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"Barber, Kenneth L." <[log in to unmask]>
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St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List
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Fri, 21 May 1999 11:16:48 -0400
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a brain transplant yes, i agree. i have not got anyone to donate a body yet.

one of the tenetes (sp) of my faith is a new body.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Trisha Cummings [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, May 21, 1999 10:40 AM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Morning Wood
>
> Good Morning,
>
>         Oh, Denise - part of this is just getting old and a part is the
> extra wear and tear your body has to deal with. I don't have CP but I am
> disabled from years of serious physical abuse with damaged joints, broke
> bones etc. I have found that sleeping on a heating pad or actaully I had
> an
> electric balnket under the sheet covering the mattress - helped. Hot
> showers
> in the morning, and shark cartledge
> and glucosamine help rebuild the joints. I work with/for a gentleman with
> CP
> and these pills have helped with his hips and pain in walking. I have been
> so incapacitated some mornings my poor Amber has had to help push my
> carcass
> out bed - I am like a turtle if I sleep on my back. I started falling
> apart
> at 38, the added stress for trying to care for Amber was the last straw
> for
> many of my parts that faithfully tried to do their part stuff regardless.
> I
> have found extra weight doesn't help and that making sure I don't do
> things
> which cause me to retain fluid - like eating salt helps and making sure I
> do
> the anti PMS stuff helps take a little strain off the parts. I need so
> many
> surgical corrections done - I told the doctor - that transplanting my
> brain
> sounded cheaper! Hope we have given you a few ideas to help.
>
>                                 Brightest Blessings
>                                     Trisha

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