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June 1999 Top-Posting Awards

complimentary copy of Break Out

• Richard Fuchs - "Gaining Back My Emotional Strength"
• Francis Ross - "What I've Learned as My Wife's Caretaker"
• Betsy Walton - "When I Became Evil Knievel on Campus"

complimentary copy of Ragged Edge Anthology

• Patricia Leelman - "Playing Defense at Fenway Park"
• Liz Seger - "Lessons in Gaining My Opportunity to Teach"
• Carla Shelton - "Finding A Way to Work from Home"

June 1999 Posting Summary

• One fight left: Will the pain win out?
• Early ambush: Why I'm not a feminist.
• Still no clue: How do I ask for help?
• Toward a caring community: Win the small battles.
• Forced hysterectomy: It has left a horrible mark on my life.
• How to enjoy each day: Break from a default of defense.
• Hard lessons: What I learned in Mom's death and dying.
• Physician-assisted suicide: We need life with dignity instead.
• At age 47: Meeting hope, peace and death for the first time.
• Warning signs: Watch those who are thinking about suicide.
• New opportunities: Develop a home-based business.
• Regaining self confidence: Who will see past my wheelchair?
• Pain-free life: Worth giving up handicap parking any day.
• Source of inspiration: Martial arts for those with disabilities.
• Tips to remember: Be helpful for the person in constant pain.
• Set goals: To prevent, break despair.
• Muscular dystrophy in India: My son needs help.
• Anger: The only person it hurts is me.
• The will to help others: Fostered by grief and hope.
• Tough decision: When to end someone else's suffering.
• Back surgery: Knowing what it's like to lose and be in pain.
• Custodial care policies: Injustice for military families.
• Kidney failure: Feeling lost in the Social Security system.
• After Severe depression: Finding love, peace and hope.
• Receiving special treatment: Because I walked with crutches.
• Common minority experience: Dealing with stereotypes.
• Successful treatment: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy.
• Suicide note: For when the time is right.
• Two no-no adjectives: Courageous and Special.
• Even with pain: Life is more fun than a shotgun suicide.
• The impossible: Assessing another person's quality of life.

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