An Impending Impediment To Independence
How have you dealt, or how do you plan to deal, with an eventual loss of independence? Gareth gives his thoughts.
What is Peer Support?
Peer support is what? “The only source of knowledge is experience” (Albert Einstein). Peer support is the “process of giving and receiving encouragement and assistance to facilitate long-term recovery” Peer …
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What makes you independent?
An essential part of being independent is taking care of your own needs, physical (eating, drinking) and mental.
Spinal Cord Injury – Always Be With Me?
Be active, carry on in life. I am not disabled. I have a spinal cord injury. It will always be with me now! Leaving school After leaving school at 16, …
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Surgery – Theatre Day Arrives
Surgery The morning of surgery is when I go under the knife again for Baclofen pump No. four. I wake early to the sounds of a busy ward. Trollies are …
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