All the very best Jim, from across the pond here in the UK. Seen your presence on the net for a good many years now. Your Quad list is a great resource.
Regards, Mark Age 45 C3/4 Complete since 1986 http://www.markbb.co.uk On 17 May 2010, at 22:41, [email protected] wrote: > Hip, Hip Hooray. Hip, Hip Hoorah! AttaBoy. Here, Here! > > Best Wishes > > In a message dated 5/17/2010 4:40:00 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > Well stated, W… Congratulations, Jim! > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 5:25 PM > To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected] > Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] 21st anniversary! > > > > Congrats Jim, > > > > In the last 21 years you have made more world connections then most with your > expertise and experiences in survival. You have done so well. And may you > continue to lead and inform others. > > Best Wishes > > > > In a message dated 5/17/2010 4:16:08 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > 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. > > In 2008, the Transverse Myelitis Association has established the James > Timothy Lubin Fellowship in Rare Neuroimmunologic Disorders. The purpose of > the Fellowship is to encourage the development of medical specializations in > TM, ADEM and NMO through a year of study under a leading TM, ADEM or NMO > specialist. If you think this is a worthy cause and would like to make a tax > deductible donation to support it, you can do so using this link > http://www.myelitis.org/fellowship-donation > > > > ---- > Jim Lubin > [email protected] > http://makoa.org/jim > disAbility Resources: http://www.makoa.org > > > >
