So does my cat! "St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > my dog likes trips to the fridge. -----Original Message----- From: Carla MacInnis [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 5:06 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Bobby's Fatigue Bobby, are you taking the magnesium, son? The mag oxide (excellent for the ticker). Will help with your fatigue. Don't you have a dog you should be walking? Trips to the fridge don't count! Cheers! Carla "Bobby G. Greer, Ph. D." wrote: > In a message dated 2/25/02 10:26:50 AM, [log in to unmask] writes: > > >It's really disheartening when your family/friends say, "it CAN'T be THAT > >bad." Yet, where is their frame of reference? Either they take my word > >for > >it, or they don't. This has been very difficult for me too, as I'm one > >who > >does not like confrontation, and (unfortunately) am easily talked into > >believing the problem is in my "head", not in my spine. > > > My problem is not pain per se, but fatigue. I have lost a lot of strength and > endurance in the past 3 years and it gets worse. No one is very sympathetic, > saying you need more excercise. I try but the ol' OOMPH just isn't there and > I baby myself by saying > "been there ... done that and have the stone bruises to prove it"! > > Bobby