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- By Brian · April 11, 2008
- Journal · 45 recommendations
- When we started this community, each of us faced important health issues in our lives. Some of us have family members with medical conditions. Many of us have medical conditions of our own. All of us ...
- By tammy4varilite · September 26, 2008
- Journal · 4 recommendations
- Have you ever noticed that when you are in a wheelchair, people just stop and stare? I always notice people staring at me when I am taking apart my wheelchair and putting it in my car. I also notice it ...
- By tammy4varilite · Yesterday at 6:24 pm
- Journal · 2 recommendations
- When I was first injured, it took 6 months for me to connect with another female in a wheelchair to ask her women related issues about spinal cord injury. This happens to a lot to newly injured women ...
- By tammy4varilite · October 2, 2008
- Journal · 1 recommendation
- On September 24th, I wrote a blog called "TIRED OF FIGHTING FOR MY RIGHTS FOR WHEELCHAIR ACCESS!” I wanted to update people on the situation. I just received a call from the property manager and they ...
- By tammy4varilite · September 30, 2008
- Journal · 1 recommendation
- For years I have always tried so hard to be very careful about not running over people’s feet in my wheelchair, especially their toes. Heck, if it happens, I will always feel bad. I feel like I need to ...
- By tammy4varilite · September 30, 2008
- Journal · 1 recommendation
- Being in my wheelchair is so challenging at times because I am short and people don’t see me. I try to be very aware of my surroundings, but since I only sit about 4 feet high, I am always getting bumped ...
- By tammy4varilite · September 25, 2008
- Journal · 1 recommendation
- It is hard to believe that Christopher Reeve is no longer with us, and of course the loss of his wife Dana as well! Today would have been his 56th birthday. He has done so much for the disability community ...
- By tammy4varilite · September 22, 2008
- Journal · 1 recommendation
- How many times in your life have you gone to a local football game at a high school, attended a professional baseball team game in your local town or in my case growing up, attending Monster Truck shows ...
- By missinmyangel · July 31, 2008
- Discussion in Children and families · 1 recommendation
- I lost my Aunt,47 ,on June 8th. I lost her physical being but have gained an Angel. I was a caregiver and AM a friend to anyone,afflicted by this horrible disease. Boh the diagnosed and their families ...
- By Chuck1106 · July 22, 2008
- Journal · 1 recommendation
- Well...I have been diagnosed over a month... I still slur my speech..(getting worse) and have problems eating and swallowing... (getting worse). I have been to a nutritionist...I did tests for him that ...
- By BobbyB · August 16, 2006
- Discussion in National ALS Advocacy Day · 1 recommendation
- Welcome to the ALS Registry http://www.patientslikeme.com/registry There are 345 PALS in the registry from 33 countries. This is the registry for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's Disease, or ...
