Same for me; Just had another attack today like Epilepsy because my lesion is on the brainstem so extreme joy or stress will give me a fit.
Can someone explain how to get on disability? Dalton Garis New York, New York On Oct 5, 2011, at 2:29 PM, Elizabeth Clark <xbeecla...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am totally with you Patti… After completing my rehab (one month), I > returned to work part-time. I lasted two and a half months. At the end of > each day, I hurt so bad I couldn’t do anything - even cook dinner. And it > took the entire weekend to recuperate from the exhaustion in order to start > the next week. That meant turning down almost every offer to do anything fun. > I finally gave in and went out on permanent disability. > > I so miss the social interaction afforded by working, but I don’t miss the > forced exertion. To keep from becoming almost a hermit confined to the house > – which is so easy to do when you don’t work – I make a point of ‘scheduling’ > things to go out and do during the week – even if it’s just to grab a bite to > eat for lunch or check out a new sale. After 34 years of working (31 for the > same company), it was very hard to let go of the people contacts… it’s so > easy at work to be ‘involved’ in co-workers lives just thru office > conversation. It’s not ‘convenient’ for them after you’re gone. I try to stay > in occasional e-mail contact with several of them, but it’s just not the same. > > TM definitely adversely affects your personal life as well as your physical > one. I think that’s why we feel so connected to each other on this site – we > all sympathize and appreciate each other’s losses as we’ve all walked in each > other’s shoes where TM is concerned. Loss of health, loss of jobs, loss of > friends, loss of dignity. It tears away at one’s resolve, but this site > affords us a non-aggressive format for social contact (albeit thru cyber > space), appreciation and validation of aches, pains and fears, and a way to > gain knowledge about our condition thru the experiences of others. > > I thank everyone on this site for helping me get thru the worst of my times > and teaching me how to accept and move on with what I do have. You’re all an > inspiration! > > Betty > (in Northern California) > > From: pat cooley [mailto:patticoole...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2011 7:55 AM > To: Robert Pall > Cc: pjv1...@chartermi.net; tmic-list@eskimo.com > Subject: Re: [TMIC] Facebook > > Robert you are much braver than I could ever be. Just the thought of heights > makes me sick to my stomach. > > I did work part-time before TM and after about 7 months I was able to go make > to my part-time job. It was exhausting at times but I enjoyed the people > contact. Last year we moved about 120 miles away to be near my daughter and > her family for my health. I didn't seek work after we moved. I don't miss > working but do miss the people contact. > > Patti - Wisconsin > > > On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 9:39 AM, Robert Pall <robthe...@aol.com> wrote: > Good for you....people do not realize how much we go thru to accomplish even > the simplest of things! > All the best! > Rob in New Jersey > > > -----Original Message----- > From: pjv1234 <pjv1...@chartermi.net> > To: Robert Pall <robthe...@aol.com> > Cc: tmic-list <tmic-list@eskimo.com> > Sent: Tue, Oct 4, 2011 10:37 pm > Subject: RE: [TMIC] Facebook > > Congratulations on your retirement. I know I've said it before, but I can't > imagine working while having TM. I think skydiving is the ultimate gutsy > thing to try. I'm not that gutsy, however, I went white water rafteing this > spring and found it to be exilerating. > > Patti > > > On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 11:11 AM, Robert Pall wrote: > > I have not been around here for awhile. I stopped working in Februuary and > neveer changed my email address until yesterday. I have been on Facebook > which has a TM group and there are a lot of people on it from this group. I > was confused but now I am not and I am glad to be back where I started. > By the way to celebrate my 764th birthday and my 14th annivarsary with > TMJ I went skydiving at the Jersey Shore....it was incredible and the most > exciting thing I ever did! I continue to not allow TM to disrupt my life! > > Rob in New Jersey >
