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| My name is Tammie. I am 39 years old. I was born in San Jose, California. I was raised mostly in the Santa Cruz Mountains near Los Gatos, California. I am a C-6 complete quadriplegic, paralyzed from the chest down. |
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| On March 10, 1995, I was in an auto accident on Pacheco Pass, Highway 152, near Gilroy, California. At the time I lived in Los Banos, California and worked in Milpitas, California (about a 90 mile commute, a 1-½ hour drive each way). I was a mail coordinator for Xicor Inc. a semiconductor company. I was in the passenger seat or "suicide seat" as it is sometimes called. I was commuting with neighbors at the time It was raining really hard and the pickup I was in hydroplaned and flipped end-over-end I was told. |
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| I woke up in the middle of the fast lane not being able to move, but not yet knowing why. For the next three-and-a-half months I was in Valley Medical Hospital of Santa Clara County. My life after that would never be the same. I broke my neck in the accident. At the age of 33 I began to learn a whole new way of life. |
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| With the help of my family and friends I am going on with my life. I now live with my parents in San Jose, California. I attend a weekly peer support group at Valley Medical Center and I spend most of the rest of my time chatting on the computer internet. |
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| I have started three chat rooms on AOL. I like learning, listening and helping other SCI (Spinal Cord Injuries) victims and their friends and families. We are all trying to understand and deal with our new way of life. It is not easy and if I can help people adjust I am happy to do it. |
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| I would like to go back to work or go to college and take some counseling and anatomy courses and possibly be a counselor or something along that line. For now I just enjoy spending time with my family, old friends and all my new friends online. |
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| If you have AOL please come and check out my chat rooms. Everyone who visits is great and willing to help if you have any questions about Spinal Cord Injuries. |
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| This is the story about my accident and my recovery. |
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| Chip's family and friends |
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| I would like to thank my good friend Cissy for helping me with my page. |
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| Check out my buddy's home pages - great job guys! |
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| This is a great site for everything: |
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| Here are some Spinal Cord Injury sites that I found very helpful: |
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| Helpful sites for Supplies and Equipment: |
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| Sites for grocery shopping online: |
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| Fun designs for wheelchair armrests: |
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| For clothing that's easy to get on: |
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| Find and rate a restaurant: |
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| If you have AOL, please come and visit my friends and me in our chat rooms: |
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| Life-Spinal Cord Injury |
| Life-Wheelchair Stories |
| Life-Only walk and Roll |
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| Please come visit us in our Yahoo chat room. |
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| My buddy Sparkey's chat room: |
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| My buddy Char's chat room: |
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| A great chat room for Amputee support: |
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| Friends-Amputees N Friends |
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| A great chat room for Caregiver support: |
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| Don't forget to sign my Guest book |
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| Check out the White Hourse Peace Trail. |
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