article re Bob Dole's tbpi
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jennyb
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- Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: January 1980 Yamaha RD200 vs 16 wheeler truck, result, 1 totally paralysed right arm. I was 21, now 54. I had no surgery, I don't regret this. Decided to totally ignore limitations (easily done aged 21) adapted very quickly to one handed life, got married, had 3 kids, worked- the effect of the injury on my life (once the pain stopped being constant) was minimal and now, aged 54, I very rarely even think of it, unless I bash it or it gets cold, then I wish I'd had it amputated :) Except for a steering knob on my car, I have no adaptations to help with life, mainly because I honestly don't think of myself as disabled and the only thing I can't do is peel potatoes, which is definitely a good thing.
article re Bob Dole's tbpi
This was posted on the gen board but makes interesting reading, i can identify with a lot of it, he would have been about the same age when he got his bpi as i was when i got mine. He seems to be bilateral, either that or the overuse in the good arm has buggered it up......uh oh! His right arm is flail like so many of ours, it's not easy for him but he's coping, good for him! and gives me hope for my future. I was interested that he's so self conscious about the wasted arm and shoulder when i don't give a monkey's about mine, and i'm a gurly, maybe it's a generational thing. Pity that throughout the whole lengthy article there is no mention of the name of his condition! http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/na ... e/hand.htm
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George
Re: article re Bob Dole's tbpi
That page gets bookmarked, Jenny !! Thanks so much !! Talk about dejavu. I don't think there are too many of the things discussed in his interview that hasn't been brought up here. Just an excellent piece. I think you need to e-mail him though.....and tell him that riding a horse is possible 
) Thanks again
George
ps...I think we all bear our pain....stoically
) Thanks againGeorge
ps...I think we all bear our pain....stoically