Feb 17, 2021 | Advocacy, Lessons Learned, Medical, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
It’s hard to believe that it’s only the middle of February and with the state of affairs in the world today I try very hard to focus my energy on affecting change in whatever capacity I am able to in order to bring a little bit of light into this world. I’ve...
Dec 28, 2020 | Funnies, Lessons Learned, Medical, Misc, Spinal Cord Injury
The other day I was working with my caregiver and I caught myself thinking about some of the things I ask for on a daily basis, and just how unbelievably bizarre they must sound the average able-bodied person. I started to make a list of these particularly...
Dec 17, 2020 | Advocacy, Family, Lessons Learned, Medical, Misc, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
Mental Health. Society has come to appreciate the importance of mental health just as much as physical health in recent decades, but somehow there still a negative shadow cast over those who open up about mental challenges they may be facing. If you break...
Nov 30, 2020 | Advocacy, Lessons Learned, Medical, Misc, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
Where does one even start reflecting back on the year of 2020? This has been a year to remember for the ages from pandemics to politics to pandemonium around every corner of the globe. The human race has endured throughout the ages and what millions of us...
Sep 24, 2020 | Lessons Learned, Medical, Misc, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
Over the last several years I’ve made it my mission to try and overturn health insurance denials for what I, and many of my medical professionals, deem is “medically necessary” for in-home use with my specific quadriplegia medical condition. Often times my...
Sep 2, 2020 | Lessons Learned, Medical, Misc, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
Since winning the approval of my seat elevator for my power wheelchair through navigating the labyrinth of Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s appeal’s process by taking my story to the local news – I have since been busy making quick work of trying to get...
