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"Really great blog James. Most importantly I am glad you connected with Dr. Bruno. He is a great support and a better man. God bless you in your trials. You will look back on this eventually now just have faith. It will take…"
JAMES E DAVIS JR posted a discussionFrom My Blog "Experience with Social Security Disability and Post-Polio Sequelua"
Hello Everyone!Sorry I haven't been here sooner but I've been going through a big change in my life. I'll post a link here to my blog that will hopefully explain a lot.I'll be glad when this is all settled and I can move on. Change can be a scary thing sometimes but I suppose it is what makes life interesting and it makes us just a bit wiser.…See More
Dan Hicks posted a discussionHome
After leaving college I spent two years in New Jersey and then moved to Rochester, MN for a new job. I moved in August and that Thanksgiving my parents came to visit and we had a pleasant time. Then for Christmas I went home to Louisville. I was coming back from Louisville after Christmas and walking across the tarmac at the Rochester airport. A light snow was falling and I wondered at the beauty of it. Suddenly I was overtaken by an unfamiliar sensation, and I said to myself "I'm home!" I…See More
Els Symons left a comment for Kay"Hi Kay,
There is a group in Northern Ireland. Go to www.polio-in.org . Greetings from Els Symons, chair of the Dutch polio group and board member of the European Polio Union.
June 2014 there is a three day conference on polio and PPS in Amsterdam…"
Kay joined Barbara Gratzke's group
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This group is for major PPS advocates to share ideas and develop a social network for brain-storming to advance their similiar advocacy efforts
Dan Hicks replied to Cheryl Stanton's discussion Voice weakening"You probably should see a doc (maybe starting with an ENT) and have things checked out. The choking is reason to be concerned -- while not unheard of in PPSers, it's outside the norm."
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From My Blog "Experience with Social Security Disability and Post-Polio Sequelua" 1 Reply
Hello Everyone!Sorry I haven't been here sooner but I've been going through a big change in my life. I'll post a link here to my blog that will hopefully explain a lot.I'll be glad when this is all…Continue
Started by JAMES E DAVIS JR in Symptoms. Last reply by Susan Jean Mauro-Bemme yesterday.
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After leaving college I spent two years in New Jersey and then moved to Rochester, MN for a new job. I moved in August and that Thanksgiving my parents came to visit and we had a pleasant time. Then…Continue
Started by Dan Hicks in Connecting on Wednesday.
Voice weakening 7 Replies
Hi, has anyone noticed any voice weakening or trembling when talking? Kinda like a quivering feeling while talking. Curious if anyone else is experiencing this.Continue
Started by Cheryl Stanton in Connecting. Last reply by Dan Hicks Dec 2.
Does your family and friend understand? 4 Replies
I've been in this PPS since 1994.......I'm coping. Just wondering how anyone else's family and friends are doing with your diagnosis. I"m finding through the years that "they" are not understanding…Continue
Started by Susan Jean Mauro-Bemme in Connecting. Last reply by Mark Steinfort Nov 15.
Burning feet? 1 Reply
Anyone have this? Started about 6 months ago and getting worse. It feels very much like the tops of my feet are mildly sunburned -- not painful but a tingling warmth, oddly alternating with a cold…Continue
Started by Dan Hicks in Connecting. Last reply by Dan Hicks Nov 14.
Eradication of Polio Endagered by Ingnorance 1 Reply
This morning as I was getting ready for work, I overheard the news announcer stating two polio vaccine workers had been killed in Pakistan by the Taliban at a clinic providing polio virus vaccine…Continue
Tags: of, Eradication, Vaccine, Polio, Taliban
Started by JAMES E DAVIS JR in Connecting. Last reply by Dan Hicks Oct 8.
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