April 25, 2009
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Transportation

With wheelchair finalized, I started looking for transportation. Buying a van to help me with transportation is not an option because they cost a lot. So I applied for Madison Metro’s paratransit service. Well they approved me for it, but guess what, I am outside of their service area. Well that was disappointing, and they [...]

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April 11, 2009
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Depression

Yesterday folks from Community Living Alliance visited me for an evaluation. These folks help people like me with various things of daily living. One of the question they asked me is if I was depressed. Well first of all I don’t know what depression is or how it feels like. In any case I told [...]

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April 11, 2009
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Power Wheelchair

Yesterday power wheelchair sales folks came to my place. The purpose of the visit was for me to test drive one! and see if my home has wide enough doorways and hallways to maneuver it. Both tests were a success. Having played so many video games, it was piece of cake to drive it with [...]

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April 1, 2009
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Where am I?

Well March was very busy for me. There were lot of things that happened in March and here are the updates: My old house was becoming too difficult for me. It was a two storey house and I was not able to negotiate the stairs on my own. So we found an accessible condo near [...]

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March 4, 2009
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Some more good news: Italian-led research team discovers ALS gene

This is the kind of gene responsible for my disease (as it’s sporadic type). I am sure there will be some cure found in the near future. "This is a first but very important piece of the jigsaw in discovering the causes that trigger this mysterious and crippling disease," said lead researcher Adriano Chio’of Turin’s [...]

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