Patti/Regina I agree. Feeling sorry for myself as my 70th approaches and my third year with TM but I can get around with a cane and know things could be so much worse. How sad to be struck so severely and so young. Iris UK On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 3:01 PM, Pat Cooley <patticoole...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Regina, I feel he same way. I have TM and I am able to walk with > cane/walker or electric scoooter when I know I will have to do a lot of > walking. BUT, I feel that I am so very fortunate than so many of us > TMers, I count my blessings every day. > > Patti > > On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 12:18 PM, Regina Rummel > <regina...@sbcglobal.net>wrote: > >> Hi everybody, >> >> I visited a friend who had surgery Monday on her hammertoes and bunions >> (both feet). >> >> She told me that she has no patience to wait before she recovers, drives >> again, and gets to wear her designer shoes. The waiting is driving her >> nuts, she said. >> >> In response, I said "Susan, just think that you'll soon have perfect >> walking feet and go on with your life as usual, while I'll never be well >> and back to normal". >> >> Back home in checking my email, I saw a teenager paralyzed in a hospital >> bed, sadly struck with TM as such a young age. I said to myself, my lesion >> is low, I am so lucky. >> >> Everything is relative. >> R in Marin County >> >> >> > >