Talking about Body Integrity Identity Disorder – Just another disability!
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by Chloe - 21 June 2011
It’s really not comfortable for me to be secretive about BIID at this point. However, I make exceptions when there appears to be good reason. We had not visited Alicia’s parents in a year or so, and I asked her if she was okay with me talking about BIID should they ask about the right leg brace, which they had not seen before. She said no, and went on to explain about the disability baggage of Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Keeping a Secret continues »
by Chloe - 19 June 2011
Alicia and I decided to participate in the "Dyke March" that is part of the vibrant "Pride Festival" in Salt Lake City. She made a sign for my wheelchair which said "Differently Abled Dyke".
Differently Abled Dyke! continues »
by Chloe - 14 June 2011
Just another egocentric three day diary; starting with May 12th. There’s stuff about BIID. Honest!
Another Three Day Diary continues »
by Chloe - 12 June 2011
I thought I was a lifer. After 30 months of Prozac I expected to be a lifer. Alicia expected me to be a lifer. My physician expected me to be a lifer. I had no problem with being a lifer. Nevertheless (as of this writing, May 25th) it has now been a month since I have taken any Prozac. I have no significant symptoms of depression and I have never felt happier. Weird! This should not be taken to mean that I feel no emotional pain. I feel it intensely. There is no contradiction.
A Month Without Prozac continues »
by Chloe - 6 June 2011
While attending the magnetoencephalography symposium some weeks ago, I had drawn the attention of the building coordinator to some inadequacies of the wheelchair seating arrangements in the auditorium. He said he was going to call a staff meeting to address the issues and then get back to me. We have indeed had several long discussions since then. The consequences of my dropping a pebble in the pond are more far reaching than I could have imagined.
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