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[This is from the Spinal Injury Conference]

        Hi guys! Hmmm.... my accident.... diving. C5-6 incomplete. July 
1988. I was at Lyndhurst Spinal Cord Center in Toronto for about 16 
months after 3 months of acute care at a General hospital. Lyndhurst 
was (is) an interesting place. About 75 beds, all spinal injury. Good 
rehab, lots of physios and OT's, couple of gyms, a fair sized rehab 
pool (I must say I was a little nervous in the pool at first) and, 
naturally, pretty lousy food. Its the regional rehab center in Ontario 
and I'm from Toronto so my family and friends were always about. Since 
Ontario is bigger than Texas you can imagine how far from home some 
folks were. One guy was visiting from Ethiopia when he got hurt so he 
was a long way from home. Since everyone was in the same boat it was a 
lot easier to relate to the other patients.
        I'm doing my BA at U of T and hope to go into Law. That's down 
the road a way, however. I've got a van and drive to my classes and its 
tricky, but I work it out. It should be interesting when the snow 
comes!
        What about you guys? What are your plans for getting on with 
things (i.e housing, transportation, school, work, etc.). Its a big 
mountain to climb but many people have paved the road bofore us.
        Sorry, I don't know Elaine but I've only been on this echo 
about a month. Anyway, keep pushing and let me know how things are 
going.
        Tony.....

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