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Darcy Pohland, quadriplegic TV news reporter, will be missed

Posted by Tiffiny on March 10, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

She was a street reporter working in the harsh Minnesota elements for years, and never let that fact that couldn’t walk stop her from getting the big story. She was also my friend.
 
 

Read more about this amazing woman
 
 

 

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Drinking martinis with Ms. Wheelchair America

Posted by Tiffiny on March 8, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

 

The importance of friends who understand, and why free booze never hurts.
 

 

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Jake Sully wheelchair action figure gets razzed

Posted by Tiffiny on February 20, 2010 · 1 Comment 

Hey Mattel, your Jake Sully wheelchair action figure can stand, has shabby seams, and looks nothing like Sam Worthington. Is this the best you can do?
If this was an action figure of me I’d be pissed. Good thing Jake Sully is a fictional character, and has no access to lawyers.

- Tiff

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Minnesota paraplegic falls out of wheelchair, freezes to death

Posted by Tiffiny on February 18, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

Well, this is about the most depressing news story I’ve read in a long while. We’ve lost another paraplegic to falling + cold weather, people. This is not good.

RIP Michael Lee Johnson

- Tiff

PS. I did not know him personally. He lived in the country.

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Quadriplegic researching erotic energy for healing

Posted by Tiffiny on February 16, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

Rafe Briggs is the man. His research explores new ways to experience erotic energy, nervous system be damned. And his blog is HOT.

Read all about this sexual revolutionary here.
- Tiff

 

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Don’t let Pneumonia happen to you; I did

Posted by Tiffiny on February 12, 2010 · 2 Comments 

Pneumonia can kill, and it almost killed me. Here’s a word of caution.

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“Sympathy for Delicious” stars actual paraplegic, Mark Ruffalo directs

Posted by Tiffiny on January 27, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

This movie follows a jaded DJ paraplegic who mysteriously wakes up with the gift to heal others, but discovers he still can’t heal himself. “Sympathy for Delicious” also stars Orlando Bloom and Juliette Lewis, and was written by Christopher Thornton, the film’s star.
 
 It has a cool back story too. Thornton and Ruffalo are old acting school buddies from before Thornton’s injury (a rock climbing accident) in 1992. This script was a longtime coming too (an  idea Thornton had while wheeling to the liquor store).

The completed film is premiering at Sundance this week. If anyone out there has seen it yet, let us know what you thought (good or bad). Does it deserve to be picked up?

You can read more of my thoughts on the movie here.

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Antidepressants used to heal spinal injuries. What’s next?

Posted by Tiffiny on November 20, 2009 · Leave a Comment 

A commonly prescribed antidepressant is being used – in conjunction with gait training – to help train people with paralysis to walk again. Who knew Lexapro was this magical?

Read about this surprising use of Lexapro here.

- Tiff

 

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Geron releases new data, shares up

Posted by Tiffiny on November 19, 2009 · 2 Comments 

Well it looks like the quads of the world are now in the running to get cured first (jokey joke, well maybe), according to the latest embryonic stem cell research data released by Geron Corp last week.  Tumors in the thorasic region, but not the cervical region? How curious.

This study better end up curing someone. I hate long movies with shitty endings.

- Tiff

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First human embryonic stem cell trials halted by FDA, but why?

Posted by Tiffiny on October 29, 2009 · Leave a Comment 

The FDA has temporarily halted what will be the first US-based human trials using embryonic stem cells. Geron hopes to restore movement in those with paralysis. Can they did it? Will the “impossible” actually happen?

And more, why was the study put on hold? What happened to those monkeys out in Cali?

- Tiff

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