Hi again, Jim!
 JSS> Sorry for being so late with a response to your question.  Gee!  Almost 
a
 JSS> month late in answering you!!  Many activities, including my wife, 
Penny,
 JSS> finishing studies for an associate degree at CCV (Community College of
 JSS> Vermont) have kept me from making any immediate answers to folks here 
n
 JSS> HomeSchool echo.
No problem from this side, sometimes it takes me four hours to answer my 
mail, with a normal (about 60 wpm) typing speed.
 JSS> In answer to your question, I guess the reply would be that I'm
 JSS> experiencing progressively-worsening nerve-root compressions in various
 JSS> sites all throughout my body.  Originally, diagnoses included multiple
 JSS> peripheral neuropathies; progressive, multiple, neurological 
impairments  JSS> of unknown etiology (a fancy way of saying, "We don't know 
what's wrong,  JSS> and we're not going to find out because you can't pay for 
the tests
 JSS> which are _incredibly expensive_"); diabetic neuropathy; spinal 
juries
Or, more likely, "We haven't got tests available for -your- particular 
problems. :(
 JSS> (multiple sites in neck and in lower back) considered to be 
non-impactive
 JSS> and non-impressive; multiple neuro-muscular pathologies of unknown
 JSS> etiology.  Essentially, what's happening is that my brain's messages to
 JSS> other parts of my body are impeded and are too slow to evoke a timely
 JSS> response.  The same is true for messages sent to the brain from the  
JSS> parts of my body.
Ouch!  I'd love to get into this further with you -- does your SysOp carry 
the Alternative Medicine echos such as _Bodyworks_(western)?
 JSS> My feet and lower legs from the knees down, and my hands and arms from  
JSS> elbows down, are very much encumbered in mobility.  JSS> Especially in 
regard to my hands, I've said that I type like lightning
 JSS> because my fingers seldom strike the keyboard twice in the same place.
 JSS> Whenever I type a line, I have to go back and correct many typos; 
hat's
 JSS> why I say thank God for offline mail readers because it takes me about 
90
 JSS> minutes to type a 15 minute message and make it somewhat readable.
And I don't currently have that option, having only one computer between me 
and my SysOp...
 JSS> Thanks for your concern and question.  Since you state that you are a
 JSS> massage therapist, I should tell you that massage therapy was once
 JSS> considered but after neurological implications and after unsuccessful
 JSS> neuro-surgery, it was determined that massage therapy wouldn't help me.
Who determined this?  A doctor with no training/understanding of massage, or 
a physical therapist, who's likely to lose money if you go to an MT? (Gotta 
remember, they've all got their underlying motives for denying alternative 
treatment...)
Willing to Help,
Eileen
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