I know what you mean, John, about how fabric tortures your skin. I've given away most of my nice things and I'm very careful about what clothes I buy now. Synthetics like rayon and polyester make my skin just CRAWL! And silk or wool are just as bad. Cotton seems to be my only saving grace so I stick to mainly "islander"-type crinkle cotton and loose fitting caftans.
Betty (in Northern California) _____ From: john snodgrass [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2011 9:16 AM To: pat cooley; Akua Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [TMIC] Neurology Now on TM the nerve damage that TM cause me makes it so i cant touch my legs or wear pants or sleep under a cover without causing more pain that what they are in. _____ From: pat cooley <[email protected]> To: Akua <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2011 10:15 AM Subject: Re: [TMIC] Neurology Now on TM One thing I have discovered that with TM we all are so different as to how TM affects us. I could cross my legs but I would have to help them get there with my hand. However, it would not be comfortable to keep them that way for more than a minute. Rucker is lucky that he can do so with comfor. Patti - Wisconsin On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 7:36 PM, Akua <[email protected]> wrote: Neurology Now ( free sub) has an article on TM in its Oct/Nov 2011 issue focusing on Allen Rucker. Kevin Sorbo is on the cover. I was glad to see the coverage! I was surprised at the picture of Rucker. I've told my friends who send me vids about a "tell" , that I use to assess whether the person is in the same state as I am: crossed legs. I can't move my legs, I am paralyzed, I tell them. So when tehy asks why or whether I can do such and such I point out to them that the guy who just got out the car from his wheel chair crossed his legs at the ankle, for example. My legs splay, flop and gap and my feet don't always stay on the foot rests. Which makes for danger if i don't notice, as more than once, I've rolled on with an ankle stuck in a doorway. So it was a bit disconcerting to see this guy with his legs crossed, thigh over thigh, like a walker, posed in his wheelchair. That's a thousand percent more motion and control than I have. --
