Dear Bob, I am glad you are not frighten you are going to die at s65. Hay you are
right. I will live a ripe old age if I do not fall in front of a car. sometimes I
thank I might the way My blance is because of CP. I fall getting from my
wheelechair to my easy chair sometimes. I feel like I look like I have been
drinking mooneshine wiskie.    I am glad you like jokeing around. so many people
with CP or MS or MD or any kind of Medical problem. do not enjoy life. and can not
joke about there medical problems at  all.  Please call me Lynn. and I enjoyed
talking with you. Lynn

Bob Hester wrote:

> }Sara:
>
> I know.   I have been active in disability work for many years and as I
> used to say in talks "I've had a life-long interest in cerebral palsy".
>
> My apologies to you & to the list:  that message was intended to be a
> direct/private one to Prof. Greer (who understands Texas CP humor), & I
> inadvertently sent it to the list.   I hope it did not cause anybody any alarm.
>
> I agree with you that old will kill you before CP does (unless you lose
> your balance in front of a car).
>
> Thanks for your thoughtfulness in trying to allay what you thought were my
> fears.
>
> }BOB
>
> At 11:51 PM 10/30/2000 -0500, you sara lynn weaver wrote:
> >Dear Bob, That persone is wrong. CP does not kill you. it is MD that will
> >kill you. Not CP, it is a mobility disorder from birth. that is caused by
> >brain damage for one reason or another. and it will not kill you.  I do not
> >know where that PT therapist got his/her information. but I know a lady in
> >sout carolina that was in her 80s with CP. so do not worry about dieing from
> >CP. you have just as much of a life spand as if you never Had CP. I am 46.
> >but I know CP is not going to kill me when I am in my 60s or 70s or 80s. Old
> >might kill me. but not CP. I have done a lot of research on CP. and it is
> >just a mobility disorder cause mainley from birth. and it can be very very
> >mild to very very servier. depending on the damage of the in the brain.
> >which controles moter funcations. and even talking is a form of moter
> >funcation. because of the musles around the mouth. that is why some people
> >can not talk that have CP. so please get the idea out of your head. that you
> >are going to die at or sortley past 65.   I am sorry this person told you
> >this. that was so wrong of them to say anything like that to you.   Lynn
> >
> >Bob Hester wrote:
> >
> > > At 07:27 PM 10/29/2000 -0500, you wrote:
> > > >  am 62 years old and
> > >
> > > Since you're 3 years older than I am, take good care of yourself.     (I
> > > think I told you before that when I was a teenager a PT told me that CPs
> > > seldom lived past 65!)
> > >
> > > BOB