The long road back from brain injury. by Alvin Robert Cunningham A month after my near-fatal, one-car accident in early 1990, I first began to understand what had landed me in a large trauma hospital. I had been too tired to drive back to my country home that night. Falling asleep at the wheel,…
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Diabetes Resources
The Diabetic Youth Foundation offers year-round programs and summer camps for kids: www.dyf.org Participation in studies is a great way to receive support while helping to find the cure: http://dped.stanford.edu/research/ Brave Buddies Yahoo group: Support for parents of children with type 1 diabetes https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/bravebuddies/ conversations/messages A website for parents of kids with diabetes: http://www.parentingdiabetickids.com/…
New Beginnings
by Vickie Baker The images on the television screen sprang to life, jerking me back to another place and time. Fourteen years fell away as I saw myself standing on a pedestal twenty-five feet above the ground, reaching for a bar when it swung toward me. The sudden, all-too-familiar fear made me punch the…
Not So Sweet
How much do you know about diabetes? by Lynne Stamm I was sitting in my doctor’s office waiting for results from routine blood work. My primary care doctor came into the room, sat down at her computer, and briefly scanned my information. Swiveling on her chair, she turned to me and said, “So, we…
Perspectives on Pain-Footnotes
Footnotes Roberts, Alison, The Sacramento Bee “Breathing Lessons,” March 14, 1997 Boller, Paul F., Jr. Presidential Anecdotes, (Penguin Books: Kingsport, Tennessee, 1981), p. 266 “Thomas Edison,” Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia on America Online (Columbia University Press, 1994), 4-16-97 “Disabled Persons,” Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia on America Online, /post-query/Grolier/Grolier/Meta0086295-0, 4-16-97 “Helen Keller,” Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia on America…
Perspectives on Pain
by Margaret Saylar Mark O’Brien depends on an iron lung for breathing, which he has done for 42 years. Yet while restricted to his apartment most of the time, he writes poetry and books. In 1997 the film Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O’Brien won an Oscar. Before he became ill…
Staying Afloat in a Perfect Storm
A troubled soul finds anchor in the Onewho controls the troubled seas. by Carolyn L. Wade I pulled off the freeway when my buzzing phone showed the medical clinic’s ID. Probably last-minute information about Thursday’s surgery. “Your recent mammogram shows suspicious areas, and we’d like you to come in as soon as possible for…
Ten Minutes with God
A little time with the Father reaps greatthings for His kingdom. by Mikki Loomis as told to Barbara J. Guardino I awoke from a deep coma to the gray, filtered light of a strange room. Tubes and machines surrounded my body. I was semi-paralyzed on the left side. Half of my face was numb,…
The Almighty Cure
by Vickie Baker “What do I think about a cure?” I repeated into the receiver. I powered my wheelchair closer. “Cure of what?” My speaker phone rattled a reply. “Spinal cord injury?” I responded. “Well, to be honest, it doesn’t rate very high on my priority list.” After I hung up, the question transported…
The Bottom Line
by Name Withheld Two years ago, I wouldn’t have thought I could learn anything significant about prayer. I had been a Christian for many years. What more could I learn? You ask God for things, you thank God for things. Amen. Then you fall asleep. But last April, I got an education about real…