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Healthcare will come in some form

walker5473
  • By walker5473 · Posted September 9, 2009
  • 4 replies
  • There are lots of wonderful and insightful comments and graphs regarding the healthcare crisis! More educated people = more critical thinking, that's great!!! What is really missing from the equation ...

sound track

goldy24k
  • By goldy24k · Posted September 5, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • Each day has it's own sound track that plays in my brain. Sometimes it's a song on the radio. Sometimes I don't know where I come up with them! I like to have a song that encorages me to carry on. I hate ...

The Power of Positive Thinking (I think I can)

angelbrd67
  • By angelbrd67 · Posted August 29, 2009
  • 8 replies
  • You can choose to think .. Or not to think... And what you think about expands! If you choose to think negative you will draw negativity your way... if you choose to think positive you can achieve many ...

mucical flower

greensmile
  • By greensmile · Posted August 27, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • like rose petals gentle and caressing music laps at the soul gentility,soft,yet strong like a rose,delicate yet bold at the ready in all its splendor gaily coloured tones of pure sound swirling round ...

time

greensmile
  • By greensmile · Posted August 23, 2009
  • 10 replies
  • it is now 14 years on the vent 29 years since first sympyom 5 years since i lost the ability to play flute not a scale,nor arpeggio no sonatas,nor concerti no chamber music,nor soli 5 years of longing ...

School Starts Monday

angelbrd67
  • By angelbrd67 · Posted August 19, 2009
  • 5 replies
  • Well this is it ... School starts Monday. I can't tell you how scared I am to let Matt go back. This is the place his accident happened due to teachers not listening to him... what if he gets sick or ...

Project Walk - Treadmill

Comfortably_numb
  • By Comfortably_numb · Posted August 15, 2009
  • 2 replies
  • Just sharing a recent video of me on the treadmill at project walk, my legs responded very well. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQMoBYPZp vQ ...

Picture

cworwa
  • By cworwa · Posted August 12, 2009
  • 3 replies
  • I tried putting up a picture of myself, but I got cut off, but it's not that way in the original picture. Please HELP ...

When Pharmasists go NUTS

angelbrd67
  • By angelbrd67 · Posted August 11, 2009
  • 12 replies
  • Matt went to the Doctor on the 5th. The physiatrist wrote him two scripts to try before we check into a baclofen pump. So I went and dropped off the scripts they said it would be a few days but that was ...

Scheduled maintenance this evening

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted August 10, 2009
  • 13 replies
  • All, Inspire will be performing database updates this evening starting at 8:00 Eastern. We expect the updates to take no more than 2 hours and the site will be unavailable at this time. We thank you for ...

Got back from camp

goldy24k
  • By goldy24k · Posted August 9, 2009
  • 4 replies
  • I got back from camp yesterday. I had the best time ever! We made crafts, sang songs and laughed at the skits. What I enjoyed most was the fellowship. Camp is like a home away from home for me. I really ...

Preparing to walk from Troy for Troy

Thomm
  • By Thomm · Posted August 7, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • I am going to walk 50 miles for the Troy's Angels Quad/Walk-a-thon September 7. I challenge everyone who reads this to become involved in some way to help raise funds to provide transition support for ...

Cares Clothing LLC for special needs

annlove
  • By annlove · Posted August 4, 2009
  • 10 replies
  • Hello, My name is Ann Lee. Last year my sister passed away from a rare Cancer, Leiomyosarcoma. Losing her was painful. In her memory, and because of her, I put all my energy and compassion into designing ...

hows it going to be

luis85
  • By luis85 · Posted August 3, 2009
  • 15 replies
  • My names luis and im 23 years old. I was shot 2 weeks ago in the back and i am paralyzed from the waist down. I don't really know what to expect. Is there anyone in my position or had a simular situation ...

Good Day

angelbrd67
  • By angelbrd67 · Posted August 3, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • I went back to work today.. it's been over 5 months since I have been back. It was so hard to get up and walk out. It wasn't easy for my other half either.. He called me every 10 minutes asking me what ...

New equipment, new worries

angelbrd67
  • By angelbrd67 · Posted July 30, 2009
  • 4 replies
  • Evolve XT Mobil showed up today,.... Matt has been in it twice so far today in between thearapy where he spent the day peddling an FES bike with the sales rep to see if we can get one.... I laughed when ...

oh boy!

goldy24k
  • By goldy24k · Posted July 29, 2009
  • 5 replies
  • I'm going to camp Adventure on Sunday! I am so excited! It's just like any other camp except it's for the disabled. It's a Christian camp so they are loving people. It's like I can forget my disability ...

Bowling

angelbrd67
  • By angelbrd67 · Posted July 20, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • Well our Therapy Center at Luecern sponsers every couple of months an outting open to anyone any age in a wheel chair in Orlando or the surrounding area's and their families. This saturday we went Bowling ...

Surfing

TraceD
  • By TraceD · Posted July 19, 2009
  • 5 replies
  • Went surfing yesterday with help through a group called "Life Rolls On" check them out on the web. I have never surfed before. This was their 25th event. 150 volunteers, 40-50 paralyzed participants ...

Trip To Nurologist

angelbrd67
  • By angelbrd67 · Posted July 16, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • Ok we got into the office.. Dr Tan is this neat looking guy kinda looks like Spock on star treck.... We showed him Matt's new movement... HE SMILED.. my goodness we thought this man would never crack ...

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