Feb 9, 2021 | Family, Lessons Learned, Misc, Sex + Dating, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
I am so honored to be featured once again in New Mobility Magazine to talk about my marriage, the challenges we face, and how we work through them. Marriage is challenging enough, but when you add in the layered complexity of disability into a relationship I find that...
Oct 23, 2020 | Family, Lessons Learned, Sex + Dating, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
Recently my husband and I took a week long vacation to visit a friend in Florida. I distinctly remember one day when he was helping me with all of my bathroom duties, getting my swimsuit on, lifting me up from a very low surface bed (killing his back), lifting...
Jul 15, 2020 | Funnies, Lessons Learned, Medical, Misc, Sex + Dating, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
As I was lying in bed last night the metaphorical wheels were turning in my head with respect to the next move I am planning on making towards my advocacy mission with getting durable medical equipment and services paid for by Goliath health insurance...
Jun 22, 2020 | Lessons Learned, Medical, Misc, Sex + Dating, Spinal Cord Injury
We should be enraged, inspired to change, and determined to fight as Americans with the state of our healthcare system in this country. The fact that we spend 2 to 3 times more on health insurance in the United States for subpar services as compared to many other...
May 28, 2020 | Funnies, Lessons Learned, Misc, Sex + Dating, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
I’ve always been curious by nature whether that be understanding the physics of a white dwarf star in our universe or diving into the world of neural plasticity to study how the brain can change itself or simply figuring out why human history always seems to repeat...
Feb 6, 2020 | Family, Lessons Learned, Misc, Sex + Dating, Spinal Cord Injury
If you get married in your early 20’s I’m sure life after marriage, especially newlywed life, is comprised of sex, unicorns, and rainbows! However, I think when you get married in your mid 30’s or later the concept of romance and intimacy after marriage profoundly...
