The last time I talked about the process of modifying my van, I posted a photo of a white van that I was approved for. I did not get that van. Turns out, it’s helpful that, when putting in a battery-operated ramp system, one looks at a van with power sliding doors. Which the white [...]
How to Train Your Crippled Driver, part III
The past few days have been a whirlwind of chaos, both good and bad. The best news? Is that hopefully by the end of the week I’ll be signing papers to bring this baby home: Granted, the van will only be here for about 2 weeks before it’s shipped out to have the floor lowered [...]
How to Train Your Crippled Driver, Part II
The past couple of weeks have been incredibly busy. Between conferences, medical updates, and coping with infertility on Mother’s Day, I feel like everything is, again, coming to a head all at once. But like before, the good is still outweighing the bad. Before we left for #BBCPhilly that Friday, Ben and I spent the [...]
Reminded to Listen
Yesterday afternoon, I had a conversation with my brother’s ex (who, since they ended on amicable terms, I still chat with on a semi-regular basis). Excitedly, she talked to me about the biggest update in her life: hearing aides. She’s had progressive hearing loss for as long as I’ve known her; luckily though, her doctors have said she won’t [...]
Clinical Recap, Part II
So now that I’ve told you all about the appointments of the trial, it’s time to get into the nitty gritty. We have an answer about how my disease will affect a pregnancy. It seemed appropriate to save this post until today since it’s the two year anniversary of Pour Your Heart Out; this whole [...]
Clinical Trial Recap, Part I
We left Wednesday morning at what felt like the ass-crack of dawn (so it was only 6, but we were up at 4:30am, which I’m sure is considered a form of torture, somewhere) and four hours later, had tackled morning commute traffic and not-so-fabulous directions, hospital security procedures, and a lengthy admissions session. It became [...]
Getting Ready for the Clinical Trial
Tomorrow is the “big day” and the first of my 2-day clinical trial. At this point, I am feeling pretty stressed out. And not just because yesterday Cheyenne got loose and was having a grand time running through the neighborhood, or the fact that Ben has plans tonight so he won’t be home to help [...]
Adjusting
My new wheelchair was delivered last week. I’m not gonna lie: It’s pretty awesome. Not only was it long overdue because of my other chair (that was practically dead), it’s the first of the final steps of my major goals. At the same time, it hasn’t been an easy adjustment. Ben was surprised at how [...]
Happily Overwhelmed
You know what happens when you work on a bunch of things that all seem to take forever, and throw roadblock after roadblock in your face, just tempting you to quit? Karma sees fit to put the finished product in your lap at about the same time. In an about a week, I’ll be scheduling [...]
How to Train Your Crippled Driver
Yesterday was my first official day of accessible driver training. For the next four weeks, every Thursday and Friday I have two hours of driving a full conversion van, which is possibly the biggest non-commercial vehicle I’ve ever seen. Seriously. I may as well be driving a full-size bus. I also found out that in order to [...]
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