Yes, it did, and your post helps with the context; I sometimes forget.
I am not fishing for sympathy, but in my family, 2/3s of those afflicted
(my mother and my cousin,) died as a result. I was the only one who
survived, yet my mother was so deserving to have survived. I was 7
months old, so I don't truly remember her (Fernando, do you do
regression therapy? :-) ) but those who have told me of their love for
her inspire me to live in her memory.
Earl
James N. McBride wrote:
>My late wife was a quadriplegic for almost 40 years. When she first was
>paralyzed, I was amazed at all the people who mentioned that they had had
>polio early in their lives. In most cases, you would not notice unless you
>knew. One leg might be thinner or one arm a little weak but all had some
>residual problems. That terrible disease affected many lives. /jmac
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx]On
>Behalf Of Walt Wayman
>Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 6:14 PM
>To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [OM] Re: OT Cell-phones and driving on roads OT
>
>
>Okay, Earl:
>
>Offends you why?
>
>At the age of 11, in 1952, I had what we called back in the dark ages
>"infantile paralysis," some three or four years before Dr. Salk came up with
>the vaccine. I wore braces for two years, then, like Forrest Gump, was too
>damn dumb to know I was crippled and even managed to wrangle an athletic
>scholarship (baseball), not to some podunk junior college, but to an NCAA
>Division 1 school, the University of Tennessee. I didn't play much, but
>what the hell.
>
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