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    Who Hit the Down Button
    Who Hit the Down Button
    Who Hit the Down Button
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    Who Hit the Down Button

    By Phyllis Porter Dolislager

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    Life always has its ups and downs, but for those who struggle with physical handicaps, the downside is often daunting. Struggling with post-polio syndrome, the author of this encouraging book openly shares the challenges she has been forced to confront—facing them head-on. This is a useful book for anyone living with a chronic illness or disability.
    Jean E. Holmes
    Physical Therapist

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPhyllis Porter Dolislager
    Release dateJan 21, 2011
    ISBN9781458029355
    Who Hit the Down Button
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    Phyllis Porter Dolislager

    Phyllis Porter Dolislager is the author of ten books. She is a writing consultant and gives writing workshops encouraging others to write about significant birthdays, anniversaries, and family memories. Lessons Learned on the Farm, a family memoir, is her best-selling book. She and her husband split their time between Tennessee and Florida.

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      Who Hit the Down Button - Phyllis Porter Dolislager

      Who Hit the Down Button?

      Life with a Chronic Illness or Disability

      By Phyllis Porter Dolislager

      Smashwords Edition Copyright 2011 Phyllis Dolislager

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to others. If you would like to share this book with someone else, please purchase an additional copy for them. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      While reading this short book I found myself wishing that this woman was a next door neighbor, an easily accessible friend to talk with and influence my life with her gentility and acceptance. I had polio too, and much of what she has written here about her life after polio parallels my own, especially her feelings of insecurity and aloneness. Phyllis has lived her life with grace; I've lived my life fighting the damn effects of the disease. Her attitude has been better, and I encourage you to read this book to find out why.

      Robert Arnold

      Polio Survivor

      Phyllis Dolislager writes from a heart filled with a lifetime of struggling with a progressive physical condition. In the face of such a challenge, she raised a family, served on the mission field, and has written volumes that speak to the heart of other struggling people. Feeling uplifted is not an option for readers of this work; it will be automatic.

      Dr. David R. Miller

      Psychologist

      This book is an act of love. As a life-long dedicated communicator and teacher, Phyllis Dolislager shares her experiences of post-polio, along with those of her supporters, with heart-warming—sometimes heart-wrenching—anecdotes and lessons that instill hope and encourage conscious choice in patients and caregivers alike. Incorporating discussion questions and meditation topics for everyone with a chronic illness or physical disability, Phyllis’s spirit and vitality shine through her writing. She inspires as she writes. She is a life example to us all.

      Gail Powell, PhD

      Massage Therapist, Chronic Illness

      Author and former college professor, Phyllis Dolislager is no stranger to the unexpected challenges faced by those who live with an on-going physical disability. As a polio survivor, Phyllis balanced her life as a wife, mother and working professional with a permanent physical limitation. In more recent years, the stress of this balancing act pushed her to a crisis point of exhaustion. Honest and homespun, this true account of a soul-searching transition offers something for anyone facing the panic of physical decline.

      Tom VanderMolen, Paraplegic

      Veteran Radio Broadcaster

      FOR

      Mollie Thompson, Debbie Perham, Becky Kozalinsky,

      Jane Irelan, Luz Rodriguez, Wanda La Lance,

      Ruth Koster, Jane Mades, Donna Dieck

      All the members of the

      Post-Polio Support Group of Palm Beach County

      All those who have a chronic illness or disability

      Table of Contents

      Preface

      Who Pushed the Down Button

      Who’s in Control?

      We Are Survivors

      Special People: Caregivers

      Doctor’s Appointments and Relationships

      Developing Relationships via Email

      Fatigue: the Life Robber

      Less Stress, More Energy

      My Church was too Fragrant

      The Glass is Half Full!

      When did it become an Effort to Socialize?

      Miracles Can Be Handicap Accessible: Howard Mades

      My Outstanding Friend: Jody Taylor

      Betty Combs: I Want to be Just Like You

      Walking: The Magical Attraction

      Shopping While Sitting

      Is This the Time?

      Thoughts of Despair

      Contentment

      Angels Looking Out for You and Me

      Dreams Can Become Realities

      Paraphrase of Psalm 23 by Phyllis

      About the Author

      I refused to lie down. I have my dark days, but I don’t ask, Why me? I ask, What now? —Daryl Mitchell

      What doesn’t destroy me makes me stronger—Martin Luther King, Jr.

      Your right hand upholds me. —Psalm 18:35

      The only real invalid is the person who thinks she or he is one.

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