The In-Laws
by Chloe - 20 March 2009
There are bridges to cross… One of these is how to present to my partner’s family, and what to say.
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Limping, Bandages, and a Crutch
by Chloe - 19 October 2008
Recently, the emotional strain of appearing able bodied at work got too much for me. I started limping. The next week I bandaged my left leg in such a way that I had no choice but to limp. The next week I added a right forearm crutch.
Limping, Bandages, and a Crutch continues »Heavy Metal: Part 4
by Chloe - 11 October 2008
The final installment about the two week road trip from which my partner and I just returned: I’m getting very comfortable about knowing when to use leg braces or wheelchair or both.
Heavy Metal: Part 4 continues »BIID is disabling all right!
by Sean - 14 August 2008
As regular readers will know, I have been dealing with a "pretty bad patch" of BIID attack for a long time now. There are peaks and trophs, obviously. Yet it seems like my trophs are intense enough to be someone else’s peak. I don’t say this out of a sense of self-pity, it is a simple statement of fact. There have been some periods in my life since my teens where BIID has left me mostly quiet, if not entirely alone. But the more time goes by, the longer the BIID works on me, and the more intense these "attacks" get. And when I am in the grips of a strong BIID attack, I am quite disabled. I venture to say that I’m more impaired by BIID than I would be by being paraplegic.
BIID is disabling all right! continues »In need of a wheelchair
by Mary - 19 June 2008
I understand that many of you have a wheelchair of your own. For me that’s still just a dream. I’m looking on the internet every day for wheelchairs, different models, what kind that would suit me, and ones for sale. But I know there’s just too many obstacles in my life right now, that stops me from having a wheelchair. Even though, when I read about how some of you use your wheelchairs, it makes me jealous and enlarging my longing.
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