Category: September
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Challenge Accepted – Overcoming Obstacles in Spinal Cord Injury Rehab | Oct 6 – Oct 12 2024
10/6 I woke up this morning and my legs are going through some changes! I don’t know what! But I’ll tell ya what, I’m feeling something changing! I do think though too, that the alcohol I had last night didn’t help anything. I was really feeling the contractions in my lower legs!! Had a wonderful…
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Drink Your Electrolytes & Family Visits – Supporting SCI Recovery | Sept 29 – Oct 5 2024
9/29 Okay. This has been an interesting and wonderful week! My body is experiencing some drastic changes, and I’m feeling it. My low back right now is working through some extreme amounts of tightness, and it’s been amazing being able to actually feel that! My hips are unlocking, and my legs are really activating! My…
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Sept 22nd – Sept 28th 2024: Cycling Around Campus!
9/22 So after getting up to go to the bathroom earlier, I made it back to sleep. And boy did I sleep hard again! I got caught back up on sleep I definitely needed! And boy am I feeling some different feelings!? Cool toes? A change from tingling to temperatures? I really am feeling the…
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Sept 15th – Sept 21st 2024: “Chair Scans and Body Changes”
9/15 I was just thinking about something. It’s always really hard to have to be fighting internally with my body when I’m out and about. When a muscle group isn’t listening quite right to me, and contracting at the wrong time (or a spasm, and it contracts when I’m not telling it) is pretty hard.…
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Sept 8th – Sept 14th 2024: “Birthday, Tightness, and An Inflamed Knee”
9/8 I woke up and really had quite the feeling to have to go, plus lots of tingling. Yuck. What’s interesting though is the stable-ness I am noticing in my legs. I really am noticing the tightness in my abdomen traveling downwards in my abdomen, moving what feels like lower by the day. Every day…
The Astronaut on Earth 