Recently someone remarked that my blog has gone on to religious topics, and how was I doing? And I said to myself, “Self, they are right, I’ve done a really bad job documenting this time in between!” So thank you for keeping me in line, and here’s what’s been going on!
As well a special thanks to everyone who has been helping us, family and in-laws, parents and friends. I’d name you all but I don’t want to leave anyone out.
I had my two week follow up to the lumbar injection up at Umass this past Thursday. This was a strange feeling,
as Mel had major surgery on Friday before and couldn’t really do much. So Joey volunteered to be my escort on this trip, with plans of beer, jokes and Volturno’s pizza. Continue reading “Who Farts on an Airplane, redux”
Dear Invacare, Staxi, Sunrise, Permobil, Quickie, Pride, Quantum, Hovaround, PDG, Drive, Karman, and others who make manual and powered wheelchairs:
Your products suck. Continue reading “Another wheelchair rant (part 3 of 3)”
We went up to Hopkins for my clinical eval today. I like going up there, seeing all the people who have dedicated their professions to trying to help people like me, but sometimes it can be burdensome. Interesting, but burdensome. I have a feeling I’m not like other ALS patients… Continue reading “ALS Clinic – Subtlety lost in the rain”
The payoff for this one is at the end. 
Today I will talk about my personal battle with the forces of socialism. Buckle up! Continue reading ““Cut me, Mick.””
Last post I talked about Convenience Car Care, and how awesome they and Timmy Tyrrell are. Well, I want to expand on that a little bit and talk about car guys, and the automobile mentality. Because, yeah! Continue reading “Car guys are awesome”
The blessing of ALS is being able to see true characters of people, their goodness and generosity. So I will share with you all what I got to experience today. Continue reading “Amazing people, humbling moments”
