I was and still am an Artist. My web sites are:
www.mirthworkscreations.com and www.chairweaver.com . TM never put me
in a wheel chair but I have recaned a few.
In Jan 2007 I stuck my foot in my mouth as started the first
SeatWeaver's guild in America. March 1 I was struck with TM but was
not diagnosed properly at the time. An MRI showed swelling at C4-C-5
but I had a lumpectomy the same week and my only symptom was nerve
pain. I didn't get to see a neurologist until May, so the hospital
was blamed for letting my head drop while under anesthesia. When the
pain didn't go away, both TM and Spinal cord tumor were considered as
possible causes. Cancer Was ruled out in late June but a benign
tumor was still considered a possibility until another MRI in October
showed the swelling had subsided and I just had a scar. The Doc said
he was sorry I had not improved and then fired me as a patient "cause
Any Doc could write me pain prescriptions" My family Doctor has taken
the drug advice I found from you guys (thank you!) and has done an
excellent job of helping me through this. She is my doctor and my
friend.
I still managed to organize a meeting to found the Guild. 19 weaver's
came from 7 states and Canada in July 2007 to write bylaws. We are
meeting for the 3rd year in July and there are 60+ members. business
is picking up for most of us. the recession has folks fixing rather
than buying.
Mindy the Artist
On Jun 5, 2009, at 12:22 PM, Janice wrote:
Hi Guys!
I have been curious about something for a while and since things
have kind of slowed down, want to ask you all what you did
before TM hit and if you were able to go back to it or if you are
doing something
new.
I am including even those who just read these emails and don't
usually
respond. I would like to hear from everybody and would think all
of us would be interested. I will start:
I was a school nurse's secretary/assistant in a large high school
for 19 years. I absolutely loved it - everyday was different, as
you can imagine working with high schoolers! Our school nurse was
gone a lot to other schools we were responsible for, so
I was left alone quite a bit and handled many different
situations. I was well trained for this and it was great.
Janice
