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Date: | Thu, 28 Feb 2002 16:21:54 -0500 |
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Know what you mean, Betty. If I'd said, "I better back off on this
(physical) challenge" more, I wouldn't be using a cane and an AFO now.
"Irony just doesn't make sense" --Me
-----Original Message-----
From: Betty B [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 4:17 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Bobby's Fatigue
In a message dated 2/28/2002 3:21:26 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[log in to unmask] writes:
> Too much macho pride at stake for a powerchair...just yet. Considering I
> was a world-class paracyclist only seven years ago, it's really becoming
> hard for me to accept my limitations--just like it's hard for my family
and
> friends to accept them. I think women are sooooo much smarter than men
> with
> respect to acknowledging what they can and cannot do.
>
> I'm not one of them. It goes against the grain to say "I can't." In some
ways this persistance has worked for me, but it has worked against me as
well.
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