Excerpt From My Journal
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Mourning My Losses
A short list of mourning for the things my spinal cord injury took from me.
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…
9 Habits Abled-Bodied’s Need to Kick
“I’m just a wheel girl in a walking world,” is one of my go-to lines when people ask me what life as a wheelchair user is like. In reality, the community…
