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From: Liz.Petry@f308.n398.z1.fidonet.org (Liz Petry)
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Subject: Re: SUPPORT!
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Date: 6 Jun 90 15:33:28 GMT
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[This is from the Spinal Injury Conference]

Jocelyn,
 
   Even though I am not a "plegic" (in other words...with a 
permanent-type of spinal injury that makes me wheelchair bound), I have 
developed a tremendous amount of empathy for people who ARE wheelchair 
bound...since I could've been in the exact same predicament!!
 
   I believe I am going to help you do some supporting of 
this...because I spoke to a good friend of mine in Austin who is a 
Nursing Student at UT Austin, and also runs his own BBS...(If you 
want the phone #, it's 512-454-0804...called HUMANTIAS..Richard DeWald 
is the Sysop) and he told me the other day that maybe if 
methylprednislone (sp?) was available to the public last year...then 
MAYBE, JUST MAYBE..I wouldn't even have the daily, chronic pain that I 
have had to live with for the last year!!  But, our beloved Government, 
who will not hesitate to cut military benefits, and will study the sex 
life of a tse-tse fly...makes me sick that our FDA takes so D--- long 
to get a drug out on the market!
 
   I think that this drug should be administered to ALL serious 
accident victims...TO PREVENT PERMANENT SPINAL INJURY!
 
   I copied down the address of the newsletter, and I plan to 
subscribe...do you get it?  What kind of articles does it have?
 
   I hope we may talk again soon!!
 
   Elizabeth

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