Sidney's Candy?

[Danzig]

i remember reading about what happened to her jaw. she had dozed off, and she said her head had tipped forward. something caused her to wake and she abruptly lifted her head, and her lower jaw actually locked over her upper jaw- her lower teeth were actually in front of her upper...she couldn't open her mouth and had to be rushed to the emergency room. its not ms or the like. something i had never heard of happening to anyone.

[SCUDSBROTHER]

Originally Posted by Danzig

i remember reading about what happened to her jaw. she had dozed off, and she said her head had tipped forward. something caused her to wake and she abruptly lifted her head, and her lower jaw actually locked over her upper jaw- her lower teeth were actually in front of her upper...she couldn't open her mouth and had to be rushed to the emergency room. its not ms or the like. something i had never heard of happening to anyone.

I brought it up as an example of one of those rare situations where (evidently) money isn't all that helpful. It's just a lil shocking to me that this is the most that could be done for her.

[westcoastinvader]

Originally Posted by SCUDSBROTHER

I brought it up as an example of one of those rare situations where (evidently) money isn't all that helpful. It's just a lil shocking to me that this is the most that could be done for her.

I've seen Sidney's Candy up close and personal.

He beat my wager in the Santa Anita Derby. That was his day.

I don't think I'll be betting him in any races I foresee.

I do hope Jenny Craig is OK. Giving a little personal, I awoke early the Friday morning of Veterans Day weekend five years ago and realized my left arm was paralyzed from the biceps down. I could move my finger tips, and that was it.


I went back to sleep, hoping it would miraculously be better when I awoke a second time.

It wasn't.

My doctor suspected a stroke or something so I was a resident of a hospital after breakfast and for the three day Veterans Day weekend.

After mega tests and images on and of the heart, brain and spine it was determined my radial nerve in the left arm was dead.

Apparently I slept on it too long, or something.

It took 6 months of physical therapy starting with 1 oz weights, and a little willpower to get it back to about 80%.

I drink beers with my left hand for continued physical therapy and maintenance. Self prescribed therapy, of course.