okieflamingo5
okieflamingo5
oklahoma
Female
Married

About Me

a single aka since 1974 (novial sarcoma cancer), diagnosed with Neurofibromatois type 1 in 1994. As of 2007 lost ability to know where my leg is, now in wheelchair on a 24/7 basis. Wheelchair athlete for 22 years, actually won some major races. Played wheelchair basketball for Tulsa and Arkansas. NF1 is now in the process of complete nerve loss to my remaining leg, difficult for me to adjust to this.

Hobbies and Interests

 same as above

 gardening, reading,internet searches

Favorites

60's rock & roll, blues, jazz

Most anything on PBS, Bravo, Sundance and IFC

romantic, adventure and silly

john stienback, historicial novels, mystery

good sense of humor, intelligent, neither a hero or a whiner

Me and Disability

Date of my Disability: 4/17/1973

 

I am:

  • A person with disability

 

My level of function:

  • Limb Loss
  • Paralysis

 

My conditions:

  • Amputations - Adult
  • Back Pain
  • Depression
  • Osteoarthritis
  • Osteoarthritis - Knee
  • Pain
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis

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