My Silenced Marathon… My Life…

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It was my dad that first convinced me to go out for cross country in high school. I could not run 400 meters…. (Click VIEW, and please vote for mine!)

Its like a “sweat condom” for the BTE!…

Posted by: Anne on: January 31, 2009

…but it is a water balloon! my friend and i went to wal-mart today… (after she took pictures of the HUGE amount of snow on my car, which she found to be humerous, while watching me clean most of it off!) …and when she asked what i wanted to buy, i responded “water balloons”! …(I [...]

I need suggestions!   …  I got the Freedom (by cochlear co.) BTE sound processor for my ABI, back in November, but a few times recently I have noticed the batteries seeming to die like super-duper fast! i know my ABI program probably would use more power than most CI programs but still! So, it has [...]

…Yes, i made that up. Its not a real disease… but it could be! 
“You don’t Listen!” Thats what the trainer told me about my leg hurting.  (It’s really NOT about hearing, because he knows i’m deaf / HOH.)  I guess this goes back to just being stubborn like a kid…. remember….
“WHAT PART OF NO [...]

Old radio ad is a new experience

Posted by: Anne on: November 26, 2008

A while after lunch I drove to the park and did short run today. My batteries for new Freedom for my Auditory Brain-stem Implant ABI died while I was running. (this processor is so new that I have only changed the batteries 4 times so far and charge – time is a little different from [...]

NYC Marathon (NF Team!) / and running with my new Freedom!

Posted by: Anne on: November 24, 2008

On November 2, 2008 me and about 30 or 40 in that team ran and all completed (with a number of PR times, including mine) the NYC Marathon! I just found out that through this event alone NF Endurance Team raised a lotal (so far) of about $ 68,000 toward a cure for Neurofibromatosis! Thanks to [...]

long island kicks ass!

Posted by: Anne on: May 6, 2008

PAIN

Posted by: Anne on: May 6, 2008

Jess is a friend of mine.
I met her last summer.
I watched a video with my friend Krissy.
The video was about Jess.
It was posted on news website and had captions.
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Krissy and I are both 20; Jess is 22.
There is something else we have in common.
We all have NF2.
We have had similar experiences.
and felt the same PAINs.
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I [...]

Kastor Leads the Way in Boston: Top 3 Go To Beijing

Posted by: Anne on: April 20, 2008

I think these women are so inspiring! I always try to run my best! The US Women’s Olympic Marathon Trials happened in Boston, this morning at 8am, and here is just recently published update on the race. Kastor, Lewy Boulet, and Russell have made the olympic team! For more information on the Women’s Olympic Trials [...]

Silenced Marathon – “Best Draft”

Posted by: Anne on: April 16, 2008

Note: If you saw a lot of errors in this earlier… I fixed it! Yay! I’m going to delete the previous one, that is on here.

Silenced

Marathon

It Hit Me like a Speeding Bullet; It Changed My Life

Anne

April 16, 2008
Art of Expression
Memoir

(“My Most Perfect Draft”- HW11)

Note: Nothing in this [...]