When you first have a devastating accident like mine, you’re actually so focused on surviving that you don’t think about the possibility of lifelong pain. Do tomatoes California three I suffer from neuropathic pain and pain in my shoulders and joints. Chronic pain extremely hard to deal with emotionally so I’ve been on a path …
The moment I was told that I would never walk again was the moment my pain journey really started. I had sustained a spinal cord injury and nothing would ever be the same. I was so focused on the fact that I would no longer be able to walk, that I did not even comprehend …
Wheelchair Life & Pain Go Hand-in-hand. Here’s How Heat Therapy Helps Me! Read More »
Back in college I felt like one of the cool kids. I had a huge group of friends and there was never a shortage of things to do or people to hang out with. Fast forward to now and this wheelchair seems to act as some type of friend repellent. I was an adult now …
Making Friends is Hard to Do (Especially With a Disability) Read More »
I never thought we’d be in this position. I feel like, as an American, I almost had this false sense of security that things could never get this bad. Trump turned his nose at science and refused to let the facts guide him in his decisions. February was like a lost month while his administration …
Nearly 10 years ago, I laid on a hospital bed in the emergency room worrying about one thing: Would I ever walk again? I had been pushed into a pool at my bachelorette party and sustained a cervical spinal cord injury. The movement and feeling instantly left my body the moment I hit the bottom. …
