Category: Assists
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OT/PT Two-step
Where I discover why MSers have physical and occupational therapy.
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How could I get out?
“In case of emergency, break glass.” Let’s hope these disaster plans are never needed in the real world.
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My life’s quality
In the movie The Bone Collector, Denzel Washington plays a quadriplegic crime scene investigator. As I become more disabled, I have become interested in this story line.
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My MS activist moment
I proposed a blog post at work questioning the practice of ‘flagging’ law school applicants who requested ADA accommodations for the LSAT.
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Turns out, not every MSer is my peep
A few weeks ago I took a call on the MSFriends (MSF) helpline from a “C___” in [state deleted] who was just calling to talk. She was suffering from a migraine because she wasn’t able to take any pain medicine preemptively before she had driven herself to the appointment for her annual MRI and back […]
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The good use of my time
Now that I am more disabled, I find that I’d rather spend my limited energy on other things. Like this MSFriends Peer Support Hotline.
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I am able to volunteer
I begin volunteering to answer phones from my home for the MSFriends®️ Hotline. It is a “peer support and referral service” for people who have MS.
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A new next-big-thing
CCSVI is a narrowing of the jugular veins causing faulty blood drainage from the brain that may contribute to MS.
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My wheelchair
We got a used one on Craigslist. How will I know when it is time to use it?