Sherry Porritt:
CLASS OF 1984
Manchester High SchoolClass of 1984
Manchester, CT
Illing Middle SchoolClass of 1980
Manchester, CT
Bowers Elementary SchoolClass of 1977
Manchester, CT
Sherry's Story
What would surprise everyone? HMM, that I am as outgoing as I am now. In school I was quiet, sat in the back and tried to not talk to anyone. Now, although still shy, I'm not afraid to get out there and do anything (as long as I have my girlfriends behind me waiting with a rum and coke!!!).
Favorite teacher? 3 way tie, Mrs. Burke from 1st grade, then Mrs. Borrell, 5th grade and Mr. Borrell, 6th grade.
Wildest thing in High School? Yeah right, was afraid of my own shadow. Although when I dropped out in senior year everyone thought I was pregnant, how funny is that???
My first crush was Mark Lawrence, no idea what happened to him, would be interesting.
To be truly happy - that would be my life right now. Been married for almost 21 years, love my husband to death!! I live in sunny Florida, 5 min drive from the coast and the beautiful sunsets, love my job (hate the drive), wonderful friends, little brother who loves me (right back at ya Bill) and about 30 neices and nephews that call me Crazy Aunt Sherry because I'm not afraid to get down and dirty with them.
My biggest surprise in life? That we never had children, where did the time go??
If I had a do-over - I would know that what people think of you isn't nearly as important as what and how you think of yourself!! I would not have held back from doing things everyone else was doing just because I thought someone might make fun of me, cause really, dude, it was high school, why would I care what another 16 year old thought of me??
Interesting fact #1 - I had always had a bad back, would end up in bed for a few days every couple of years, then it started to be every year, then every month, then eventually I couldn't get out of bad one day. I ended up having back surgery to remove a disc that had literally exploded! I could hardly walk it hurt so bad. My Neuro Surgeor (?) was very impressed that I could still function considering how bad it was, and to this day still has my MRI hanging in his office to show to patients, how very exciting??
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ting fact #2 - I have Bilateral Vestibulopothy. In a nut shell, I have no equilibrium. It started with dizzy spells once a year, then once a month, then one day I woke up and couldn't get out of bed because the world wouldn't stop spinning. After years of therapy I finally have it somewhat under control. I still get dizzy spells daily, and yes I fall down and walk into walls alot, very interesting when you're trying to make a good impression at work! There is nothing that can be done to fix it, so I have learned to make peace with it. What has happened is the part inside of both ears that controls my equilibrium has deteriorated to the point that they no longer can do their job. I get a lot of dizzy spells, and when I walk I am constantly running into things, when you have no equilibrium you cannot tell which way is up or down so I have no feeling of falling until I actually fall or hit something on the way down. Every thing I see is moving 100% of the time, no equilibrium means your mind cannot put things in perspective, so it doesn't know where to put them when it sends the signal to your eyes of where they actually are, so I see everything moving constantly, which makes me very sick alot of the time. Let me tell ya, it took a LONG time to get used to the new world, but I have the hang of it now, and am even able to drive, although I could get worse at any time so I have to be very, very careful. The nerves for my hearing run right next to the part in my ear that has affected my balance, so now whatever is going on in my ears has started to affect my hearing as well. I already have lost most of my hearing in one ear, and there is no way of knowing if it will get worse, or if it will eventually affect my other ear as well. Aren't I just special? Know anyone that has something similiar?? Please get them in touch with me. There are very few people who have this to the extent that I have, so I would love to talk to someone who has to deal with the same problems on a day to day basis!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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