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Wistful Longings From Half Moon Bay
Wistful Longings From Half Moon Bay
Thanks to an enthusiastic gentleman in Munich, Germany, we recently found another post-polio anthology author and are happy to share her works with you. Back in 2014 we published an “all points bulletin” in search of several authors who had sent us original compositions to hopefully publish in a book. Sadly, for many reasons, their writings were buried for 15 years. But as a result of our…
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Attention Polio Survivors and Companions!
Attention Polio Survivors and Companions!
This will be the 11th and final Post-Polio Wellness Retreat at Bay Cliff Health Camp. Attending this retreat feels like you’re living in a happy postcard! It’s a wonderful time away. Lake Superior is calling you… Hope you will think about signing up for this post-pandemic opportunity to restore and rejuvenate. Sunny
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Announcing PHI's "Shining Star Hall of Fame Campaign"
Announcing PHI’s “Shining Star Hall of Fame Campaign”
A Message to Polio Survivors from Post-Polio Health International (PHI) https://post-polio.org/ Who Is Your Shining Star? If ever there was a time that we have become more aware of devoted health care workers, it has been during the worldwide pandemic. During this time of our own personal self-isolation, we have had plenty of opportunity to spend time alone with ourselves, in reflection. So,…
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How's Your COVID Quarantine Experience Been? Terry, James and Barb Talk About Life During Lockdown
How’s Your COVID Quarantine Experience Been? Terry, James and Barb Talk About Life During Lockdown
In May, I interviewed three individuals who experience life with a spinal cord injury (SCI). They, like the rest of us, have had to deal with the challenges of self-isolation during the pandemic. Currently living in different parts of the US, they thoughtfully and candidly answered my questions about their quarantine experience. Terry Chase is from Colorado. James Murtha lives in Michigan. Barb…
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It'$ Here!
It’$ Here!
Grandchildren… travel adventures…great books to read… unexpected kindness from strangers. Growing into our late life years can be an ever-emerging kalidescope of new and delightful experiences.
It’s also true, however, that growing older can confront us with a variety of medical issues. Often these diagnoses can lead to new physical and functional challenges, which can, in turn, lead to…
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A Declaration of Interdependence
A Declaration of Interdependence
“Need help with that ladder, Grandma? No? Splat! OMG! Grandma fell from the ladder! She’s grimacing in pain and can’t get up! Call the ambulance! There goes Grandma off to the hospital. Sigh. I wish Grandma knew that asking for help isn’t a cop out. It takes courage at first, but after that, it would make life a lot easier for all of us.”
It seems that many people who are living into later…
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From Dignified Desperation to Building a New Resource Guide
From Dignified Desperation to Building a New Resource Guide
We have just started an important project.
We want to find hidden financial resources across America that will specifically help polio survivors purchase medical equipment. This would be equipment that health insurance providers, such as Medicare, rule as unworthy or unnecessary to furnish.
Being disabled in America can be very expensive—especially if one is a polio survivor. The cost of…
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Smart Fun: On Becoming Pampered Campers and Smiling Sunrise-Watchers
On a deep-frozen wintry day in Michigan, it’s revitalizing to rekindle warm memories of our Bay Cliff Post-Polio Wellness Retreat last September…
Offered for the past 11 years at the Bay Cliff Health Camp in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, such post-polio wellness retreats have created a wonderful opportunity for polio survivors.
The exceptional feature of these wellness retreats is that they have…
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Re-Inventing Christmas
This year, December ushered in a dim and bewildering Christmas season for me. My family members all had important new personal plans that barred me from celebrating Christmas day with any of them. No family at Christmas. I wavered, forsaken. For the first time in my 70-year life, I had not even been invited. Of course, I understand and accept that my west coast sister and her husband have every…
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Find A Gain for Every Loss: A Lesson from our Post-Polio Wise Elders
Find A Gain for Every Loss: A Lesson from our Post-Polio Wise Elders
Egads! This September 1st I am going to turn 70 years old. For me, that is an inconceivable milestone. Me, 70? How could that be? Seventy sounds so…well…”old.”
Turning 70 seems to be a natural time to pause and look at the big picture…to reflect and look back at important moments and events. Rewinding through the years of my life…hmm…what do I see?
In 1952 I was just 4 years old, running,…
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A Cautionary Tale about Post-Polio Shoulder Surgery: One Story, Three Perspectives
A Cautionary Tale about Post-Polio Shoulder Surgery: One Story, Three Perspectives
By Sunny Roller, M.A. and Frederick M. Maynard, M.D.
One must be very careful about choosing to have orthopedic shoulder surgery, especially if one is a polio survivor with a complicated disability. It’s not because of the surgery itself. It’s the complexity of the rehabilitation process and the uncertainty of functional outcomes that make it perilous.
A few months ago, we met with longtime…
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Spring Always Comes
I wrote a post about a month ago and I didn’t publish it because I didn’t want to sound like a whiny complainer. But today, the Monday before Easter, I realize that sometimes we ALL have dark times, sad, tempestuous seasons, that happen without warning and seem to endure, even regenerate-regurgitate themselves like a curse, well beyond their unwelcome time.
But today I know in my heart and by the…
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Why the Weight? Losing a Few Pounds Is Possible Right Now. Why Wait?
Why the Weight? Losing a Few Pounds Is Possible Right Now. Why Wait?
Even if one uses a wheelchair full time and has a metabolism that is a bit slower due to aging, losing weight is possible. I had almost given up, but then 14 months ago, my doctor fiercely demanded that I lose 10 pounds. If I did not, she threatened to infuse me with some creepy medication. How terrifying! At that time, since I had quit walking with braces and crutches two years before, I was…
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Zest at its Best: Wheeling Through Portugal and Spain
Zest at its Best: Wheeling Through Portugal and Spain
The Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela
The following story is about a spiritual pilgrimage through Portugal and Spain.
Susan Peters, the main author of the account, has a spinal cord injury and is a full time wheelchair user. Her story of spiritual renewal, physical daring and warmhearted camaraderie makes me want to return to Europe to travel “The Way” like she did. It must have been such a…
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An Adapted Van: James Bond Would Love It
An Adapted Van: James Bond Would Love It
Life is a never-ending series of adjustments, isn’t it? Recently a friend of mine who had polio tore and injured her shoulders so much that continuing to walk with crutches is far too dangerous and, not to mention, too difficult, for her to do. Now it’s time for her to think about driving a car in a whole new and different way. Crutch-walking doesn’t work anymore. And she still wants to drive…
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Messing With The Great Pumpkin
Messing With The Great Pumpkin
Ahhh, the Great Pumpkin! Remember the famous story by Charles Schultz? Linus sits up wide-eyed agonizing all night under the stars–in the dark chilly pumpkin patch–faithfully waiting, waiting, waiting for the wonderful Great Pumpkin to appear. Sorta like Santa appears on Christmas.
It is a story of great faith on Halloween. Many say that, “Linus’s interpretation of Halloween renders the Great…
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Nourishing the Body, Mind and Spirit: The People, The Pictures and The Pasties
Nourishing the Body, Mind and Spirit: The People, The Pictures and The Pasties
What a great time we had at the Bay Cliff Post-Polio Wellness Retreat this year! Wonderful people, lots of pictures and finally an official Upper Peninsula (U.P.) pasty to take along for safe travels as we departed.
In mid-September, 45 polio survivors and friends converged upon the tiny town of Big Bay, Michigan to immerse themselves in five days of restorative rest and activity. There is such…
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