Ardith Hinton wrote to James Bradley, "Introductions"

 AH> Hi again, James!  Here's an addition to my earlier reply:

Hello, and hello.
 JB>  Well, how do, Ardith?

 AH>          Assuming this is a question, not just a polite
 AH> greeting... as folks in SURVIVOR tend to do with one

Well... I guess it is some of both. I'm not so bombastic all the time. <-;
 AH> another... it's not so easy to answer!  I saw your
 AH> conversation with Wayne in another echo, however, and it
 AH> gave me a few ideas as to which topics you might be
 AH> particularly interested in.  Here's a summary of a couple
 AH> of things which came to mind...

I too have to chuckle when asked if I've spent time in a hospital. Besides the
time as an infant, [I was frightened by (The dream of... ?) a dog.] I had more
than a few episodes of road rash while exiting my bicycle ungracefully. One of
those disagreements with gravity must have induced a malignant tumour called a
liposarcoma. From the operation that followed up the removal of it, my pain is
constant, and only being managed by non-narcotic medications at this time.

Twelve years later, 'umpteen' half done home-improvement projects laying about,
I'm sitting here twiddling my thumbs. I don't recall there being any backlog of
messages here in this echo, hence my query to bring me up to speed. I too
wonder about 'lurkers', but as I figure, they are all trying to fix their
Windows machines, and there's enough there to keep them awake all night. 

I too have a musical background. I was trained in drums and percussion a bit,
and did exhibit some skill in my days. As the neuroma keeps me from sitting on
anything but my tail-bone, I have been trying to pick up some of the Latin
percussion toys as of late.

Well, I guess that's full disclosure. Now... What else is going on? 

Oh... Just a warning, I'm sure you've discovered about me, I can be a bit of a
brat, but I've been told I can be a lot of fun regardless. 
 AH>  1)  About twenty years ago I had a benign tumour in one of my
 AH> salivary glands. As I understand the situation the facial nerve
 AH> runs through this gland, meaning the surgeon had to dissect the
 AH> gland from the nerve.  As a result the nerve was damaged &
 AH> the lower half of my face was paralyzed on one side... not
 AH> good news, to put it mildly, for somebody who enjoys
 AH> playing the clarinet!  But I used the clarinet as a tool to
 AH> aid my recovery, and later in the same year I was able to
 AH> play as a substitute in a brief concert.  While my mouth is
 AH> still a bit crooked I don't mind very much because the rest
 AH> of my face isn't symmetrical either.  I see from this &
 AH> other incidents that the body is able to repair itself in a
 AH> lot of ways which might not be immediately apparent.  I
 AH> don't know if the situation you've described is likely to
 AH> improve, but I wouldn't rule out the possibility.

 AH>  2)  Dallas & I have a daughter, Nora, of whom you will
 AH> certainly have heard if you've been reading previous messages
 AH> here.  I don't say much about her medical history unless it's
 AH> relevant to what others really need to know because I don't
 AH> want to embarrass her.  Dallas & I laughed hysterically just
 AH> the other day when a new social worker asked us whether or not
 AH> she had ever been in hospital.  For various reasons Nora
 AH> can't walk very well.  But I see she has the same attitude
 AH> toward her disabilities which enabled both my father & his
 AH> sister to exceed the usual expectations for people in such
 AH> circumstances, and I'm delighted....  :-)




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