Tag: disabled
member name: Fern Cohen
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September 25, 2008 05:31 PM EDT --
As researchers and scientists across the country [and worldwide] to find a cure, or even more effective treatments, for ALS/Lou Gehrig’s Disease, it was announced that the United States Senate . . .
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November 14, 2008 08:31 PM EST --
Well, I guess my "settlement" with Bank of America means nothing, because now they are sending me bills for the remaining balance, so I am back to square one with them, unless I want to keep . . .
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December 04, 2008 06:52 PM EST --
Please read my article on Associated Content about the new dispatch program in New York City, which enables a wheelchair-user to call a central phone number - 3-1-1 - to order a taxi with a wheelchair . . .
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March 21, 2008 06:45 PM EDT --
As with everyone else in New York these days, I find myself distracted by the Governor Spitzer sex scandal, the subsequent Governor Paterson extramarital-affair gossip, and the [NJ former governor] McGreevey . . .
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March 26, 2008 08:14 PM EDT --
At my support group Monday our facilitator provided a little insight, which was sad for me to hear, but I had to hear it to make sense of something I have not been able to make sense out of for a long . . .
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February 06, 2008 09:33 PM EST --
Ever have one of those days when you knew you should have stayed in bed? Well, today is one of those days for me!
First thing this morning I went to get out of bed, with my aide's . . .
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August 01, 2008 06:41 PM EDT --
Last week the Access-a-Ride driver referred to my aide Lynette [who is one year younger than I] as my granddaughter. I looked in the mirror, and I knew why. I have had to stop coloring my hair . . .
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November 04, 2008 07:07 PM EST --
Got back a little while ago from my visit into the Land of the Living. Thank God for Judy, who is the only person lately that comes to get me out into the non-ALS world [which I call the Land of . . .
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May 06, 2008 07:53 PM EDT --
Wheelchair Woes:
So my wheelchair has been at Rehabco for more than 3 weeks already.
Yes, I got a loaner from ALSA , but of course it had no mount for my Mercury communication device, so that meant . . .
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May 15, 2008 07:08 PM EDT --
Saturday, I did half of the last day of the Ride For Life. It was so nice to be out and around the city. Lately, I have only seen the city from the inside of an Access-a-Ride bus. We met the group . . .
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June 17, 2008 09:57 AM EDT --
Here is why everyone is so scared of us. We are the poster children for assisted suicide!
Reprint of a posting I made last week on the "Living with ALS" message board:
All over . . .
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July 08, 2008 06:09 PM EDT --
I feel overwhelmed sometimes, especially with paperwork. It gets so easy for me to sit in front of my computer, as the day flies by. I have been writing a lot, and investigating opportunities to . . .
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July 16, 2008 01:54 PM EDT --
Went for my quarterly clinic appointment monday. my muscle strength is stable, and I even rated higher on some functions. They are going to order a home PT to come in ad train the aides with . . .
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August 30, 2009 09:04 PM EDT --
As a person with a disability, who has been wheelchair-bound for the last four years, I have a very special reason for mourning the loss of Senator Edward M. Kennedy. Senator Kennedy was the . . .
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November 08, 2009 09:18 AM EST --
Go to my blog link to read the latest adventures of everyone's favorite person living with ALS/Lou Gehrig's Disease. I am as independent as I can be, but it's fatiguing!!
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April 11, 2008 04:44 PM EDT --
I went back to the internist today. The blood pressure was 144 over 88. This was acceptable to her, but it's still too high in my book. It should be more like 125 over 75 or 80. . . .
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August 26, 2008 10:02 AM EDT --
Before I forget to mention it, I won a competition in one of my online writing groups, where points are turned in for gift cards [I won 1,000 points] Here is the link to read my entries for a "Healthy . . .
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January 31, 2008 10:05 PM EST --
January 27, 2008 was the fourth anniversary of my ALS diagnosis!!
The next day – January 28, I had my quarterly appointment at the Beth Israel ALS clinic. There were several things I wanted . . .
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April 20, 2008 02:42 PM EDT --
I got my AFOs[ankle-foot orthotics] and stretchy shoes to wear with them. They make a huge difference when I stand and transfer, but I want to have some physical therapy sessions to see if I can . . .
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April 25, 2008 09:51 PM EDT --
It's been an interesting week for sure!
Saturday night, I went to an extended-family seder given by the family of a friend and her husband [he has ALS]. It was nice; we took Access-a-Ride, . . .
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