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Health Boards Cheryl, Phyllis, Dana, How are you?  
17:57 19-Jul-08   [Replies: 1, Views: 60]    By: Unnamed
Hello All. I have been spending a lot of time on a polio friends disucssion site and haven't checked this board lately to see how you all are! Sorry, sorry!! I hope work is OK Cheryl, and all i...
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Health Boards Paralytic Polio  
16:14 19-Jul-08   [Replies: 0, Views: 36]    By: Unnamed
Thank you so much for this kind of forum. I went through it and I am impressed. My name is Lucky and I had paralytic polio when I was 3 year old. I was taken to so many hospitals in Africa, bu...
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Health Boards knee replacement in "good leg"  
20:25 17-Jul-08   [Replies: 1, Views: 67]    By: Unnamed
Hi. My mom has post polio in one leg. She wears a brace & has a cane yet that doesn't stop the falls. Now we have discovered that her "good leg" needs knee replacement. Can her bad...
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Health Boards I am here  
21:14 8-Jul-08   [Replies: 22, Views: 571]    By: Unnamed
Awwww, y'all brought tears to my eyes.. I am ok just have been extra tired and fatigued - I have gotten weaker- but just got to get back on my program.. My hubby has been sicker than usual- so I ...
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Health Boards Happy 4th  
01:07 4-Jul-08   [Replies: 15, Views: 388]    By: Unnamed
Happy 4th of July to all my Polio Buds out there..... Carolyn, I surely hope you do get help... I was excited to read you went to a new doctor and they actual listened.... Please if you can get t...
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Health Boards The difference between paralytic and non paralytic polio  
10:46 17-Jun-08   [Replies: 33, Views: 656]    By: Unnamed
I was wondering about the difference since I don't know so I googled 'non paralytic polio' and found this great info: Here is the definition of non-paralytic polio: Symptoms include headac...
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Health Boards Urinary System Question for PPSers  
12:29 13-Jun-08   [Replies: 4, Views: 225]    By: Unnamed
Hi Everyone, I have a rather sensitive question for all of you. Do any of you have weakened bladder muscles? I have had issues in this department for about a year now......urgency and get to...
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Health Boards Carolyn  
14:51 11-Jun-08   [Replies: 0, Views: 123]    By: Unnamed
Thanks so much for writing about reflexes. I agree that increased reflexes shouldn't mean that I have ALS!! Hi Carolyn- Yah know I was also thinking that when I met the team at the Polio Inst...
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Health Boards Cheryl  
18:02 9-Jun-08   [Replies: 0, Views: 120]    By: Unnamed
Cheryl- I hope you are alright?? Have not seen a post from you in awhile... Did you take your vacation? Hugs Janet ...
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Health Boards Post-Polio and reflexes - still strong or reduced?  
16:23 9-Jun-08   [Replies: 25, Views: 740]    By: Unnamed
Hello All, I am pretty new to this site......have been writing about a week. My question to all of you is this: Do any of you still have pretty strong reflexes, or do you all have reduced re...
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Health Boards Post polio and knee operation  
01:17 8-Jun-08   [Replies: 2, Views: 207]    By: Unnamed
A few years ago I dislocated my patella during a fall. I had been diagnosed with post polio syndrome 15 years prior but up until that time functioned well. The resulting knee injury shut down th...
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Health Boards Feeling Alone & New to Board  
22:24 5-Jun-08   [Replies: 22, Views: 686]    By: Unnamed
Hello everyone! I can't tell you how happy I am to find this site because I have been struggling alone with my disease for over a year. I haven't had very good care with all the neurologists I h...
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Health Boards New member  
16:13 20-May-08   [Replies: 5, Views: 171]    By: Unnamed
Hi everyone, my name is Amy and I just joined this site. I have been active in a few websites and groups over the years, but not recently. About me: I am 32 years old and live in TN. I had pol...
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Health Boards I'm not alone anymore  
23:07 17-May-08   [Replies: 22, Views: 866]    By: Unnamed
Hi I am a 62 yr. old polio survivor who doesn't know anyone with polio or the post-polio syndrome. Their doesn't seem to be any doctors in my area that know very much about it EITHER. I WOULD LIK...
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Health Boards Have a painfree weekend  
23:23 16-May-08   [Replies: 0, Views: 197]    By: Unnamed
Hi to all- Just hope everyone has a nice and painfree weekend... Hope all is ok out there.... I pray these storms are gone... Hugs Janet ...
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Health Boards The Storms Of Life:  
22:31 13-May-08   [Replies: 4, Views: 288]    By: Unnamed
Hi everyone hope all is well, Sunday May 11,2008 4:17am our little county was hit by an tornado. Luckly no one was killed by it thank God, but the destructions left by it was really bad. Some peop...
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Health Boards The 3 types of polio  
17:32 10-May-08   [Replies: 4, Views: 379]    By: Unnamed
Ok, I found them. But, really, it's still only two. There are 3 types of paralytic polio: Spinal polio * This is the most common form of paralytic polio, and it accounted for ...
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Health Boards The Cold!!!!  
17:19 7-May-08   [Replies: 14, Views: 635]    By: Unnamed
Hi everyone- Hope all is well.... Jan, I was reading what you said about this winter. I, too have felt the cold and it seemed to make the symptoms worse- this year was the worse I have felt with ...
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Health Boards Sister Kenny Treatments  
13:57 29-Apr-08   [Replies: 2, Views: 308]    By: Unnamed
Having had polio in 1950 at the age of 2, I got the 'Sister Kenny' rehab; the hot packs and water therapy. Anybody else remember that? Anyone have any other treatment? When I became paralyzed,...
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Health Boards Another Newbie!  
17:14 26-Apr-08   [Replies: 9, Views: 480]    By: Unnamed
Hi all, I'm very excited to find this site. Reading all the posts on here makes me realize there are people that understand post-polio and all the different symptons. I had polio in 1952 at the ag...
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Health Boards new to the board  
09:22 21-Apr-08   [Replies: 9, Views: 439]    By: Unnamed
good morning everybody. my name is bob and im new here,was happy to find this board.i got polio in the early 50s to.i worked very hard for 40 years as an auto techniction and have recently had to ...
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Health Boards Degenerating Disks  
20:30 17-Apr-08   [Replies: 3, Views: 332]    By: Unnamed
Hey group - Hope all are doing well? It was gorgeous today- well alot happened this morning- fired the wheelchair guy, he been draggin' his feet- called a new place. Instead of seeing a neurosur...
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Health Boards Phyllis:  
13:41 16-Apr-08   [Replies: 0, Views: 247]    By: Unnamed
Hey looks like ya might have to get some mud grip tires for that chair,LOL, and your post are coming through just fine. I am glad to have everyone here to talk to, because we need each other.When ...
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Health Boards Pain meds. why some work and some don't  
10:06 14-Apr-08   [Replies: 5, Views: 494]    By: Unnamed
Hello everyone janet, cheryl, phyllis, and all that are here, man i see we get a lot of veiws, but not many posts lol, oh well. Here is a list of my meds. Lorcet plus, nuretron, flexerl, and xanax...
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Health Boards Spring Time  
11:02 13-Apr-08   [Replies: 3, Views: 309]    By: Unnamed
Hi to everyone janet,cheryl and all, I love spring just knowing that summer is just around the bend. Warm weather is good for all of us that have pps. Spring is a time when everything begins to co...
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