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[Marion Thompson]

There you go.  When the going gets tough, the tough get going.  Each day 
wil make a huge difference -- as does hair washing!!!

Marion, a pilgrim

On 8/3/2015 11:35 AM, Marilyn Cepeda wrote:
> Today is a better day. I braved the stairs for the first time and washed my
> hair!
> Amazing how good a small accomplishment can feel!
>
> On Sun, Aug 2, 2015 at 8:37 PM Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Funny how it goes.  It all happened  quite slowly, as I recall.  She
>> rounded the corner of the parking aisle and I thought she's going to hit
>> me.  I recall just stepping safely past the path of her car and turning
>> sideways and seeing her fender go safely by.  Then I was sitting
>> sideways on the ground unable to get up.  Was it her mirror that knocked
>> me down?  I may never know. I have no memory of what happened between A
>> and B, but I had a swelling like half a grapefruit on the top of my
>> head.  I had two CT scans 24 hrs apart and  then an MRI the morning of
>> the third day.
>>
>>    I hope you'll be all right with all your breaks and bumps.  The head
>> is a mysterious and miraculous thing, but it doesn't take much to rattle
>> the contents!.
>>
>> Marion, a pilgrim
>>
>> On 8/2/2015 8:44 PM, Marilyn Cepeda wrote:
>>> Marion, I wish you luck! In my case, I have memory of being in turn lane
>>> beginning turn
>>> Then bam, air bags everywhere. I never saw a car coming. I ended up on
>> one
>>> street thinking I was on another.
>>> Til I see an accident report I am not sure what happened.
>>>
>>> Marilyn
>>>
>>> On Sun, Aug 2, 2015 at 6:51 PM Marion Thompson <
>> marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Near the end of April I contacted a reputable personal injury lawyer and
>>>> that will all grind on in the background, so yes.  In the end it is one
>>>> insurance company talking to another, isn't it?  Our medical system is
>>>> going to see me on Aug 24 (finally!!!!!!!!!!), but separately through
>>>> the lawyer at some point I will be seen by some hotshot neurologist in
>>>> another town and spend a day with a neuropsychologist.  I hope it all
>>>> doesn't take too many years to be resolved!  I did the other day receive
>>>> my medical records from our System that I am now to forward to the
>>>> lawyer's office.
>>>>
>>>> Marion, a pilgrim
>>>>
>>>> On 8/2/2015 6:48 PM, Lesley de Voil wrote:
>>>>> Marion wrote
>>>>> <I second that.  Remember I had a conk on the head when knocked down
>>>>> in the grocery store parking lot on Jan 7.  To this day, 8 months on,
>>>>> I have no senses of taste or smell whatsoever, period.  The novelty of
>>>>> that has grown very stale indeed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>>>> Any chance of some compensation? Even if for loss of quality of life?
>>>>> Regards
>>>>>
>>>>> Lesley de Voil
>>>>>
>>