More compression!  A miracle to start seeing edema go down.  This morning as we started taking the wraps off my legs, we first noticed that my calves were down. Then as we got lower down to the foot, it still looked swollen but infact the swelling in my feet has decreased. It now looks like...

Very foggy start to this morning. The fog has lifted slowly and the sky is clear, the sun is out and we have a full moon tonight. Today is just a beautiful day, kind of what I feel like now. I had my legs wrapped this morning and the edema is moving out of my lower legs, just like the morning...

Funding now available for some BC residents with disabilities! The Equipment and Assistive Technology Initiative (EATI) is now accepting applications. What is EATI? In partnership with the Ministry of Housing and Social Development, the BC Personal Supports Network is responsible for...

I really want to get to the point where I can use these  Stix. I used to use walking poles but they are not sufficient anymore. I need the forearm brace. I like the fact that these are ergonomically built and that the crutch tip adapts to varied terrain. Sidestix has a few different...

I have purchased some adaptable items from Spokes N Motion and they were excellent to deal with. I noticed last time I visited their web site that they have more adaptable winter equipment. Check out the...

Groundhog Day is a holiday celebrated on February 2 in the United States and Canada. According to folklore, if it is cloudy when a groundhog emerges from its burrow on this day then spring will come early. If it is sunny, the groundhog will supposedly see its shadow and retreat back into its...

For the last year and a half, I have bought into a co-op program for organic produce and free range eggs. What we have found to date is that our produce stays fresh longer and we don’t have as much waste, therefore we are spending less. We were finding our produce from the grocery store...

At 42, Dr. Code was at the height of a successful and challenging career in Anesthesiology when a Neurologist diagnosed the symptoms that had plagued him for fifteen years as progressive Multiple Sclerosis, an autoimmune disease where the immune system attacks the central nervous system...

A friend I met on facebook (Lonnie) is part of the Rick Hansen – Man in Motion Tour.  When I was transitioning to a wheelchair  I luckily found a post of this man wheeling off a bridge in his wheelchair with sky diving gear.  It showed me a wheelchair is something that...

I personally have never hunted sasquatch with my friend. Her monthly adventures, like her personality, are very unique. I like reading her stories because they are full of imagination that I don’t have. We spent a lot of nights at the college, studying all night long and her imagination...