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Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 38
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Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 38
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Be her Cheerleader!
Hi Andrea,
Having Ali only be 12 I can totally relate because I was 13 when I first got RSD. So I 100% agree with Roz's comment, You have to be her advocate!! And her biggest supporter and cheerleader.
Without my mom, I would definitely not be walking today because when I was 15 my muscles were completely exhausted and the pain was soo bad and I wanted to give up. Without my mom I would have. She made me do it, go to physical therapy and made me get up every morning and do what I had to do so I could get where I am today with college and jobs. I definitely couldn't do it without her and in 9 years when Ali is my age, I am sure she will be saying the same thing! I am not saying that I don't live in pain because I do but it always helps have someone in your cheering section!
Don't give up.
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Heather
I found I could say things with color and shapes
that I couldn't say any other way...
things I had no words for.-Georgia O'Keefe
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