Thank you for responding. It is surprising how many nurses there are in our
group. When you have those "pity" days, which
we all have, write in and see if we can help. You are not in this alone.
Janice
----- Original Message -----
From: Linda Egli
To: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, June 06, 2009 7:34 PM
Subject: Re: [TMIC] Occupations
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I rarely respond - just read the e-mails, but this I will answer. I
developed TM 5 1/2 years ago & it has changed my life. I had worked as an RN
for 37 years with the last 12 years as a Director of Nursing at the local
health department - I loved the job. My disease progressed for about 6 weeks
until I could no longer keep up. I had numbness,muscle weakness, banding at
the chest level, & bad fatigue - was dx after seeing a neurologist & a spinal
tap & MRI. When I left work that day I had no idea I would never return. It
took about 6 months of some progress to know I could no longer work. Have been
left with severe numbness of my hands & feet, muscle weakness, poor balance, a
bad tremor in my right hand, & fatigue when I try to push & do to much. It has
taken about 2 years to completely come to terms with this disability & if I
have a particularly bad day I can start to feel sorry for myself, but it goes
away quickly. After reading about the problems of some of the group I consider
myself lucky. I was fortunate get disabity from work & social security within
6 months & with help from a wonderful husband I feel I manage well.
"Do what you can, with what you have, right where you are!" ( by
Theodore Roosevelt)
