In a message dated 2/28/2002 3:21:26 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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> 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.