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Ch-Ch-Changes
Chapter 27 Ch-Ch-Changes 2005 was a year of change. The TDU was renamed the Brainport and the company to Wicab. Paul choose the name Wicab meaning “lover of honey”, a dedication of his work in honor of his wife Esther’s … Continue reading
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Welcome Home
Chapter 26 Welcome Home My return to Indian Lake left shining crystals of joy in my heart. It was there I felt my feet firmly touch the ground, it was there a lighted spirit opened and danced its way … Continue reading
Braver
Chapter 25 Braver I really missed hiking. It was a ritual that rejuvenated my mind, body and soul. It was a way to let go of my responsibilities, there was nothing to do except let the calm of nature become … Continue reading
Just Kept Getting Better
Chapter 24 Just Kept Getting Better Little by little the residual lasted longer, up to 5-6 hours. Stronger was the experience of being reconnected to an everyday life, so much more than I ever experienced. My body and mind blended … Continue reading
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How Could This Happen?
CHAPTER 23 – 2003 How Could this Happen? Like the long ago television show, “The Beverly Hillbillies”, I packed up, sold my house in Cambria, and moved to Madison – closer to MATC, closer to the TDU. I was … Continue reading
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Central Focus, Visual Proof
Chapter 22 – 2003 Central Focus, Visual Proof Nearly finished with my studies at MATC, I prepared to transfer into UW-Madison. This was a monumental time which both excited me and scared the heck out of me. But, there was … Continue reading
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For the First Time in a Long Time…
Chapter 21 2003 For the First Time in a Long Time… How can I begin to explain how a touch of returned freedom, long absent from my life, lifted me from dark to light. With just a few hours that … Continue reading
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All hands on deck! Or should I say Tongue?
Chapter 20 All Hands on Deck, or should I say Tongue! 2003 The call came in – time to restart and reignite the research. I still had my studies in college to think about. By this time I had … Continue reading
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In the Meantime – Back to College
CHAPTER 19 In the Meantime – Back to College – 2003 Now that I understood how control changes everything I put my energy into treating each day as a good day. I swept away the resistance keeping me from … Continue reading
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Tagged Acceptance, antibiotics, brainport, cheryl schiltz, gentamicin, madison, Madison Area Techical College, Mitchell Tyler, norman doidge, ototoxiciity, paul bach-y-rita, silencing the noise of disability, Subject Zero, TDU, University of Wisconsin, Yuri Danilov
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