How important is peer support to you? Anyone who has experienced physical health problems knows that dealing with them can be mentally unsettling as well. Surgery, countless doctor’s appointments, prescription drug side effects, physical pain, having to depend on others for help, and trying to find a new daily routine are all typical components that […]
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Embracing YOU: How to Stay Positive After a Life-Changing Injury
Is your glass half full or half empty? Even for the cheeriest among us, a life-changing event can quickly throw you into a cycle of negativity. If you’ve recently experienced an injury or an operation that has forced you to reconfigure your daily life in a significant way, you may well be feeling down in […]
Comfort Conversations: Finding Your New Normal After a Spinal Cord injury
Join us every other month for Comfort Conversations, a discussion series led by our Ambassadors who share their thoughts on issues affecting wheelchair users worldwide. Today’s topic is on finding a new normal after a spinal cord injury, written by Comfort Ambassador Margarita Elizondo. As I laid in ICU hooked up to life support, […]
