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Re: Feelings
From:
joan m wallyn <[log in to unmask]>
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St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List
Date:
Thu, 15 Apr 1999 06:24:39 -0500
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I can relate to a lot of what you're describing (braces, crutches,
isolation in school).  I grew up in Chicago and eventually began to hate
Christmastime because the shopping was really painful for me; and I was
too young to be left alone. To this day I hate shopping malls!!  I had
the tendon surgery around age 5, which was the beginning of surgeries &
physical therapy that probably won't ever end.  Just had another surgery
Feb. 1st and I havn't quite rebounded yet.  Was stuck in bed 6 weeks, and
my back and legs and gait are all worse for it.
Oh well, just another mountain to climb on the way to freedom.

Be well,  JMW

On Wed, 14 Apr 1999 19:23:20 -0400 lorie <[log in to unmask]> writes:
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>From: Perk <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
>Date: Monday, April 12, 1999 11:16 AM
>Subject: Feelings
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>>depressed about it ?
>Perk
>>I don't have CP that bad.  I had to ware a brace on my right leg from
>age
>5-11.  I don't walk with a limp, but I do have a short tendond.
>I still get depressed about it however.  I have a lot of trouble with
>mortor
>skills, and I also was much slower then the rest of my class.  I
>struggle
>from the inside out.  People always expect me to be just like other
>people
>because I don't look like I have a handicap.  I have to rap gifts
>where I
>work.  I work at a toy store.  It is so frustrating because it takes
>me so
>long.  Sometimes I feel like yelling; "hey! give me a brake will ya, I
>have
>CP!">
>I can't do that so it makes the struggle even harder.
>A lot of you seem to have good Jobs on this list.
>I'm not saying that I am stupid I have had some Jobs that I feel proud
>of,
>but for the most part I feel like because I have CP it also caused me
>to
>have Social Phobia whitch makes me work beneath my full ability.
>Therefore
>I feel very Depressed about having this handicap.
>
>Lorie
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