Oct 21, 2025 | Advocacy, Lessons Learned, Medical, Misc, Professional
CMS says it’s cutting fraud. Patients like me may pay the price with our lives Fifteen years ago, I almost died because of the wrong catheter. I was hospitalized with sepsis after being forced to use products that didn’t meet my medical needs. It took years to find...
Aug 21, 2025 | Advocacy, Before the Accident, Family, Lessons Learned, Medical, Misc, Professional, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
I don’t believe my accident happened for a reason. I believe bad things happen to great people every second of every day. What I do believe is this: the way you move forward when life feels impossible is what defines you. Today I’m sitting quietly, reflecting on...
Jul 9, 2025 | Advocacy, Misc, Professional, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
I never imagined my story would become a book— Not after the injury. Not after the detours. And definitely not after the monkeys at the Playboy Mansion. But here we are. My memoir is a collection of the wild, raw, hilarious, and brutally honest moments that shaped...
May 28, 2025 | Advocacy, Lessons Learned, Medical, Professional, Spinal Cord Injury
Let’s face it: your brain is dramatic. Not theater-kid-in-high-school dramatic. More like toddler-who-dropped-their-Fruit-Roll-Up-in-a-sandbox dramatic. Every day, your decisions are being pulled in a three-way battle between: 🧠 The impulsive part that wants dopamine...
May 20, 2025 | Advocacy, Lessons Learned, Professional, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
There are a few things I wish someone had handed me early in life: 📝 A how-to guide on being paralyzed with style📉 A manual on avoiding airport catastrophe🎁 And maybe a coupon for lifetime bubble wrap I didn’t know what I didn’t know—until I learned the hard way. And...
