Hi Kevin,

>> That idea works for us still . Also important was
>> keeping active - so I couldn't dance so well anymore (and I

>Home life IMHO is the biggest challenge, when things go wrong in people's life
> *some* not all people run for the hills. They find it easer just not to deal
> with it, some take bad news fine. I'm glad your support took the news fine.

Heh, so was I.. The first neurologist told me that so many people got
divorced after such a diagnosis.. Ron and I just ignored that one


> Dancing eh.. sweet. I bet you had the moves eh.. Hubahuba  :)

:)  Yep, I took after my Dad.  He was an incredible dancer.  Mom was no slouch
though.. she kept up with him :)

> What do I mean??? YOU still DO!

hahahahaha :)  Well, I do want to try it now with ampyra Lol - because  the
last time Ron took me out dancing was when we were in Louisville so that's
almost 8 years ago or something :) One of the pictures of me on my site at
filegate.net (pdnlady) is from that night we went out dancing all night


>> I think that the most helpful thing for people with MS is
>> having stress reduced to a minimum.. One really does need to
>> learn to just shake off the 'agitia', that people run into

> Sure.. attitude works well, but it's not worth a bag of beans if your support
> don't care, then it's up to the person to make a life for him/her self.

Definitely.  Sometimes people ask me 'how did you deal with this' or that
throughout all these years.. well, you just deal.  Because you have to. :)
Besides, I can be pretty stubborn (eh.. hard-headed Italian? )

>> Understand.  Glad things are stable!  How long have you had
>> this? I expect it wasn't easy for you.

> I broke my neck in the early 80's C3 fracture. SCI (Spinal cord injury) MVA

Damn..

>(motor vehicle accident) motorcycle accident.. It's wasn't a walk in the park,
> thats for sure,

I bet..

> but I was always pretty independent, so I've made it over 20+
> years now in my bucket (wheel chair) I have my own town house, live alone,
> financially stable, and hansom. 

:) :)

Glad to see another survivor.  That's what you need to be no matter what
happens in this world.

> chat soon..

Sounds good :)

Take care,
Janis

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