Good morning from sunny Florida!!! It's 80 degrees and the pool is 87 degrees. Life is good! LOL My father in law's funeral was very moving. Two bagpipers met...
hi , im a polio survivor and would like to join your group, pam...
gardenlover999
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Jan 6, 2004 5:17 am
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Hi Pam, welcome in, when did you have Polio? and how are you doing? Have you gotten the Post Polio Syndrome blues like most of us do?, Sue from Ohio-----...
Pam, I'm not sure how I got in the email group, so I don't know how you actually "join"...I just get emails periodically from other polio suvivors, which are...
Dear HDS, Welcome, Welcome, It's nice to hear from a guy once in a while. the girls are nice, but, no offense ladies, they like to talk about girl stuff. I...
Swchief@...
Jan 7, 2004 4:40 am
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Hi, i joined the e-mail group to "help" my husband. he had polio in 1952. was left in an isolation ward to die for at least a year. i am now taking him to warm...
George, I'm wondering if the dominance of females in this email group may be bacause they are the care-givers in many instances...I just exchanged an email...
Greetings, On the subject of men versus women....at warm springs we have seen about equal numbers there for treatment. one thing we have noticed is that women...
Hi my name is Willie and I had polio when I was 7 months old. Have been told I now have post polio. Haven't worked since 1994 and am losing strength in my back...
Willie. Hi. I,m glad you found our little group. Since I "joined" the group several weeks ago, my new friends have just been great. I hope you'll feel...
Swchief@...
Jan 8, 2004 11:27 pm
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Hi George, Myname is pam and I seen your name when I went onto my email group. It is nice to have people to relate to and with. I have some of same...
HI ALL: MY NAME IS PAT AND LIVE IN HENDERSON, NEVADA, JUST OUTSIDE LAS VEGAS. I AM 71 YRS. YOUNG AND HAD POLIO IN 1954.. DIAGNOSED ON MY 21ST BIRTHDAY (...
redseven5
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Jan 9, 2004 7:48 pm
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Well I live in Ohio and it's starting to get cold again... I forgot how much the cold does affect my body.My good leg is giving me a fit -- walking really...
Hi Jane, I too live in Ohio and I agree it is very cold, I can relate to your aching legs. In the winter mine aches from the cold and in the summer they hurt...
In a message dated 1/9/2004 12:17:10 AM Eastern Standard Time, poliosurvivors@yahoogroups.com writes: I have to use a bottle/jar opener most of the time to...
Well Jo, I guess I'll be bringing lots of laughter your way, I've been cooking since I was about 12 or 13 years old. My grandmother, she was a smart one,...
Swchief@...
Jan 10, 2004 2:10 am
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David, Pamela, I too, ran into a brick wall when I went looking for medical records. In fact I was shocked to learn that most states do not require Doctors...
Swchief@...
Jan 10, 2004 2:26 am
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Pam I Contacted polio when I was 2 and 1/2 years old. I caught it off the sugar cube. (live virus) 1959 I'll be 48 this Sept. Just when the vaccine ...
Swchief@...
Jan 10, 2004 2:44 am
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I also contacted polio by the sugar cube. I was 5 and will be 48 this summer. Same as you...some days I'm great and some I'mlike the tin man who needs oiling. ...
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Jan 10, 2004 8:09 pm
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Though I had polio at the age of 3 (1950) I remember taking the sugar cubed vaccination (I believe in the late 1950's) so I'd be like everybody else...Even...
Earlier this year I was in my parent's attic and found the small leg brace I wore as a kid...I told other kids that it helped me climb trees better (it looked...
was reading about everyone and i never didknow how i caught polio. that was interesting. catching it from the p. cube. i guess i'll have to ask. hope...
It's great to see people using this email service again for what it is meant for. I had polio in '54 when I was 2 and 1/2 myself and in '83 found out I had...
Susan and Doug Case
workamping@...
Jan 10, 2004 10:11 pm
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Move to TX - it's sunny and 69 degrees! (San Antonio). The rumor was that I got polio from the fly bite... don't know for sure. Susan...
Susan and Doug Case
workamping@...
Jan 10, 2004 10:13 pm
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David, I've downloaded numerous articles from John Hopkins and other web sites about polio over the last couple of years and the best source of information I...
Swchief@...
Jan 10, 2004 11:12 pm
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Cladia, Hi, yes we live in a totally diffferent enviornment today than when our parents era. Remember this was the generation that survived the depression...
Swchief@...
Jan 10, 2004 11:21 pm
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Hi All, I had polio in 1955, at the age of 24, with exercise and hotpacks recovered quite well. For many years now have had the post polio syndrome with muscle...
Sue R., I live close to Celina, New Bremen and Minster... I'm about an 1
hr. away from Dayton and a 1/2 hr. away from Lima.... I'm the secretary for
our Polio...
HI THERE: I HAD TO LAUGH AT YOU CALLING IT FURNITURE WALKING.... THAT'S WHAT I DO BUT NEVER HEARD IT CALLED THAT... CUTE!!!! I HAVE A WALKER WITH SEAT FOR...
redseven5
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Jan 11, 2004 9:53 am
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In a message dated 1/10/2004 10:40:01 PM Eastern Standard Time, poliosurvivors@yahoogroups.com writes: Even though I had no real visible signs of the effects...