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From: Joe.Chamberlain@f140.n150.z1.fidonet.org (Joe Chamberlain)
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Subject: Re: I guess this is the place...
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Date: 27 Sep 90 16:48:33 GMT
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[This is from the Spinal Injury Conference]

 CC>      I am new to this echo.
 CC>      My name is Chris Cummins, and I am 18 yrs old.

        Welcome aboard.  I broke my neck about 30 years ago.  Use 
a wheelchair now.

 CC>  dropped on my head. Sound painful?  At the time I didn't 
 CC>  really think it was painful, but I did notice a new feeling... 
 CC>  like I was trapped inside a different body, and that the real 

        Do you walk?  Do you use a wheelchair?  What can't you do 
now that you were able to do before? 

 CC>  I do feel at times there is no one who can 
 CC>  relate to me, and in this respect I know for a fact you people 

        Hang in there.  The biggest problem we all face is/was 
relating to ourselves.  It's a big change from running track to 
sitting in a wheelchair looking at your shoes.

                                -=joe=-

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