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I totally agree with you Matt. \i've never taken anything for my
spasticity. I enjoy being me!
Cindy
On Tue, 13 Nov 2001 07:24:23 -0500 "Barber, Kenneth L." <[log in to unmask]>
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> bodies heal themselves only if the cause for the injury is removed.
> i
> guess next week you'll be taking your self oof the cp list having
> had ample
> time for the brain injury to heal itself.
>
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> Why not just accept ourselves as we are? Why do we need to invent
> more
> illusions with pharmaceuticals? Bodies heal themselves. Chemicals
> just
> react with each other.
>
> I'm severe quad and tough as nails. Spasticity is something that
> can be
> worked through with perseverance. I've found it to be so.
>
> Does anybody get my point? Whether or not anybody agrees with me
> is
> immaterial now.
>
>
> Matt
>
> On Thu, 8 Nov 2001, Jocelyn Tichenor wrote:
>
> > Matt, if drugs are proven to help activities that you (or other
> people) do
> > everyday, than why not use them in a conservative fashion? I
> myself am a
> > spastic quad-mild, and use baclofen to enhance my typing ability
> because I
> am
> > in college and many papers are due. Baclofen also increases the
> rate of
> my
> > speech and lowers the "jerkiness" of my speech, for which I am
> greatful.
> Can
> > therapies other than drugs help me in those beneficial ways that
> baclofen
> > can?
> >
> > Jocelyn
> >
> > P.S. I am new to the list serve and like to hear what other people
> think.
> >
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