The Practical Paraplegic

“The health care systems in those countries work and the people we talked with are very satisfied.” — Evan Bell outside the Icardo Center
Congressman McCarthy’s Town Hall Meeting, August 26.

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by Sofiea Clerico
Wednesday: Senator Ted Kennedy has left us. He will be sorely missed by many. His efforts to get quality health-care for all U. S. citizens was needed. He contribued considerable bargaining skills to the Senate, and was the most effective Senator we’ve ever had.
It is my hope Congressman Kevin McCarthy will open his [...]

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by Sofiea Clerico
Tuesday afternoon. Today I telephoned Senator Diane Feinstein’s office in Fresno, California  to register my opinion on health care. This time I got a machine. Again I stated I wanted the Senator to know I back one-payer insurance but would accept the public option.
Then I called Barbara Boxer at her Fresno office. A [...]

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by Sofiea Clerico
On Monday morning (August 24) I took my own advice to call U. S. Representative Kevin McCarthy at his local office. A pleasant sounnding young woman took the call. I briefly told her I wouldn’t be able to attend the Congressman’s public event slated for Wednesday evening.
However, I wanted him to know I [...]

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by Sofiea Clerico
Recent events have caused me to think long and hard about the plight of the disabled. We now find ourselves in a country which is clearly showing hostility to the poor.
Far-right propaganda forces such as Fox News and Rush Limbaugh keep telling us the poor deserve their fate.
It appears they have never fought [...]

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The service dog program has worked out well for clients of the Christopher Reeve center. Orginally started with the hope of solving mobility issues. It was learned it can also help with rebuilding emotional and social links for the disabled. READ MORE

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VA clients have the best system in the United States, according to several sources. Glad to know there is good health care somewhere in the U. S. “Doctors say VA care is a model of efficiency” from MPR News, states, “Minneapolis — One argument against a public insurance option in the current debate over health [...]

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Recently, I discovered the pain I struggle with as a T-4 SCI is often similar to fibromyalgia. Since then I’ve been reading all I can on this condition. Found this in an excellent article recently:
“Those of us who have fibromyalgia (FMS) and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS or ME/CFS) are all in this together, right? No [...]

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Paraplegia brings a lack of exercise in many cases. Lack of exercise leads to weight gain and that to diabetes. Personal experience brought me to an awareness of the dangers. — Sofiea Clerico
U.S. News and World Report says, “Exploring Misconceptions About Diabetes” When given a new diagnosis of diabetes, a person can have a [...]

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It’s a chilling thought. In the coming year, 130,000 people worldwide will suffer spinal-cord injuries—in a car crash, perhaps, or a fall. More than 90 percent of them will endure at least partial paralysis. There is no cure. But after a decade of hype and controversy over research on embryonic stem cells—cells that could, among [...]

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