by Kate | Jan 25, 2009 | Uncategorized
>I’ve been waiting to write until I had something grand to say. Finally I realized that I need to get the minutiae out of the way first. It’s wonderful to think that I will be philosophical and creative in my approach to disability, but the reality is that...
by Kate | Jan 6, 2009 | Uncategorized
>Welcome to the new year. It is a time of New Year’s resolutions. I don’t like them. They play into my perfectionistic tendencies and are therefore an invitation to frustration. I am, though, lured by them. This year, there is something else inviting...
by Kate | Dec 21, 2008 | Uncategorized
>This blog has a dual function, which sometimes makes it hard to write. I’m trying to document the process of living with increasing disability. That has a practical aspect: symptoms, management of symptoms, society’s supports and lack thereof. There is...
by Kate | Dec 5, 2008 | Uncategorized
>I was crabby at the doctor for not sending me to physical therapy. I was hoping that going would help a feel better. So I kind of forced the doctor into prescribing it. As it turns out, the doctor was right.Physical therapists seem to be positive thinkers (nature or...
by Kate | Nov 19, 2008 | Uncategorized
>Last time I saw my neurologist, he suggested I try Tysabri. I have been using Avonex for about 10 years. Both are “disease-modifying drugs” for MS. I chose Avonex because it is a once-per-week injection. The day after my injection, I always have flu-like...
by Kate | Nov 7, 2008 | Uncategorized
>It must’ve been five years ago that I first had the thought that maybe I should work to change the health care system. It is so obviously broken. On the other hand, that seemed like an entirely self-serving activity. Poverty seemed like a more far-reaching and...
