Apple Watch Update Last week I wrote about my Apple Watch. The only complaint I had was that I couldn’t use Siri, hands-free, to call 911. When I tried, the watch gave me a message indicating that I needed to complete the operation from my iPhone. What if I fall and I can’t reach my… Continue reading A Few Items…
MITCH STURGEON
Author and Blogger
Living With MS
Year: 2015
My Experience with Apple Watch
I am an early adopter, even more so when technology can help me with some of my MS related challenges. On April 25, soon after the watches showed up in Apple stores, I tried one out. With the Apple Watch mounted on my relatively useless left hand I could operate the controls with my slightly… Continue reading My Experience with Apple Watch
More Media Coverage about the Accessible Pathway in My Neighborhood
Unless you’re new to my blog, or you skip over the self-aggrandizing posts like this one, you’ve already read several times about my successful efforts to have a wheelchair accessible pathway installed through Thomas Knight Park. Now three widely read outlets have picked up the story. I first documented this issue and my intention to… Continue reading More Media Coverage about the Accessible Pathway in My Neighborhood
Speaking to Students About Disabilities
I have to thank Kim for this opportunity. A few weeks ago she told me that her school, Cape Elizabeth Middle School, would be observing A Lot Alike week. They booked speakers, and they organized activities, all centered around the theme of inclusion. Kim asked if I would speak about disabilities. I reluctantly agreed to.… Continue reading Speaking to Students About Disabilities
An Unusual Take on Life Insurance
Jeff (my insurance agent), please forgive me for what I write below. If you have MS or any other nasty disease, I hope you bought life insurance before you were diagnosed. Oh, you can sometimes get it after diagnosis, but it’ll cost you an arm and a leg, even if that arm and leg don’t… Continue reading An Unusual Take on Life Insurance
Update on My Book
In February I announced that I’m writing a memoir. I spent most of 2014 pulling together the first draft. In January of this year I started the second draft and completed it this morning. The two processes couldn’t have been more different. The first draft called for free writing – getting ideas out of my… Continue reading Update on My Book
Wheelchair Users Need Physical Intimacy Too
This post isn’t about sex; that’s a separate topic that I could address here someday, but I probably won’t. Also, this isn’t about physical therapy, professional massage, or contact between a caregiver and a disabled person while showering, getting dressed, etc. It’s about loving, tender, nonsexual intimacy. For most of my life, I’ve not been… Continue reading Wheelchair Users Need Physical Intimacy Too
I Found an Old Email
Thank you in advance for indulging me on this off-topic post. I thought some you might enjoy it. In the summer of 2000, Kim and I decided to quit our jobs in northern Maine and move to the more populous southern Maine coast. Kim started her new job at Cape Elizabeth Middle School in late… Continue reading I Found an Old Email
Persistence and Creativity
As I’ve become more disabled, we’ve had to invent new ways to accomplish even the simplest tasks. Kim and I have developed processes for me to brush my teeth, shave, and eat various foods. We’ve also figured out ways for her to help me shower, get dressed, and get into and out of bed. The… Continue reading Persistence and Creativity
The Hardest Thing about Having MS
I was interviewed earlier today by a health marketing company. Don’t look for a magazine article about me, though. These folks are conducting research on primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS) by speaking with patients. The marketing company paid me for my time with a $75 gift certificate from Amazon.com. I must remember to buy something… Continue reading The Hardest Thing about Having MS