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From: Harry.London@f1000.n261.z1.fidonet.org (Harry London)
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Subject: Re: dealing with life in a chair
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Date: 28 Nov 90 17:07:50 GMT
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[This is from the Spinal Injury Conference]

Alan:
You are getting a lot of good response to your request for advice, etc., 
on dealing with life in a chair. I'll add my personal experience. I have 
now been in a wheelchair 20 months, being a T-10 para due to an 
inflammatory process or something like it in the spinal cord. I was I 
guess I should say am an advertising writer, and have been doing several 
free lance writing and consulting projects. But I was also a singer 
involved in synagogue cnatorial work, and that I am unable to do any 
longer not because of vocal problems, but just the logistics of keeping 
on an early morning schedule...in view of some of the other problems 
generally associated with spinal cord problems. If I judged the way the 
world was going to be for me by the way I felt 20 months ago I'd have 
thrown in the towel back then. But I always had a perspective that (1) 
things have a way of evolving (2) you get accustomed to situations over 
time, and then go on from there., The best advice I can give you is to 
think ahead to 6 months, a year, etc., from now and know with full faith 
that you will get this stage behind you. You will ber amazed and pleased 
by the number of things that yuou will be doing at those pointks in the 
future. And you will find this echo and others of tremendous value and 
inspiration when you see scores of examples coming on every week of 
overcoming, and "going from there." Good luck, and good to know ;you.
Harry

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