Jeron and Barbara, I am so excited for you guys to be able to do what you do. It shows we just have to keep trying and sometimes we succeed! Janice
From: j ra Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2010 7:47 AM To: Transverse Myelytis ; balmat...@aol.com Subject: RE: [TMIC] forgot to say that I'm home Glad to hear you're back! It's amazing that you travelled so far! I'm sorry about the pneumonia bout though and I pray all is well now. I myself have completed three legs of my journey. I'm off to Tobago to do some more scuba diving and some deep sea fishing out in the atlantic ocean. It's been exhilirating thus far, but the after effects are a bit too painful sometimes, but the good kind.....the kind that reminds you that you're alive. I have to try to remember to push myself to my personal limit and no further, but I guess when the adrenaline is pumping nothinng really matters and TM disappears if even only for a few minutes. I know your trip was worth it and I know you pushed yourself too, so good for you! Congratulations! There is life after TM! Regards, Jeron -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: jan...@centurytel.net To: tmic-list@eskimo.com; balmat...@aol.com Subject: Re: [TMIC] forgot to say that I'm home Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 22:02:15 -0500 Glad you are home and that you had such a fun and successful trip. Will be expecting more from you now! Janice From: Barbara Alma Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 6:35 PM To: tmic-list@eskimo.com Subject: [TMIC] forgot to say that I'm home I'm sorry that I forgot to tell you all that I arrived safely home late on Friday, May 21st. We managed to put 7608 miles on our van and enjoyed practically the entire trip. It really was a great trip, and was almost without incident. With regard to health problems: I fared really well, other than a bout of pneumonia and a night in the hospital in Colorado. This sounds bad, but I have gotten pneumonia at home many times. It was worse getting it on the road, as it has taken me so much longer to recuperate than usual, so that's the worse part. It also made the last week and a half of our trip a bummer, without much fun. No gambling in Vegas since I couldn't handle the smoky casinos, but that probably saved me some money. We managed to see 2 shows though. I had about 7 days out of 46 of laying in bed, resting my back overall. Not too bad, but they were spread out. We managed to see family and friends that we hadn't seen in several years, did things that we didn't know existed, and went to states that we had planned on visiting, but didn't really know when we'd do it. All this because our god-daughter planned her wedding. So, right after this, I'm going to call her and thank her for planning her wedding and for us having the opportunity to push my inner thoughts into planning this wonderful trip. She really didn't have any awareness of this when she planned it, but my mind started to wander, I only wondered if I could handle it. I wholehearted recommend to anyone who really wants to do any kind of a journey, whether it's a days drive or whatever, to give yourself the chance. We stopped often, whenever I felt that I needed to, sometimes every hour, sometimes in 2 hours, but I did it. We've done short trips in the past, and I did much better this time as it allowed for more relaxation since we had more time. Hugs, Barbara A in Auburn CA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. Get it now.
