Dec 13, 2023 | Advocacy, Lessons Learned, Medical, Misc, Professional
WHAT’S WORSE THAN BEING PARALYZED? Sleep Deprivation – Millions Sharing a collective pain together I’ve commented before that paralysis itself is not innately the biggest challenge with living a life in a wheelchair. It’s the secondary...
Oct 20, 2023 | Advocacy, Lessons Learned, Medical, Misc, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
Over the last week I traveled to Anaheim, California from Raleigh, North Carolina for a medical technology conference I was speaking at. I’ve traveled on planes before, but I’ve always had an entourage of people to help me as a quadriplegic paralyzed from...
Oct 15, 2023 | Advocacy, Family, Lessons Learned, Medical, Misc, Professional, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
I preface this article by saying first and foremost: I am very Quirky. I find humor even when I’m chained up to a literal hospital bed in China after spinal surgery. I find hope where I didn’t know it existed. I love to help other human beings through incredibly tough...
Sep 27, 2023 | Advocacy, Lessons Learned, Medical, Misc, Professional, Uncategorized
Traveling is challenging enough as a quadriplegic with respect to bed heights, doorway entrances, accessible showers, the list goes on. I always travel with a caregiver. I actually have less needs than a lot of my friends because I pretty much stick my head in the...
Sep 21, 2023 | Advocacy, Lessons Learned, Professional, Uncategorized
Over the last year I started to notice a shift in LinkedIn job postings, which seem to flood my inbox each day. I started to observe that many of these jobs are advertised as remote, but are really hybrid now. I understand the importance of working in person for...