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A Year of Wheeling

by Chloe - 16 July 2010

With hindsight, my resistance to becoming a majority time wheeler seems quaint. Why would I have resisted a change in my life which has proved to be so beneficial? As with a lot of things, the answer seems complex.

Roughing It

by Chloe - 26 July 2009

I had not been camping since my back injury in December 2006. Mostly it was because of concern about back pain while trying to sleep in a tent. However, my back pain has decreased substantially over the last few months. So, when my male lover invited me to go camping with him in the forest, I couldn’t resist.

Back Pain

by Chloe - 25 June 2009

I’m worried about my back pain. I’m worried that it’s going away.

I managed to keep significant back pain going throughout the ski season by giving my body quite a pounding every week. A few weeks after switching to hiking for the summer, I started to notice a difference. The back pain was gradually diminishing.

My Flying Crutch

by Chloe - 28 February 2009

In the last three weeks I have had three out of state business trips. Since my assistive device mode at work is a single forearm crutch, that is what I used on the trips. This is small potatoes compared with those of you who fly with a wheelchair, but I take baby steps. These were my first times flying with a crutch.

Images of my Brain?

by Chloe - 2 November 2008

One aspect of my work is that I am a member of a six person multidisciplinary team, doing research on multiple brain imaging techniques. Most things in (my) life seem to have some connection with BIID.