When I last updated you on my overhead lift system reimbursement from Anthem, I wrote: “My insurance company indicated they will reimburse all but $700 of the $12,000 product cost. I haven’t seen that check yet, and I won’t believe it until I do.” I was told by Anthem that all I had to do… Continue reading Conveniently Incompetent
MITCH STURGEON
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Living With MS
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Interacting with Wheelchair Users: A Memo
ali edwards My friend Andrew McLaughlin recently posted the following status on Facebook, after visiting our home town of Lincoln, Maine, during its homecoming celebration: “While having lunch at the Knights of Columbus BBQ after Saturday’s parade, with Kimberly, I noticed a Lincoln icon sitting alone, in his motorized wheelchair, at the end of a… Continue reading Interacting with Wheelchair Users: A Memo
The Eastern Sky at Sunset
For the second summer in a row (click here for last summer’s story), Kim and I spent a couple of nights at a lake in our hometown of Lincoln, Maine. My brother Andy’s mother-in-law, Joan, owns a lovely summer home on the lake known by locals as the Big Narrows. Although the shoreline is probably… Continue reading The Eastern Sky at Sunset
You Can Check out Any Time You Like…
“Does Mitch’s left hand not work anymore?” our friend Amy whispered to Kim as we left the restaurant last weekend in Bangor. “Why? Did he say something to you?” Kim responded. “No, but I noticed that he didn’t move it at all during dinner.” “Yeah, he can’t do much with that hand anymore.” “Are you… Continue reading You Can Check out Any Time You Like…
Some Improvements to This Website
I am very busy these days. It’s as if we are cramming an entire summer’s worth of activities into the first two weeks of July. So I’m putting together a post in about 10 minutes – please forgive me. I’ve been looking for an opportunity to highlight some improvements at EnjoyingtheRide.com: Pages Google’s Blogger, which… Continue reading Some Improvements to This Website
My Do’s and Don’ts
I don’t walk in the woods anymore, but I do sit by the ocean. I don’t sleep well at night, but I do take naps during the day. I don’t travel much, but people visit me often. I don’t work, but I remain relevant. I don’t walk, run, swim, or bike, but I still breathe,… Continue reading My Do’s and Don’ts
My New Sure Hands Overhead Lift System
My April 29 post said: “The Sure Hands lift system has the unique characteristic of allowing a disabled person to control the entire process. If I had one of these, I could transfer from bed to Invacare wheelchair to shower chair to iBot wheelchair to toilet, or any combination thereof –all by myself. How cool… Continue reading My New Sure Hands Overhead Lift System
Driverless Cars – Yes Please
I enjoy the thought exercise where I imagine how people 100 years in the future will regard our generation. I hope that they will be horrified by what MS patients had to endure, because the disease will have been eradicated for many years by then. I also hope they will be appalled by our mindless… Continue reading Driverless Cars – Yes Please
Amazon Smile
Aren’t you sick of people asking, cajoling, even beseeching you (it’s better than besmirching you) to donate to their charity? I’m not going to do that today. Amazon.com, the online bookseller turned video streaming company turned PROVIDER OF ALL THINGS, is willing to donate for you. The program is called Amazon Smile. You tell Amazon… Continue reading Amazon Smile
Two Important MS Videos
My friend Kate Milliken is a talented and tireless advocate for people with MS. Here is her message: My name is Kate Milliken and I have spent the past year building an online platform called MyCounterpane.com which allows people to tell their stories via their emotional ups and downs. Because I live with MS, this… Continue reading Two Important MS Videos