hi Ann
AC> Nice to meet you..
The thought is mutual
.Where are you???? I can't tell.
This the question always wonder about when I see all those different bbs 
signoffs. I tried to get a listing, but because they are so long and 
diverse, I decided that it was easier to ask, as you have done. By 
not putting a place name on, one is more likely to get an answer - just 
out of curiosity
I got polio in Perth, Western Australia, and was one of those that made 
up the statistics prior to the declaration of the epidemic in 
January 1956, at the end of first year high school.
After time in a respirator, and  a year of 9am-5pm physio for a 
year, I returned to another school that had only a few steps - which I 
could manage with 2 long callipers and elbow crutches. Before I left it 
had two floors which I had learned to manage.
Essentially, polio wiped out my legs, extensively weakened my tummy and 
back (so I could not sit up without using both my arms), moderately 
weakened by left arm (so that the crutches were used initially, as an 
exercise to strengthen the left arm, which buckled if I did not keep the 
arm locked), and slight weakness in my left hand and right arm.
After School, I moved back to Sydney to go to the University of Sydney, 
studying science and computing. Then into a corporation for 17 years. I 
was tired in the afternoon when I first started work, and 17 years later 
was starting to feel quite exhausted.
I was a founding member of the Post Polio Network in NSW, which 
organises quarterly guest speakers - the next one is by a physio who 
specialises in sleep apnea. Yes I have it. I also attend a support group 
who meet monthly.
 Do you have PPS?
Yes but I will go into it next time.
That is enough for this packet. I am keen to hear about you when you 
reply.
regards
Allan
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