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...
Aug 18, 2020 | Lessons Learned, Medical, Misc, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
Each morning I wake up at the crack of dawn, work with my caregiver for several hours to get ready for my day, and then pump out work for around 10 to 12 hours each day, continue to work my caregiver for afternoon activities, then rest, repeat, and start again in the...
Aug 7, 2020 | Lessons Learned, Medical, Misc, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
I’m super honored to have partnered with the Christopher Reeve Foundation as a guest blogger on my recent Health Insurance Appeals battle. I am presently engaged in another battle with my health insurance company on getting a medically necessary specialized...
