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Disability Rants and Resources: Happy Birthday To Me!
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Disability Rants and Resources. Saturday, May 7, 2016. Happy Birthday To Me! Last week was my birthday week and I was very excited. I was turning 50! I always thought 50 was old. When did I get old? AARP here I come! To help me celebrate, several friends and family were planning on taking me out to eat. One friend even threw me a party! Why do celebrations always. Have to involve food? This should be interesting. I decided I was not going to worry about my weight this week, but how? Drink some water....
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Disability Rants and Resources: BREATHE!
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Disability Rants and Resources. Sunday, August 7, 2016. 8220;How do you ever sleep again, once your spouse has suffered a heart attack and is now home with you? I feel so responsible for his wellbeing, now that he is lying here with me… no nurse, no call button no machine monitoring all aspects of wellbeing, no sense of security that a hospital offers. I’m just not sure I will sleep, or as soundly as I’d like. : :sigh: :” ANH. When I read this, it really hit me. How do. You ever sleep again? There is a s...
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Disability Rants and Resources: September 2015
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Disability Rants and Resources. Thursday, September 3, 2015. Sometimes people say things without stopping to think how it will make the other person feel. They might mean well, but it doesn’t always come out the way they intended. Autism wasn’t enough? The doctor at John’s Hopkins started off by asking how many seizures Anna was having. They told him she was having 800-900 seizures a month. His reaction was far from professional to say the least. “800-900 a month? In other words…. 8220;SUCK IT UP! Howeve...
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Disability Rants and Resources: Journey to Independence
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Disability Rants and Resources. Sunday, March 6, 2016. Being able to stand up for ourselves and gain some sense of independence can be very difficult, especially for those of us with disabilities. Personal care issues, living arrangements, limited income, or a combination of these can all be reasons for not being able to obtain full. Things independently allows us to feel some sense of accomplishment and pride. In a nursing home, your ability to be independent is basically non-existent. I asked if he had...
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Disability Rants and Resources: March 2016
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Disability Rants and Resources. Sunday, March 6, 2016. Being able to stand up for ourselves and gain some sense of independence can be very difficult, especially for those of us with disabilities. Personal care issues, living arrangements, limited income, or a combination of these can all be reasons for not being able to obtain full. Things independently allows us to feel some sense of accomplishment and pride. In a nursing home, your ability to be independent is basically non-existent. I asked if he had...
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Disability Rants and Resources: Im Gonna Lose It! 0.2
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Disability Rants and Resources. Wednesday, April 20, 2016. Im Gonna Lose It! I went to the gym three days this week, I ate well. Well, kinda. Okay, maybe not so well. I’m still mad. This week’s meeting theme was perfect for me. “Only.”. Although I paid attention to what was being said and I understood it, the minimal weight loss still bothered me. When I got home I complained about it to my roommate and on Facebook - Underlined words, exclamation points, even a few expletives. Did I do it? You can contro...
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Disability Rants and Resources: August 2016
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Disability Rants and Resources. Sunday, August 7, 2016. 8220;How do you ever sleep again, once your spouse has suffered a heart attack and is now home with you? I feel so responsible for his wellbeing, now that he is lying here with me… no nurse, no call button no machine monitoring all aspects of wellbeing, no sense of security that a hospital offers. I’m just not sure I will sleep, or as soundly as I’d like. : :sigh: :” ANH. When I read this, it really hit me. How do. You ever sleep again? There is a s...
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Disability Rants and Resources: May 2016
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Disability Rants and Resources. Saturday, May 7, 2016. Happy Birthday To Me! Last week was my birthday week and I was very excited. I was turning 50! I always thought 50 was old. When did I get old? AARP here I come! To help me celebrate, several friends and family were planning on taking me out to eat. One friend even threw me a party! Why do celebrations always. Have to involve food? This should be interesting. I decided I was not going to worry about my weight this week, but how? Drink some water....
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Disability Rants and Resources: My Academic Rocks
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Disability Rants and Resources. Thursday, December 31, 2015. In my previous post, I talked about how we all tend to let “rocks” weigh us down and I gave an example of how we can get rid of these rocks. Soon after I decided to go back to college, I ran into someone I hadn’t seen in a while. I told her that I was planning on going back to college after a very long break. Let’s just say she less than supportive. This temporarily got to me. Was she right? Was I going to fail or at least give up again? After ...
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Disability Rants and Resources: May 2015
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Disability Rants and Resources. Wednesday, May 13, 2015. Throughout my life I have never felt like I had a disability. However, sometimes good old Spina Bifida kicks me in the butt, literally, and reminds me that I am not invincible. I was recently in the hospital with a pretty mild bowel blockage, as far as bowel blockages go. This is a rare occurrence. I can only remember about 2-3 in my life. When the doctor told me I would need to change my bowel regimen. I was like, oh, crap! I got very defensive.
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