Image via Wikipedia As I’ve mentioned before, my mother was a wheelchair user from the time I was six years old, so I knew about handicapped parking challenges from an early age. I made it a point to keep an eye out for people who misused these spaces. As I matured into a young adult… Continue reading Handicapped Parking
MITCH STURGEON
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Living With MS
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I’m on a Mission
Ever since I first ventured out in public with a wooden cane a few years ago, I’ve been on a mission. Until I became one, I hadn’t much noticed disabled people. Shortly after my diagnosis, however, I observed that the majority of disabled people who I encountered in public appeared to be miserable, and justifiably… Continue reading I’m on a Mission
My Perfect Day
Do you ever fantasize about the perfect day? I’m not talking about winning the lottery, lying on a tropical beach sipping Coronas, or watching Yankee Stadium fall into a big sinkhole. I’m talking about the kind of day where everything in your mundane little life simply goes right for once, and nothing goes wrong. Below… Continue reading My Perfect Day
Preserving My Identity
(Photo credit: Wikipedia) I’ve been asked how it is that I maintain my identity – how it is I keep MS from defining who I am. To a large extent, I don’t. Earlier in my disease progression, MS was a minor player in my life. It was an afterthought, an asterisk, a postscript. It rendered… Continue reading Preserving My Identity
My Pet Peeves
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When Spouses Become Caregivers
Keep in mind that it’s not only me. It’s Kim too. We’re both suffering from the effects of MS. Sure, I’m the one who has the disease, the one whose central nervous system is dissolving day by day. I’m the one who can’t work, who sits in a wheelchair, and who grows more dependent on… Continue reading When Spouses Become Caregivers
The Health Impact Fund – An Innovative Approach to Medicine or a Pipe Dream?
(Photo credit: epSos.de) “No problem can be solved from the same consciousness that created it. We must learn to see the world anew.” Albert Einstein Governments, political bureaucracies that they are, simply are incapable of providing most goods and services effectively. That’s why capitalism has been relatively successful and communism hasn’t. I cringe whenever it… Continue reading The Health Impact Fund – An Innovative Approach to Medicine or a Pipe Dream?
Losses and Gains 2011
As you know, I try to strike a balance here. I don’t sugarcoat my condition, but neither do I wallow in self-pity. As such, it seems appropriate to render an honest assessment of what I’ve gained and lost in the past year, and what changes may await me in the next couple of years. Note… Continue reading Losses and Gains 2011
Happy Holidays 2011
(Photo credit: paparutzi) This little blog brings me great joy. I’ve been able to connect with so many wonderful people who I otherwise would never have come to know. The notion that my writing has helped a few folks in any way is the icing on the cake. So, thank you so much for stopping… Continue reading Happy Holidays 2011
My Arms are Growing Shorter
Of course my arms are not really growing shorter, but they might as well be. My MS progression has not been random, but has instead followed clear patterns. For example, the flexion muscles in my legs (those that allow me to bend my legs at the knee) grew weak before the extension muscles (those that… Continue reading My Arms are Growing Shorter