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By: Telling… « Get Ahead’s Blog

Telling… « Get Ahead’s Blog — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:38:43 +0000

[...] 2009 Telling… Posted by Niamh under personal, stories [2] Comments I was reading a few posts on Tommy’s site recently where he was talking about his cane and the posts resonated with [...]

By: Théo

Théo — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:10:37 +0000

And it’s got flames! Yay

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:29:40 +0000

Tommy i think your little friend is more of a menace then anything else.. i myself have seen the awful side to her. you do not deserve special treatment. you are evil and should be treated as such..

By: John

John — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:05:59 +0000

We ALL have canes.

By: Den15

Den15 — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:33:57 +0000

TT, be careful that you do not jump to the coping stage before you have used up all the treatment/fixing options!

To relate this back to the lady who had cancer… You can be sure that she and her family did everything they could to treat the cancer. Almost nobody just lies down and says “ah, too bad, I got “X”. Can’t do anything about it. May as well make the best of life with it.” This is a stage that comes much later after we have tried to understand the condition, diagnosed it, treated it to the best of modern medicines’ ability to do so etc. As a result of such process, many people find either a total or temporary cure for different diseases/conditions.

There is nothing wrong with your coping strategy either. Just be careful that you only have to cope with the minimum “difference from normal” that is possible. As you know, there are lots of strengthening exercises which will improve your standing and walking and help your knees. Be sure you are are giving them a chance. If “Aisling” was capable of collusion, I would have a quiet chat with her and suggest that the next time you lean on her she whispers “are you sure you need to be leaning on me this much … have you done your exercises today”. And if the answer to both questions is yes, then she would say “well lean away, I’m here for you”.

By: Grannymar

Grannymar — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:03:52 +0000

We are all different, and it is a good job. Can you imagine if everyone looked old and wrinkled like me! BLeuh! *Shivers at the idea. The cane is cool.

By: Sinéad

Sinéad — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:57:41 +0000

*hug*
*is pretty much the only thing I can think of to say*

By: Tommy

Tommy — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 10:24:10 +0000

@Darragh Yep, I called it Aislinn because HowSoJoe has a clarinet called Tommy. Confusion FTW!

By: Tommy

Tommy — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 10:23:34 +0000

Sorry to hear about your friend, but good to hear that she didn’t let it get her down. I hate hearing about people who spend their last year in hospital, that’s not living..

Those are the exact examples I’m talking about. I mean, knowing that your life isn’t going to be any worse because of CP is one thing, but at the end of the day, you still are different from everyone else, and shouldn’t dislike that fact.

By: Darragh

Darragh — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 10:20:54 +0000

Your cane is called Aislinn? Ha! Cool :)

Great post dude, thanks for sharing!