Marc and I became acquainted when we were hot on the trail of an emerging stem cell treatment in Israel. The total cost was something like $25,000, and, feeling a little desperate, each of us considered how we might fund such a venture. But fortunately, before we threw a bunch of money at an unproven… Continue reading Wheelchair Kamikaze – an Unexpected Visit
MITCH STURGEON
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Living With MS
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A Long-Overdue Thank You
(Photo credit: Denis Collette…!!!) I’ve thanked a lot of people in my blog posts: Kim, various friends and relatives, random people who helped me at the grocery store, etc. But I’ve been remiss in expressing my gratitude to the very group of people with whom I share my innermost thoughts each week. To the readers… Continue reading A Long-Overdue Thank You
10 Tips for How to Socialize with a Wheelchair User
Despite my disability, and to a certain extent because of it, Kim and I remain social animals. We love spending time with friends, in our home or occasionally out on the town. I’m sure I’m not the only wheelchair user who feels this way. However, due to our accessibility challenges and other health problems, socializing… Continue reading 10 Tips for How to Socialize with a Wheelchair User
I’m Taking a Week off from Blogging
You can find us sitting by a lake in Northern Maine, like the old days…
Appearances
(Photo credit: Wikipedia) Wheelchairs are scary. How do I know this? The mothers tell me. They tell me by the way that they pull their children close when they see me coming. Okay, maybe that’s a bit melodramatic. These mothers may be, after all, protecting me from their snotty nosed little brats. Or they may… Continue reading Appearances
The MS Goldilocks Zone
The Earth resides in a Goldilocks zone – the temperature is just right. If our orbit was any further from the sun then all water on the planet would be in the form of ice, and life probably couldn’t exist. If our orbit was any closer to the sun then any water would be in… Continue reading The MS Goldilocks Zone
How Far I Have Fallen
(Photo credit: Wikipedia) One day last week during a transfer from the toilet seat to my wheelchair, I felt my body suddenly pitch forward, and I knew I was fucked. It had been a couple of years since I had fallen. Back when I was a semi-walker, cane user, or scooter rider, I would fall… Continue reading How Far I Have Fallen
It’s a Screwed Up World
“A hunter attacking a brown bear.” (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I often feel frustrated with human kind, sometimes even ashamed of it. Because we hold on so tightly to outdated social concepts, I fear that future generations will regard us as relative barbarians. We are ever so slowly emerging from our primitive state, but things are… Continue reading It’s a Screwed Up World
Memories – Old Doc Gulesian’s House
From time to time I will post Memories, where I describe some facet of my life before MS. I hope you enjoy these digressions. I grew up in the small, northern Maine town of Lincoln, where there were only a handful of doctors. Our family physician, who moonlighted as the town coroner, was affectionately known… Continue reading Memories – Old Doc Gulesian’s House
Musings of a Distractible Mind
That’s the name of a blog I just found, thanks to my friend Alice. Dr. Rob Lambert, a primary care physician and the author of Musings of a Distractible Mind, lends us his unique perspective. In most doctor-patient relationships, there exists an invisible wall. Although we generally admire our physicians, we often find them aloof,… Continue reading Musings of a Distractible Mind