I love the extra space now for us wheelchair users. I also love that I got to help make this happen!
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Maddow picks up Medicaid protests
Rachael Maddow picked up our protests in DC!
Medicaid protest
It’s amazing what can happen at a protest to try to protect health insurance for millions of people. Fascism at it’s finest.
Fight for medicaid
We’re in Washington DC, ready to fight for Medicaid.
Florida Nursing Home Deaths
https://abcnews.go.com/US/dead-florida-nursing-home-irma-tore-state/story?id=49817477
At least 8 people died in a Florida nursing home after it was left without power. This is one of the many reasons why nursing homes don’t work for us.
Liquid cooling
I was out today in the heat. I don’t sweat from dysautonomia, and my “CPU” got way too overheated. I’m running IV fluids from the fridge to try to cool me off. Anyone else feel like a cyborg? (The mask was because the smoke from fires in the mountains was setting off my mast cell activation syndrome)
At the beach
At the beach in NJ almost two weeks ago now. I’ve been so exhausted I haven’t found the time to post it. In view: my atrophied legs, my (shower) neck brace, two tubes, and deaccessed port. Out of view: the beach wheelchair that got me down there and my dad, who pushed. I was glad to be in the sun, but going to the beach with ehlers danlos and intestinal failure is a lot of work. We were in Wildwood, NJ for 5 days and I only made it down to the beach twice, once with IVs hooked up. Still nice to do something normal for once.
Crayola experience
Went to the Crayola experience today. It was a sensory nightmare and I got quite overloaded. At least I got to make my own crayon. They need to make adult, sensory friendly places like this… 😜
Off to nj with tpn
I have a ten day trip to the east coast to visit my family. These are just my medical supplies for the trip, including TPN, my c-pap, catheters, and TPN/hydration supplies. One year ago, I had to cancel this trip to get feeding tubes urgently, because starvation and dehydration were becoming a problem. Now, I’m alive and nourished thanks to TPN (IV nutrition). I am grateful for this treatment, grateful that Medicaid hasn’t been cut and pays for this, and grateful to be alive! NJ here we come! August is also gastroparesis awareness month, and we’re starving for a cure!
New AFOs
These boots were made for walkin. When you have Ehlers Danlos Syndrome and a partial spinal cord injury from Craniocervical Instability you need all sorts of braces to function better. These are my new AFOs (ankle-foot orthoses). My old ones didn’t support my feet enough, so I had to upgrade. The old ones looked like shin guards, so hopefully with these people won’t ask me if I’m a soccer player…