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No Shit, Kyle! I don't like it either!
mike
"Cleveland, Kyle E." wrote:
> Oh, shit, Steve. I don't like this at all.
>
> -Kyle
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: I. S. Margolis [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 12:35 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: A Pain in the Neck
>
> My friend "A" has Cerebral Palsy. He is experiencing cervical and
> spinal problems, as I have.
>
> In the Philly area I know many people with CP. Several are experiencing
> comparable problems. So far I am the only one of us to have incurred
> severe paralysis of the arms and legs because my doctors and I failed to
> understand that my spinal cord was being injured.
>
> Wonder if our CP aggravates spinal cord injury? Seems like an outbreak
> here.
>
> My friendly alert. Be aware!
>
> ISM
> 'Stranger in a Strange Body"
>
> ----- Original Message -----(Much edited by ISM)
>
> Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2000 9:39 PM
>
> Subject: Medical Update
>
> > Hi:
> >
> >I am on a new medication to control some of the disconfort and
> tingling and pain I've been experiencing in my shoulders and arms. The
> medication (Ultram 50mg) does make me very tired (I am taking it only
> once a day insread of up to three times as needed). I'm thinking about
> going to the phramacy to have the pills cut in half and take it twice a
> day so i won't feel so tired. IT does control the pain and tingling.
> >
> > It looks like I will have the cervical spine surgery ...I really have
> no choice in the matter/ My doctor, and three other doctors too,
> have said that if I don't get the surgery I will continue to weaken and
> have falls more often. And the more I have these initimate affairs
> with the sifdrealks and in my apartment I am putting myself at risk for
> greater injury. THe spine surgeon and the rehab doctor have both told
> me independently that I could have a bad fall and risk becoming a
> quadreplegic. Soo... looks llike I'm in for an "overhaul" of sorts,
> Meanwhile. I'm still using a bone stimulator to heal my foot and the hip
> surgery (remember that?) has been put on the back burner while they
> deal with my cervical spine. I am scheduled to have a stress test the
> day after the elections. So... I'll be at the polls!!!
>
> > Thanks, again for listening.
> >
> > A.
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