I'm here Mag!
I've been wanting to post an update on what's been happening for me in
the last few months, but life has got really busy - back at uni, and
have started some volunteer work. Also have had TWO infected ears
since before Xmas, painfull and played merry hell with my hearing for
several weeks - for the record, what the ENT specialist has been doing
to clear up the infection (and fungus and festering eating away at one
ear plus two punctures in the other eardrum), is WAAAAAAAAAAAAAY more
painful than ANYTHING CP related, even physio. Just as well he is
young and very good looking (and good at his job!) otherwise I'd be
forced to run him over in the scooter! ;-) I can hear now though and
the pain is gone, just in time for the start of uni. I'm doing two
units, Sociological and Historical Perspectives on Disability, and
Writing for the Media - both v. interesting and a LOT of work! I'm
volunteering at a local disability org. helping set up a series of
workshops for women with disabilities as well as an ongoing monthly
forum for wwd in Perth. This came about through a wonderful
conference I attended last Nov. "Women on Wellness" which was run by
and for wwd, and over 75% of the conference speakers/workshop leaders
were women with disabilities!!! And, wonders of wonders, I actually
met people and mixed and mingled and socialised!!!!!! Very unusual
for me as I find large groups very alarming and tend to hide in the
corner. It was one of those pivotal life experiences, and really
helped clarify things. And I just felt so proud to be a part of it as
a person with a disability - felt like I really belonged, not an
outsider, which I usually feel like in any situation, even (maybe
particularly) with other PWD. I've always felt like a fraud, like I
wasn't really disabled (huh???? I know, WEIRD!! Cause I've never even
LOOKED AB, but I don't know....). But for the first time I felt like
I am me. Anyway, rambling...
And I've also started at the Aging and Disability Clinic here in
Perth, and there is a lot that I've been wanting to post on that, some
good, some bad - I will get round to it soon I hope!
Oh, and for the last 3 or 4 days it's been between 38-41
deg. celc. here, the hottest March weather since 1922 - does anyone
wanna see my impression of a cooked noodle? ;-) GAAAAAAAAH!!! Too
damn hot!!!
:-)
Rayna
On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 11:58:33AM -0500, Magenta Raine wrote:
Joy, I asked about Kathy Jo a week ago... I never heard back.
Speaking of AWOL... where's Rayna? Paige? Karen?
Love,
Mag
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