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What task does your service dog perform to mitigate your disability?
This is one of the two questions businesses such as hotels or restaurants are permitted to ask you, under the Americans with Disabilities Act. The other is whether you have a disability (but they...
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Donut Hole? Black Hole!
So after a two-year long low-grade struggle with the American Social Security system, which ground through the process of initial rejection, denial of my appeal, and then finally a cameo appearance...
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Breaking The Silence of Stigma: Laura P. Schulman
This Wednesday’s Breaking The Silence of Stigma interviewee is….me! So, without further ado, let’s jump right into the shark pool! BSS: How long have you known that you are living with a mental...
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When Does Life Become Unlivable? Thinking of Frida
Dearest Readers, rest your minds, I am not there yet. Today is rainy and soggy. The ground is thawing out in our Spring Thaw, which is a prelude to actual Mud Season. I grew up mostly in New England...
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The Tipping Point: So Long, Able Body
It’s not here yet. I’m not there yet. But it’s getting closer. I have to stay alert, lest it overtake me like it did to Dad, and leave me too crippled to decide my own fate. That’s what happened to...
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Chronic Fatigue, Fibromyalgia, Myofascial Pain Syndrome: What Do They Have In...
Hello dear readers. I am writing this from a Comfort Inn in Grand Rapids, Michigan. I am in bed. I have been in bed for 26 hours, except for time out in the bathtub and walking Noga the Angel Dog,...
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Sick Day
Wouldn’t you know it. I have had a maintenance appointment for my van this morning, but…. I’ve been feeling weird for a few days. Had an “upset stomach” last week, treated with Imodium and cannabis...
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Eighth Night
The ultimate night of Hanukkah, in the year 5777 from Creation. And the ultimate night of the civil year 2016. And the beginning of Yom Rishon, or First Day, that always begins after the sun sets on...
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Night on the Rack
Sleep is supposed to be restorative, or so we are taught. Last night proved anything but. I lost count of the awakenings occasioned by the loud complaints of various joints and their wounds. At 0230...
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Paging Dr. Van Winkle
When was the last time you woke up and realized you’d been a drugged zombie for 17 years? That happened to me. This month: May, 2017, I went through what is, I hope, my last withdrawal from...
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