Re: From wheelchair to body builder


Robert;
Here is a story that should inspire all of us.

It inspired me, all right. It inspired me to get pissed off. . .

Following the diagnosis, O'Lone lapsed into a depression. He went from being a hard->>core weightlifter to living a sedentary life. That led him into a wheelchair.

Ah, excuse me, but it was the damn MS that put this guy in a
wheelchair. Depression never put anybody in a wheelchair.

``I was Mr. America one day and now I couldn't walk,'' O'Lone said. ``I was kind of >>embarrassed. And I stayed home. I think that's what a lot of people who get MS or >>some kind of spinal cord injury do. They don't want to leave their home.''

That's not what I did. And neither did most of us. Hell, I couldn't
afford to stay home when I was first diagnosed. I worked for years and
years afterward. I got enough time in to get SSD, fortunately, so when
the damn MS made work impossible, I could "retire."

I hate these lousy "sucess" stories. To me. these people are failures.
They fail to understand that the damn MS can stop you, no matter how
hard you try.

Sylvia

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