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From: Douglas.Zachary@p0.f10.n137.z1.fidonet.org (Douglas Zachary)
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Subject: Re: I guess this is the place...
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Date: 17 Oct 90 04:29:05 GMT
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[This is from the Spinal Injury Conference]

DZ> How is your speech, respiration, do you find yourself looking
DZ> for words more than before?
 
CC>   I have to put a little more effort into my articulation/
CC>   pronunciation in conversation.  Sometimes I "feel" the
 
    Have you had any therapy, speech, cognitive and occupational?
  
DZ> Any holes in your memory or slow reflexes?
 
CC>   I can't really pinpoint any "holes" per say (of course, if I
CC>   could, I assume they wouldn't be holes) but thoughts bring
 
   If you were older it would be more noticable in areas of
expertise like "I used to know how to do this."
 
CC>     My reflexes ARE slower... and less acurate.
 
   Don't you have any insurance? At 18 you fall into a gray area
between Vocational Rehab and Childrens Services depending on whether
you worked before and cannot perform the type of work you did prior
to your injury. If your parents carried insurance then you need to 
get at it before you pass the age of dependent coverage. Chris, this
could be URGENT and you are taking it too lightly. You have a right
to know and a right to treatment. If you get it and can be "normal"
again we will ALL rejoyce for you and still welcome you in these
echos but if something undetected causes your condition to get
worse or take your life, all the blame in the world won't change
things.
 
DZ>Is there a great difference in how it feels when you are 
DZ>suddenly startled?
    
CC>  It's funny you mentioned that, because I remember alot about
CC>  those kind of reactions.  Tonight a couple of things happened
 
    I mentioned that because I have an incomplete spinal cord
injury, C-6,7 & T-1, when I get startled it feels like an electric
shock.
       
CC>   becoming more "alert" when startled, I jerk to the left...
CC>   the same direction I tend to find myself focusing during
CC>   deep thought.
    
    That is rather common with CVA.
 
CC> I hope this isn't to much rubbish for you to cipher through, 
CC> just thought I'd take advantage of the opportunity to let 
CC> my observations out!
 
   That is why I asked all those questions. You can't do 
everything yourself though. GET HELP, we care!
 
                                 Zack

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