tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8471503781192481921.post8895520166067427787..comments2024-03-07T08:12:54.474-05:00Comments on Removing the Stumbling Block: Introducing #JDAMblogs – Blogging About Jewish Disability Awareness Month 2014Lisa Friedmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10658106679564722646noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8471503781192481921.post-47485983316065693872014-02-11T15:01:16.543-05:002014-02-11T15:01:16.543-05:00Thank you, Beverly, for sharing your perspective. ...Thank you, Beverly, for sharing your perspective. I love your message of perseverance!Lisa Friedmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10658106679564722646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8471503781192481921.post-71846123166233504142014-02-11T00:32:55.664-05:002014-02-11T00:32:55.664-05:00As a disabled person who does not think of myself ...As a disabled person who does not think of myself as being disabled, I think nothing of using my wheelchair when I need it. The common myth that once a person gets into a chair they will never get out of it. BALONEY! There are days when I need it and days that I don't. I kid about my chair, telling people that I just have FDGB Syndrome... fall down, go BOOM!<br />Nearly 20 years ago I had a massive hemorrhagic stroke from which I was told that I would never walk, talk, or work again. Uh huh, yeah, whatever you say, doc. Six months later, I returned to my work. But 17 months later a side effect of a drug that was supposed to prevent Grand mal seizures cost me my ability to talk. Since my work required me to be on the phone much of the time, I was forced to retire.<br />The bottom line of this is to NEVER listen to the negative things a doctor might tell you. Fight back and let Hashem decide what is true and what isn't. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07292817560623761049noreply@blogger.com