Welcome back! Several people have asked about you recently.
I too have some memory problems;very annoying. I miss Pam and her messages .
Hope to heart from you when you're up to it.
Cheryl in Easthampton,MA
--- On Tue, 11/30/10, Jude Hoops <heyjude48...@aol.com> wrote:
From: Jude Hoops <heyjude48...@aol.com>
Subject: [TMIC]
To: tmic-list@eskimo.com
Date: Tuesday, November 30, 2010, 3:10 AM
Hello Group,
This is Judy Hoops (Jude) and it has been quite a while since I have written to
the site. No reason why, except that maybe I needed a break from all of the
talk of the “blusey” side of the disease. I try to maintain a positive
attitude, but since the death of my best TM friend, Pam Montz, I needed a long
break before I could once more become an active participant of the group like I
used to be.
For new members, I have had TM for somewhat more than eight years, can’t recall
due to memory dysfunction, and other related symptoms of TM, for one being a
difficulty in typing, where I used to be a whiz...maybe just a matter of
continuing to do it on a regular basis. I am paralyzed from T3 (breast level
with the use of my arms, Thank God.) I have horrible continuous pain from T3
on the Spinal Column to the tips of my toes. I am not able to walk, use a
wheelchair to get around and spend a lot of time in bed just because of
laziness.
We have no children and do not have a large social group and no family to speak
of. My husband wanted property so we moved out of our living area where we had
resided forever, to a small, and I mean “small” village where we have 5 acres
and a nice two story home, which we bought before I became ill. Now, the house
makes no sense whatsoever and I am able to use only a small portion of it; my
bedroom, which used to be the den, the kitchen/dining area and living room. I
have spent so long in my bedroom that I have forgotten what the rest of the
house looks like. It’s either that or the memory difficulties which I just two
days ago began taking meds to, hopefully, reverse the dysfunction.
OK, that’s all I can muster for my first time back. What’s going on with all
of my old friends? Let me know.
I love you all,
Jude
Anyway, I make use of the three rooms, but my husband does all of the cooking
and eats in my room with me, and he takes care of all of the remaining
household chores that I cannot do because of the constant intense pain I
experience 24/7. I have pain meds, but hate to take them because they turn me
into a “zombie” and it affects most of my “normal” human existence, as it is.
Most of you know what I mean, the rest of you will catch on the longer you have
TM and continue to read these excerpts.
