Hope you guys are enjoying a long weekend and everybody is having good weather or the rain that they still need. The question I have last night in bed I woke...
Hi Jane I hope your having a great long weekend and that Junior is enjoying his time off. I have the same problem that you are having, but it is numbness in my...
Hi Jane, I was thinking the same thing, perhaps a pinched nerve. Do you ever do self traction to your neck? I take my hands, put them upside down (heel of palm...
Hi Jane, Your description of what happened with your arms is so familiar to me. I've had this going on for the past year. My PPS doctor thought it was coming...
Sometimes it's important to work for that pot of gold. But other times it's essential to take time off and to make sure that your most important decision in...
Thanks you guys for the inf.... I'm starting to feel a little better....I think my biggest problem is ----- I try to do to much instead of spacing it out (I...
Hello Friends Many of you are aware that my oldest sister Charlotte was diagnosed with inoperable colon cancer last week. I just want to say she was moved...
Good Morning Friends I was up at 6AM and off to Church service by 7:30AM this morning. Why am I sharing that with you? Because today our Church held it's...
Marilyn What a terrific experience for you, and I am sure you had the whole group in the palm of your hand. I am so happy that you had a chance to educate a...
I'm originally from Beckley WV. I was born in 1948 and contracted polio encephalitis between the 2nd and 3rd grade elementary school. I was one of the lucky...
In doing research and verifying information for my Polio Awareness talk I came across numerous sites on the net that offer information and forms to help people...
Hi Judy First let me say you should not feel guilty about joining our group. Many of the people you are going to meet also did very well after their bout with...
I have not read this book yet but it is available on Amazon.com. Marilyn Polio Voices: An Oral History from the American Polio Epidemics and Worldwide...
As some of you know I had an appt with my internist (family doc) yesterday for my right shoulder/elbow problems. I was so hoping for a quick fix like a...
Hi Judy, welcome to the group. We're glad you are here. I'm from Ohio and had polio in 1950 at age six. I too, don't "appear" to have had polio, but I surely...
Golly Mazzy, if it ain't one thing, it's another. You will be in my thoughts as you go for more tests. I'm taking glucosamine w/MSM for my shoulder. I'm not in...
Six years ago on 9 11 2001 I was still working full time with a Senior Retirement Community. I was close to all my Seniors and heard many personal and group...
Marilyyn- Thanks for your thoughts on the anniversary of this fateful day. I join you, I'm sure with all the members of the group in remembering and praying...
Marilyn This is a day that I believe we will all remember for the rest of our lives. Just the thought that anyone,or any group,could be that evil is so hard to...
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Some may find this of use......... We all have that beautiful watch that we wear on special occassions don't we? Here's a little tip to keep that tick tick...