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by Chloe - 12 September 2009
I just got back from a road trip. I had not taken one in a year. It wasn’t clear to me ahead of time that I would have anything at all to write about it, since being in a wheelchair feels so normal now. However, there were a few amusing little anecdotes.
A Little Road Trip continues »
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.
Roughing It continues »
by Chloe - 2 May 2009
It had been in my mind for quite some time that in due course I would switch from using a crutch at work to wearing a left KAFO. Now that I had good shoes attached to my KAFOs, with an identical unattached pair, everything was ready to go.
KAFO to Work continues »
by botox - 5 March 2009
Not fully awake and still groggy from so much morphine, I’d forgotten about the halo and vest confinement when I tried to raise up. I first thought it was all a bad dream but it was not. Out of the corner of my eye, I could still see the black bars that made my portable prison a reality. I touched them in horror and started to cry.
Three Months in Hell - Part 5 continues »
by Chloe - 25 October 2008
Leg braces were usually referred to as "calipers" when I was growing up in England. "Calipers" was the first word I learned to say. Oh alright, I’m just kidding, but I was pretty familiar with them at an early age.
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