Excerpt From My Journal
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Wheel With Me
16 posts
Mourning My Losses
A short list of mourning for the things my spinal cord injury took from me.
Memorable Moments of 2018
What an incredible year I’ve had! I want to recap my most memorable moments from 2018! I hope you enjoy reading as much as I did looking back.
Seasonal Affective Disorder
As the weather begins to cool, the leaves begin to fall, and the days become shorter with the time change, my mood typically goes with it. Around the beginning of…
10 Things Wheelchair Users Don’t Want to Hear
Before you approach a wheelchair user think about how you would feel if you were on the receiving end of what is coming out of your mouth. Here are 10…
Why I wear Pull-Ups…
When Depends became too baggy after my weight loss causing leaks and the pads would slide to the side, I switched to GoodNites brand children’s diapers. Immediately, my confidence was…
Navigating NYC as a Wheelchair User
Times Square I have traveled all over the United States. This country has surprised me in the best ways and in some of the worst. I recently made my second…
Patient Number One
I am the second patient in the INVIVO Therapeutics clinical trial. They placed a neruscaffold in my spinal cord. I had a short-lived romance with patient one (click here for video). Below is…
UTI Care and Prevention
A urinary tract infection (UTI) is an infection of any part of the urinary system – kidneys, ureters, bladder, urethra. Most females have experienced the pain of a UTI at…