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PERSONALLY, IT BOTHERED ME TO SPEAK CRITICALLY OF A PROFESSIONAL WHO WORKED SO POSITIVELY IN MY BEHALF A NUMBER OF TIMES. I THOUGHT I WAS SO PRIVILEGED! PERHAPS I STILL AM WHEN COMPARED TO MY NEURO WHO WAS ALSO ON MY CLOSER TO HEAVEN LIST OF SPECIAL PEOPLE WHO WOULD NEVER LET ME DOWN. WHAT A DREAMER I AM! AFTER 20 YEARS AS HER PATIENT, I MENTIONED THAT NOTHING DIFFERENT APPEARED ON THE SKYIGHT OF IMAGINARY FUTURES FOR THOSE OF US WHO WOULD ARGUE THAT THE CURE IS AS FAR AWAY AS IT WAS IN YESTERYEAR--AND BY THE WAY WOULD YOU DONATE THAT BRAIN OF YOURS TO SCIENCE? WELL, BACK TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE CARE RAN RATHER SMOOTHLY. DOCTORS CAME AND WENT. EVENTUALLY, I TRAVELLED BY AMBULANC TO THE REHAB CENTER. THIS IS WHERE I FOUND OUT THAT THE SURGERY PERFORMED WAS A NEW TYPE AND THAT I HAD NO RESTRICTIONS RE RECOVERY - THAT DIDN'T TURN OUT TO BE AS EXCITING AS IT APPEARED. FIRST OF ALL, UNLESS ONE CAN FLY DOWN THE HALLWAYS TO THE EXERCISE ROOM, ONE MUST WAIT FOR A THERAPIST TO ASSIST. THERAPISTS HAVE A HUGE CONTROL OF WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, HOW, ETC. MOST OF THOSE I ENCOUNTERED WERE CONGENIAL. THEY HAVE THE POWER TO DECIDE WHETHER OF NOT SERVICD WILL CONTINUE OR WHETHER MEDICARE WILL BE STOPPED WITH COMMENTS SUCH AS, 'PATIENT HIT A PLATEAU, ETC. I WAS IN THE CENTER HALL. WHEELCHAIR WASN'T PART OF MY VOCABULARY. IT CERTAINLY WAS SOMEONE ELSE'S! HAVE YOUR OWN OR RENT ONE FROM ONE COMPANY FOR 4 MONTHS OR PUT YOUR MONEY ON ONE OF THE NEW ONES. RENTAL MONEY COULD NOT BE RETURNED UNLESS YOU MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO PURCHAS THE CHAIR. SO IT WAS, PAYMENTS IMMEDIATELY WENT TO PURCASE OR FIRST MONEYS RENTED. PRICE OF THE CHAIR, $1,000! EVERY DAY, 2-3 TIMES PER DAY, I WENT TO THE EXERCISE ROOM. (ENOUGH FOR TONIGHTS) SWEET DREAMS E ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn