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Purging

by Claire - 11 June 2007

Purging is running away. Denial. Refusal to keep living this way.

I. Can. Not. Keep. Doing. This.

Counselling

by Sophie - 9 June 2007

A lot has been happening. Mum has been up to her usual antics. In this case it is both a good/bad situation. Good in terms of it getting me off my reluctant bum.

First airline travel as a wheeler

by Claire - 8 June 2007

A couple of days ago I lived another pretender "first"…that of my first airplane trip as a wheeler. The following is the story of my day-long, three-flight voyage crossing the continent with my wheelchair. This story takes the form of notes that I jotted down as it was all happening.

If Only for a Moment

by Eric - 5 June 2007

I have begun working all three shifts at work and along with that came new days off each week. I am attempting to get acclamated and it’s causing some changes in my sleep patterns and my lifestyle as a whole. During the last week I have spent some time wheeling at work–the worst place on earth to do this, because there’s a high possibility of being caught. I use the chair we have in a storage room here. It’s a dangerous habit that I should break, and now. I could be fired for it, but the added stress of being here all the time and in the middle of the night, in combination with not getting any sleep has created a monster. I am wheeling and feeling good, if only for a moment.

Falling off - Have a laugh

by Sean - 3 June 2007

Claire was telling me about being dumped in public by her wheelchair for the first time today. And I was thinking back to all those times that it happened to me. Some of them are really vivid in my mind. I thought that y’all might be amused by these stories, so, there you go.