cindy-- you give me someone to look up to--I hope I can do half that good On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 11:31 AM, Deborah Nord Capen <[email protected]>wrote:
> For those of us who are NOT fortunate enough to know Cindy personally, > you need to know that she is confined to a wheelchair, but does not let the > wheelchair confine her. She leads a very active life, serves on the board > of an independent living center, runs the Southern California TM support > group, goes to just about every Angels baseball game that she can get her > hands on tickets for, drives herself everywhere in her van that is adapted > with hand controls – does NOT let TM rule her life! Cindy is also very > active in spinal cord research programs at UC Irvine, advocates for people > with disabilities whenever and wherever she needs to do so, and I get tired > just thinking about all that she does in a given day. > > > > I know that she lives through pain, all of the other issues that plague us > TM’ers, and with all the pain she endures, she is entitled to complain MUCH > MORE than she does. > > > > My life is richer because I can call Cindy “my friend”, and I never would > have met her had it not been for getting transverse myelitis. > > > > We love you Cindy! > > Love, > > Debbie > > > > > > *From:* Cindy McLeroy [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Friday, October 08, 2010 11:14 AM > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [TMIC] 18 year Anniversary > > > > I woke up this morning knowing there was something I should remember about > the day. Didn't remember what until I looked at the TMIC emails about 6 yr > anniversary. It was 18 years today that TM entered my life, but like so > many, I was out of town on a business trip to New Orleans. I live in So. > Calif. > > > > I have been in a wheelchair ever since with no sign of recovery. Lucky for > me it hasn't defined my life but has really presented a lot of new > opportunities and new friends-expectially those who also have TM. This > isn't to say there aren't days when the pain overwhelms me or the fatigue > takes over - well actually this is most days. But even tho I don't like > having TM, it has brought more positives to my life than I could ever > expected. > > > > Everyone enjoy "my" special day. > > Cindy McLeroy > > > > >
