HI JOAN!

NANCY FROM CLEVELAND HERE.   I AM GLAD THAT U ARE  FINALLY GETTING SOME
CARE FROM OUTSIDE SOURCES.

JOAN AND ALL WHO HAVE ANKLE /LEG BRACES

1) ARE U GETTING  CUSTOM MADE LACE BRACES OR THE MOLDED ONES??
2) WHAT COLOR?  WHITE, BLACK, TAN ?
3) WHAT BRAND  AND MODEL NUMBER PLEASE?

I HAVE THE BELOW THE KNEE HARD BRACES WITH THE VELCRO AND NOW ONLY  NEED
ANKLE BRACES AND THICK FOOT INSOLE AS OPPOSE TO THE 1/2 LEG BRACE, SO I
WONDERED WHAT LACED ANKLE BRACES U TRIED.  UR ANKLES WILL GET STRONGER
TOO AFTER P.T.

JOAN  HOPE U GUYS GOT MY XMAS CARD.

nancy m.


Bob Allison wrote:

>Joan   you are one of my heroes! Bob
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Joan E Snyder" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 7:09 AM
>Subject: Re: it gets more unbelievable every day...
>
>
>>i apologize to maxine and to the other folks who use this list in the
>>thought-provoking and respectful way in which it was created, i would
>>think. it was never my intention to diss any of you. what i was pointing
>>out was the difference between the "ole days" when we had poetry and
>>literature and enough great material with which we were able to write
>>two beautiful books: "When Parkinson's Strikes Early" (Barbara
>>Blake-Krebs & Linda Herman) and "Voices From the Parking Lot" (Dennis
>>Greene and myself) to the list now which seems to have more than it's
>>share of snake-oil salesmen.
>>i thought that while i'm at it i would post an update on my life and
>>what's been happening to me:
>>
>>  i'm writing to tell you how even a dreadful experience can have a
>>silver lining. as you know, about 4 weeks ago, i fell and shattered my
>>right shoulder-i managed to break it in 4 places. the position of the
>>breaks made casting it impossible and the doc was reluctant to try
>>surgery because of my advanced parkinson's disease. so his only
>>alternative was to allow the arm to hang limp at my side to allow
>>gravity to take it's course and to pull the bones back into alignment
>>and to start growing back together. now, i am used to allot of pain and
>>have a high tolerance for it but this injury brought me to my
>>knees....and everytime i would bump or jostle the arm-the pain was
>>excruciating. (try to keep still w/o bumping your arm in a household w/ 2
>>
>teenagers, a husband, mother, a big old collie dog and an enormous cat!) the
>doc tried to help me with pain management and prescribed x-strength viacadin
>which didn't touch the pain
>
>>so he prescribed oxycontin which is a very powerful class 3 narcotic.
>>this drug was bad news. i was on it for a week and a half and it put me
>>mentally in a very unhealthy place. also, it caused me to become
>>extremely incontinent (for five days, i peed all over myself and
>>everything around me; i wore depends and let me tell you-it is the
>>greatest lesson in humility to have your husband change your diapers.)
>>then because it is a  narcotic, i was constipated so badly that i
>>thought i would explode. suddenly on new years day-in a bfo (blinding
>>flash of the obvious) it came to me that it was the drug causing these
>>side effects; that i would not need depends for the rest of my life so i
>>quit cold turkey. for about 12 hrs-i felt fine, pain in my arm but i had
>>recovered complete control over my bladder again-thank heaven!
>>then the withdrawal from the drug started-2days and a night of the
>>chills, fevers, shakes, trembling, nausea, diarrhea, blinding
>>headaches boy, now i know what it is like to jones and it is not a
>>pleasant thing. i cried for 3 days straight.
>>
>>anyway, during this time, my do, worried about me, prescribed a home
>>health care evaluation for me. in a matter of hours a nurse was here and
>>we became the best of friends-she stayed all afternoon. by the time she
>>left, i had two therapist scheduled to come three times a week each. one
>>is occupational and one is physical. i call these two gems my s&m
>>queens as i think they enjoy their work a bit too much!! the pt was not
>>at all happy with my inability to walk so she called in her teacher from
>>bradley u to come take a look. after a spin around the house, he said
>>that my ankles were so weak that they turn and twist and go out from
>>under me causing my many falls. add to this my precarious balance and
>>you have an Rx for disaster. he tried me on a pair of lace=up ankle
>>braces that helped right away. i am anxiously awaiting delivery of my
>>own braces today or tomorrow. also, the nurse set up a an appointment to
>>have a gal come from the state of illinois dept. of human & rehab
>>services. this woman was a jewel and on the very day that she
>>interviewed me, she approved me for a program thru which i can hire a
>>personal assistant for 4 hrs a day, 5 days a week and the state will pay
>>her $7 an hour to help me with whatever i need: housecleaning, laundry,
>>shopping, cooking, errands, pd stuff. i cannot begin to tell you the
>>enormous load of stress this has taken from my shoulders...and how it
>>has improved my outlook and the outlook of the rest of my family. i am
>>so very grateful and feel so blessed to have such a wonderful system of
>>support both here at home and also on the internet.
>>
>>thank you all for being here. a special hug to Daddy Don McKinley (my
>>
>personal hero), to bunny my dear and to you Jo Anne!!
>
>>
>>--
>>Joan E. Blessington Snyder       50/11
>>http://www.pwnkle.com/jes/jes_web/index.htm
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>>"Hang tough...........no way through it but to do it."
>>Chris-in-the-Morning   (Northern Exposure)
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