(was) hand problems (NOW) Mother's Day, hot weather and summer....

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n: Thank you for the good wishes. I hope you, and everyone on the group, had a wonderful Mother's Day. I went shopping yesterday to our Super Wal Mart and then to my favorite grocery store. However, it was quite warm and the little I was out in the heat (from car to store, etc) did me in. One newscast said it was 102 while another said it was 105. So it was warm. It's the time of the year for me to start only going out early in the morning or after dark. That's life in the Arizona Desert unfortunately. Sending happy thoughts to each of you Sharonn Rojas wrote: Akiba, Happy Mothers'Day to you, and may this be a happy day for Robbin, Rob, and your tenant, and all your relatives. I loved "What the Bleep," and hope that you did as well. Hugs to Robbin and love to you and to Rob and all close to you! Love, n, who just returned from one of our

infamous family bashes! Love to all mothers of any kind on our list, and to Sharon and Challis, too! n the prolem withhand that do not work--not exactly> MS-related> > I have thought of writing about this one, but until I had realised what> Jackie> was enduring, I had not done so. My experience with hands is very different> but is NOT caused by MS "that any neurologist knows of," and> is most likely caused by severe injury to the rotator cuff of each shoulder.> > You can delete all this if you wish, because it gets more detailed from here> on.> > Ahem! In about 1989 I was physically attacked by the third administrator> from the top (I was the top); no one ever figured out what had come over> the man, but he rushed into a therapeutically confidential group,

led by > me and my colleagure, D. (male) for people who had been abused in child> hood or adulthood or in a marriage or partnership relationship.> > The an's offie was not far from our meeting room, but we WERE surprised> when he came in and headed for me, shook me by both shoulders, and banged me> against the edge of the door and the door jamb.> My colleague tried to help, and though strong and muscular, was about > seven inches shorter than I. My attacker was about four inches taller than> I, and, as I suddenly realised, was NOT wearing his hearing aids!> > Thus, I could not "talk"him into reteating into his own office, after which> we> could lock the doors. After he had beat me to pieces, he attacked my col> league, D., and then, heaven knows why, French kissed the man in front of> all these traumatised

patients! He may have known that D. had been attack> ed by his own father in childhood. > > We somehow managed to IGNORE the whole thing, and go back on topic> and continue the meeting! & nbs; We saw eer one out and walked them safely> to their cars. It was the only time that D. and I had worked together and > NOT discussed things at least briefly before parting for the night. > > The leader of another group saw us leave, noticed the above, and asked me> if we were "alright?" Numbly, we individually said that we were. The next> morning, D. phoned me and said, "We must each have our own stories,> make them congruent, but NOT identical and have separate lawyers and> sue that guy!" I agreed, as did my lawyer. We each called in sick the > next morning. I had visited the ER the previous night and as no

major dama> ge to the cranium had occurred, I suffered from the illusion that I was O.K.> > Wrong! It took over eight months before I realised that something was wrong> with my arm muscles, which appeared to be atrophyng (the wer),< R>> and my hands, which were turning an unsightly purple-blue and growing> hair. I was working in Oregon at the time, loved the job, loved the CF> Center> in Portland, and did not really want to go back to California. I went to my> MS doctor, Dennis Bourdette at OHSU in Portland, and he referred me to> rheumatology, but in fact made the correct diagnosis, Reflex Sympathetic> Dystrophy.> > I called my cousin, who was living (we were both widowed) in a house that > we shared in Berkeley, and she said "Come Home!" My housekeeper> (ahhhh, those days!) packed my stuff in my

car; I sold my house, lock, > stock, barrel and furniture, and drove NON-stop to Berkeley.> > My brother, , drove me to Stanford, to Rheumatology where they diag> nosed it accurately, and (these were the good old medical days) Medicare,> which I had aplied for (SDI) n Oregon payed for NINE YEARS of physical> therapy! I survived. To those who did not know me before this happened, > all LOOKS more or less o.k.> > But the truth is that I have lost the ability to play thirteen musical> instru> ments that I played before, and can still play the piano (don't have one in> my studio apartment!) I have only recently begun to be able to sign a > check myself and this past week began to write one, (the rent).> > Since this injury has occurred, my osteoarthritis has gone mad; I have> had four joints

replaced in seven surgeries (long legs) and am slowly losing> the use of my legs due to both arthritis and MS (finally back to the> subject),> and now can use a wheel chair with my "hands!"> > Were it not for Jackie, I would never have bored anyone with this. But, I> guess te point is tht all that is wrong with us is NOT always Multiple> Sclerosis, though it may be any one of Multiple Surprises!> > And, thanks to family, friends, neighbors and the kindest attendant in the> world, I carry on, quite happily, actually. I am sure that all my adult> kids> think that I am a disaster waiting to happen, but I do not wait; I just> LIVE!> > Yesterday, I had a tooth pulled out, which was easy, but the Lidocaine> nearly did my entire face, neck and nerves IN! So, today, I have decided> to turn the

phone ringer off as I sound a little oddd, that is,> unintelligible!> > Tomorrow, I am going nature-watching in my car, Marco-Polo, with my dear> friend, E. and maybe one of the dogs, for fun (they take care of MYdogs!)> > Deduction: I CAN drive, thank heavens, I being a driver and a half!> & nbs; > Lov t all of you on our list; do we not have the best people on this list?> Sure we do!> > n> > > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message.> Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.> Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.6/338 - Release Date: 5/12/2006> > > > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message.> Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.> Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.6/338 - Release

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