Peoples stories on living with post polio syndrome
for a better understanding of post polio and late effects of polio
Who is Susan L. Schoenbeck?
recently I received an email from a woman living in Arizona writing me that her doctor friend recommended me to her to contact me. I was flattered of course that my blog had become at least famous enough that someone from over the ocean took an interest in my blog...
Kay´s Polio Story starts 1952
I contracted Polio at age 2 in 1952 and was never very athletic growing up but had a fairly normal life. I married at 21, gave birth to 3 beautiful healthy children and worked first as a cosmetologist then went in to school to become a medical lab tech.. I ran a...
Why is no one talking to me?
Maybe the sun was shining, maybe the sky was covered with dark clouds. All I really know is that my little body was burning with a fever that did not want to let go of its grip, and my head was breaking apart. My legs do not want to carry me. I am falling...
Kia ora koutou – may you all be well!
My name is Karen Butterworth. I’m a Kiwi – not a small brown fruit or large wingless bird, but a fawny-pink New Zealander (I hate the words ‘white’ or ‘black’ applied to people). I’m a 4th generation Kiwi of the Pakeha variety; that is, lacking any Maori descent. I...