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Do you ever feel like the only female in a wheelchair?

tammy4varilite
  • By tammy4varilite · New reply 12:49 pm
  • Journal · 3 replies
  • 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 ...

Please Stand for the National Anthem- BUT I CAN"T!

tammy4varilite
  • By tammy4varilite · New reply 12:43 pm
  • Journal · 12 replies
  • 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 ...

People are always staring at me- Is it my disability or my good looks?

tammy4varilite
  • By tammy4varilite · New reply 11:15 am
  • Journal · 23 replies
  • 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 ...

TIRED OF FIGHTING FOR MY RIGHTS FOR WHEELCHAIR ACCESS!

tammy4varilite
  • By tammy4varilite · New reply yesterday at 3:54 pm
  • Journal · 19 replies
  • Does anyone ever get tired of fighting for your rights that we are entitled to, for wheelchair access to public places? I know this is just one of many things that the American with Disabilities Act covers ...

Why are we here?

Brian
  • By Brian · New reply yesterday at 5:58 am
  • Journal · 106 replies
  • 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 ...

Tails and Toes- How many do I have to run over in my wheelchair?

tammy4varilite
  • By tammy4varilite · New reply October 3, 2008
  • Journal · 9 replies
  • 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 ...

Update blog: TIRED OF FIGHTING FOR MY RIGHTS FOR WHEELCHAIR ACCESS!

tammy4varilite
  • By tammy4varilite · New reply October 3, 2008
  • Journal · 2 replies
  • 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 ...

September 27, 2008

snugglebearsmom
  • By snugglebearsmom · New reply October 2, 2008
  • Journal · 5 replies
  • It's been a little bit since I've posted a journal entry, things have been really emotional around here. On Saturday September 27, 2008 Tyler and his Grandma traveled back to Duke University. We decided ...

Remembering Christopher Reeve on his 56th Birthday, He is Superman!

tammy4varilite
  • By tammy4varilite · New reply October 1, 2008
  • Journal · 2 replies
  • 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 ...

I thought I was short before I was in a wheelchair!

tammy4varilite
  • By tammy4varilite · Posted September 30, 2008
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • 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 ...

Update on Tyler

snugglebearsmom
  • By snugglebearsmom · New reply September 29, 2008
  • Journal · 17 replies
  • Today was a very emotional day, we decided that we are not going to have him go through the transplant. It was the hardest decision I have ever had to make in my life however I feel that it was for the ...

Update on William with the pancreas problem

KathyG
  • By KathyG · New reply September 13, 2008
  • Journal · 6 replies
  • Today we went to see his specialist. We found out today that he IS NOT going to send him to Duke University afterall. He is going to talk to a CF Pulmonary Doctor and try to get the DNA screening for ...

UPDATE.....URGENT...NEED INFO ON 6YR OLD WITH PANCREAS PROBLEM

KathyG
  • By KathyG · New reply September 4, 2008
  • Journal · 9 replies
  • Today I had to take my 6 yr old grandson to the emergency dept. He has been sick for 2 days. In my earlier post I explained that he has a pancreas problem and is taking enzymes. About 5 weeks ago the ...

Need medical info for 6 yr old with pancreas problem?

KathyG
  • By KathyG · New reply August 28, 2008
  • Journal · 4 replies
  • My 6yr. old grandson has been sick since he was 6 months old with respitory problems. He also developed a food allergy very young. Dr's said that he had Asthma. It kept getting worse over time and he ...

Its been a while since I last posted!

CanadaNuse
  • By CanadaNuse · Posted August 21, 2008
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • There has been alot going on, since our last post, and honestly I don't know where to start. We had over TEN doctor visits and still not closer to anything. But we keep on getting more clinical DX for ...

22 month old -preemie

treesa
  • By treesa · New reply August 11, 2008
  • Discussion in Growth and development · 1 reply
  • ok my son is 22months (20 months adjusted ) he is 21 lbs and 32 inches tall and has been this way since 13 months old was wondering if anyone else has this problem and if they thought it might be from ...

i have a 17 year old daughter with Tietze's syndome...

sheila_r
  • By sheila_r · Posted August 11, 2008
  • Discussion in Illnesses · 0 replies
  • Hello, I'm new here so please bear with me... i know that 17 years is much older but still young 'non-the-less'...(still likes her share of stuffed animals. etc,...) Really need answer for her condition ...

Upcoming improvements to the messaging system

Walter
  • By Walter · New reply July 7, 2008
  • Journal · 23 replies
  • Hello everyone. I'm writing to let you know about some long overdue improvements that we'll be making to this site's messaging system later this week. The messages section is the most frequently visited ...

Improvements to the message system are complete

Walter
  • By Walter · New reply June 22, 2008
  • Journal · 14 replies
  • Hello everyone. Just a quick note to let you know that the improvements to the message system that I wrote about previously are complete. You can check them out now. You'll notice that we've grouped your ...

**Updated** System maintenance: Tuesday June 10th, 5 am - 7 am Eastern

Walter
  • By Walter · New reply June 5, 2008
  • Journal · 1 reply
  • ** Updated ** Due to power outages caused by storms in the Washington, DC area, we need to postpone this maintenance until Tuesday June 10th, from 5 am to 7 am. Thanks for your patience. ** Updated ...

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