Larry, Happy 34th! You are an inspiration to us all. It sounds like you're going to have a full house there for some time. It can really be a lot of fun - keeps you young.
Hey, I know someone else who apparently just won the lottery in England also. Don't forget to send your bank account number to that guy in Africa. It would be a shame to miss out on all those millions they want to send you! Blessings, Linda in Eagle, Idaho ----- Original Message ----- From: Larry Throne<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ; Tmic group<mailto:tmic-list@eskimo.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 5:41 PM Subject: RE: [TMIC] 34th TM Birthday Thanks, I'm doing well and evidently I've just won the lottery in England. All I have to do is send my bank account number to some guy in Africa to get my money. Oh geeze, how lucky am I! > Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:28:54 -0700 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [TMIC] 34th TM Birthday > > Larry > I have tried since Saturday to say "Happy 34th" but keep getting my messages back from the tmic as undeliverable. I hope this one gets to you. I've wondered where you were and hoped you were busy and not sick. It sounds like you have a full house now, with lots vying for your attention. I'm glad you checked in and shared with us. > Blessings to you and your family > Patti - Michigan > ---- Larry Throne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Sorry for any confusion. I was diagnosed with TM at age 18. As strange as it may sound TM has provided me with many blessings and helped make me the man I am today. > > I found the TMIC just a little over 10 years ago. You folks have been a second family to me since then. I have laughed, cried and prayed with several of our family over these past ten years and hope to continue doing so. With a 14 year old around the house I don't have much time on the computer right now so I check the archives instead of getting the daily mails. > > Below are the first few paragraphs of "my story" which is located at #304 in the TMIC members stories. The things that have changed is that I no longer work with children. I am a social worker at a small psychiatric hospital in Oklahoma. (my father likes to tell people that he always knew I would end up in a psych. hospital, he just didn't think I would be the one with the keys!) I still sail but not as much as I would like. I don't walk as much as I should. My hands and shoulders are arthritic after so many years of excess use and I fear falling. My wife & I are raising one of our grand daughters and our great grand daughter. Having them here keeps us busy and active. > > I've been taking provigal for the fatigue that many of us suffer from and neurontin for the pain. Early in my TM experience I discovered I am one of those that can't take narcotics. Well I could, and did but they got way out of control, eventually controlling my life. I have been off of them for 19 years. I've been a member of a 12 step recovery group for over twenty years and doing so reminds me of who I am. I still hurt sometimes and that's okay. I may have to slow down or stop. But at least I can feel and I am here to experience life. > > > > Larry in Oklahoma who is just happy to be here! > > > > > > Twenty four years ago todayLarry Throne (lbthrone(AT)hotmail.com)Sun, 27 Sep 1998 15:58:58 PDT > > I had been working for a construction company for just a couple of months. I was eighteen and it was my first really good job. We were building a power plant in southeastern Oklahoma, they were behind schedule and had us working seven days a week, twelve hours a day. I was young, healthy and making good money. I thought I had nothing to worry about.It had been a wet rainy summer and everyone on the crew had been fighting a summer flu, I was just beginning to feel the aches and pains on friday morning when I went to work. (hmmm) On saturday, I just felt terrible. My head was pounding, i had no energy and I was perspiring profusely. I went on to work but shortly after lunch I had a fainting spell. My boss sent me home. I went to bed at 2:00 pm and slept straight through to sunday afternoon when my father came in to check on me. It was after 5:00 pm. When I awoke, I couldn't urinate, my bladder was distended and I had a fever. Dad took me to the E.R. and I was catheterized. The ER doctor sent home and told to return the next day for testing.The next morning our family Doctor was calling , he had talked with the E.R. doc and was concerned, he wanted me there at the hospital asap. Over the next 24 hours everyone at the hospital in Ada Oklahoma had poked, prodded and examined me, I think the janitor even had his turn. They did a spinal tap (those sure are nice aren't they!) When I woke up the second day, I was paralyzed from the waist down.I was transferred to Oklahoma City, St Antony Hospital. In the next 4 weeks, I went from being a strapping 190lb construction worker to a 130lb paraplegic.The first week or two, I was really sick. My fever got so high they packed me in ice to attempt to break it.I remember coming in & out of a coma and the pain was unbearable. It felt as though a spike was being shoved up my spine. Luckily I don't remember everything from that period. Everything was getting dark and I remember telling my brother something was sitting on my chest. I just couldn't breath. I vaguely remember having the respirator placed on me, I remember the fear I had of not knowing what was happening, and not being able to see or speak.Late that night, an overwhelming feeling of comfort and reassurance came over me, it was God telling me to trust in him and everything would be okay. > > > > Below is the link to the members stories page four. > > > > http://www.myelitis.org/tmic/archive/page4.htm > > > > > > > > > > Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2008 07:24:32 -0700From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [TMIC] 34th TM BirthdayTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; tmic-list@eskimo.com > > > > > > > > > > > > Happy "Birthday" Larry........ > > you might let them know you've had this since your youth, cause 34 years sounds like you might be on your last leg! > > Hasn't this weather been great!! > > I'm so ready for cooler temps!!! > > Again, hope you're doing well, and to have had this stuff around that long, still working, > > you're a great example for the rest of us! > > > > janh Stillwater, OK > > > > > > > > > > >
