Guest guest Posted August 5, 2003 Report Share Posted August 5, 2003 So Tim, did Rob and really sit in the back of the van and sing camp songs all the way to Michigan? I think that Jude regretted not joining you, especially since his plane to Detroit was canceled and he missed his connection! Enjoy DBI - wish we were going too. regards, Anne, mom of Penina (CHARGE, almost 7) Tim Hartshorne wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > Great to see so many at the conference. We have had a great time > since. You may recall that Brown, Rob Last, , and > Jacuqes Souriau came back to Michigan with me, and on Wednesday we did > an all day institute on deafblind in East Lansing. It appeared to be a > great success. About 130 people attended. In between we had fun > sailing on Lake Huron, and just messing around central Michigan. All > are gone now except . Tomorrow we drive to Toronto for DBI. I > know I will see some of you there. > > Glad Simon mentioned the proceedings from CAUSE. He did not mention > that my presentation is there as well, along with three from the " French > doctors " including the one on sense of smell that was presented by > Veronique in Cleveland. > > We have an initial go ahead from a medical journal to publish the papers > from the behavior symposium. This is great. We need to get the > information out there. > > The person looking for the Helen Keller National Center, would do well > to contact their deafblind project (was it Deb?). There are area > representatives around the country, and it can be helpful to talk with > that person. Your deafblind project will know who it is. > > Best, > Tim Hartshorne, father of , et.al. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 25, 2008 Report Share Posted November 25, 2008 I have posted replys to a few other posts recently, but I haven't given an update on my status for some time now. I wanted to do so in order to provide some hope for those who are suffering from chronic pain. I was a police officer until January of 2005, when I was severely injured on duty. As a result of the injury I had to take a disability retirement. I injured multiple levels of my lower back, pelvis and nerve damage affecting my right foot. I had back surgery, not successful. I have had numerous injections, and treatments of several kinds. I had kind of resolved myself to having to take prescription pain meds in order to keep the chronic pain to a somewhat reasonable level. I have been a pain clinic patient since December of 2005. I changed the pain doctor at the clinic and he brought me hope. In August I had radio frequency oblation done on the lower levels of my back, followed by several weeks of physical therapy. During the physical therapy, we learned that I had also suffered damage to my S.I. joint. I had an S.I. joint injection recently. I am very pleased to report that since September of 2008, my pain level has decreased significantly. We have been able to reduce all of my narcotic pain meds by 1/3 so far, with the next adjustment schedule for December. I just wanted to pass this on to provide some hope for others who are out there suffering from chronic pain. I never thought that I would receive greater decrease in pain without a greater increase in narcotic pain medicine. My quality of life has been improving, and hopefully will continue to improve. I hope that others experience the same pain relief in the future as I have been given. This is an awesome group and a great source of encouragement. I will continue to keep everyone in my thoughts and prayers. Rich type_D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 25, 2008 Report Share Posted November 25, 2008 I would like to wish you continued decreased pain relief as days go on. I also as a chronic pain patient know full well what you go through daily with pain. I'm just so glad the doctor has found you something to help lower your pain levels. Keep going officer and you maybe able to work again some day. We all will pray for that for you. Toni --- Rich wrote: >I have posted replys to a few other posts recently, but I haven't given an update on my status for some time now. I wanted to do so in order to provide some hope for those who are suffering from chronic pain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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