Some folks insist that if they could live their life over again they wouldn’t change a thing. That’s a sweet sentiment, but I don’t feel that way. Although I spend almost no time regretting my poor decisions, if I had it to do over again, you bet I would make some changes. What I Got… Continue reading Right and Wrong
MITCH STURGEON
Author and Blogger
Living With MS
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I’ve Still Got It
There are so many celebrations and festivals in greater Portland, but the one we never miss is the Old Port Festival, the second Sunday in June. The weather was beautiful this year – sunny and in the mid-70s. I decided to spend the day in my iBot wheelchair. We used the new accessible path in… Continue reading I’ve Still Got It
Read My Guest Post at the New My Counterpane Blog
Click here to see my post, and please consider adding Kate’s blog to your regular online reading.
A Few Items…
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…
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