I have just finished reading everyone's "bio"... Incredible. We truly are amazing.... what TMers have been thru is absolutelyamazing. I am truly in awe of each one's story! My story ..... I was now semi- retired from teaching computer tech in a special needs school. I was 55 yrs. old and for 26yrs we went wherever the Marine Corps sent us. I did NOT want to come and live in Fairfax County, VA. ... but now I do see how God's awesome plan was at work. Two of my kids were out of college and two were in college so I felt now was "my" turn to do something I wanted.... and I loved playing tennis whenever I could... and now I had the time to do it. Meanwhile tho I had been growing apart from my husband. It was all ME ....... The night of Feb. 2, 2002 I got the call that I had made the tennis team I had been hoping for!! I woke up in the middle of the night.. something was wrong I felt a tingling go down both sides of my legs simultaneously.... by the time I reached the emergency room I was paralyzed from the waist down. I have come a long way in 7 years. I walk with a walker and a cane. My marriage has never been better. Like so many what really gets me down is the fatigue.... it's impossible to explain it. I also have a great deal of pain. I take Lyrica (am weaning myself off of Cymbalta) and when I have to I take a vicodin. That old saying "until you walk a mile in someone else's shoes).. but thankfully we do have each other. I did go back to work at my school for another two years about 10 months after TM... but now I'm enjoying retirement... I was 63 in May and like Pam says!!!!!!!! TIAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Blessings on you and all of your families Trudy Thanks Janice this was a wonderful idea!
On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Janice <jan...@centurytel.net> 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 >
