Wednesday, 3 April 2024

CBD Oil Relief

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I was prescribed CBD oil in September of 2023 in hopes that I might find some relief for the paralytic spasms which have occurred nightly fo...
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Saturday, 9 March 2024

Schrödinger’s Cat Develops a Tic

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I can no longer remember the year I became paralyzed; the year I went to bed with a severe backache, then awakened to the realization my le...
Saturday, 27 January 2024

Feelin' Awful

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Wednesday, 13 December 2023

Prisoner of Life

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You are a combatant captured by the enemy during a war.  Your captors believe you possess valuable information they wish to extract.  What d...
Friday, 13 October 2023

They May Listen, But Do They Hear?

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 Listening and hearing are different! Are you listening to the words spill from my mouth while dreaming about this upcoming weekend?  Did yo...
Tuesday, 10 October 2023

Changing Hats

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The preceding posts outline my current frustration with our medical system--how I'm on my fourth doctor in five years and my immediate p...
Sunday, 17 September 2023

My Faith Shaken in Canadian Medicine -So What Now?

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Oh how I miss those days when your family physician, with his little black medical bag, came to your house when you were sick.  A doctor tha...
Friday, 8 September 2023

What Happened -Part 3

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 A summation of the previous four posts: Ever since my spinal cord injury some fifteen years ago, I was able to climb into our family van fr...
Monday, 4 September 2023

Disability Transportation

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 As mentioned in the previous post, since my massive spasm episode in April of 2022, I suddenly lost the ability to step into our family van...
Monday, 14 August 2023

Frustration: What Happened to Me?

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 Part Two:  What Happened?  Some Improvement. In the previous post I wrote about the massive spasms I endured on the nights of April 6th ...
Tuesday, 8 August 2023

Setback: Okay, what happened?

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Part 1: Okay, what the heck happened to me? Covid was waning and life was beginning to return to normal.  I had been vaccinated--twice, and ...
Saturday, 14 August 2021

Still Alive

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 Still alive but distracted by life.  May post again soon when the spirit permits. Y.
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Saturday, 5 December 2020

A Tale of Two Ceilings

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Ceilings torment me.  I can recall the day that the doctors entered my hospital room and coldly announced that I'd never walk again.  Af...
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Sunday, 13 September 2020

CPAP Cleaners - Marketing 101

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  While sleep disorders such as sleep apnea are not a "disability", but rather a condition or an affliction, or what have you--I t...
Saturday, 25 July 2020

Chair Etiquette

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Where were you raised?  Pick-up after yourself.  Put it back when you're done!  All common pleas from frustrated parents, particularly ...
Friday, 10 July 2020

Lost & Found

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About one year after receiving the Quantum Edge power wheelchair, I can say that I'm quite pleased with the model.  It is certainly a ...
Monday, 25 May 2020

Government Scrimping on Wheelchair Seating

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When I acquired my latest power wheelchair, the Quantum Q6 , I requested a seat cushion, a GeoMatrix model which I had once used on a lone...
Monday, 18 May 2020

New Power Wheelchair - My Third

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Anyone who has stumbled upon my blog may know of the troubles I encountered with my second powerchair--a Permobil .  Problems with that po...