms??
F
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