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RSLancastr
New Member
USA
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 Posted - 05/07/2012 : 07:31:01 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dr. Mabuse
Hello, and welcome back!
It's good to see you up-and-about.
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Thanks, Doc! |
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
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Posted - 05/07/2012 : 07:38:34 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by RSLancastr
Originally posted by Dr. Mabuse
Hello, and welcome back!
It's good to see you up-and-about.
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Thanks, Doc!
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Hi Robert. Any chance I'll be seeing you at the upcoming TAM this year? And don't be such a stranger!!! |
Uncertainty may make you uncomfortable. Certainty makes you ridiculous.
Why not question something for a change?
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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Posted - 05/07/2012 : 09:17:01 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by RSLancastr
Originally posted by HalfMooner
Originally posted by RSLancastr
Looks vaguely familiar...
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Welcome back to Skeptic Friends Network, Robert! And, as a stroke survivor myself, I mean that in multiple ways. Congratulations on the well-earned JREF award, and keep the woos worrying!
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Thanks, 'Mooner!
When was your stroke, and what residual effects o you still experience?
Receiving that award was a surreal experience. I had just spent eleven months in various hospitals, nursing homes and physical rehab centers, speaking only to medical staff and occasional visitors. To go from that to giving a speech on stage before more than a thousnd people and being handed an award by James Randi himself (a long-time hero of mine) was indescribable.
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My stroke was over 9 years ago, and it was not as devastating as yours. I was unable to walk for several weeks, but after that there was steady improvement. And my wife divorced me right after the stroke. I still have a less-than dextrous left hand, and a left leg that on rare occasions plants its toes into the ground and makes me stumble. I carry a cane to prevent falls when that happens. Most of the mental effects of the stroke (bad memory, inability to summon up proper nouns, ridiculous over-confidence, and poor concentration, mainly) are either gone now, or I've learned to ignore them. One odd effect that's lasted is that I'm a lot more prone to sentimentality than before. I cry during many movies. But I don't think that's a handicap, exactly. 
I would be so proud if I were you! Not only the award, but being able to communicate so well again! Hell, I am proud just to to know you, Robert, even if only via the Interwebs. |
“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
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