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A Jettison Back to the Future, 1998-1999
When I was introduced to my disability I was also introduced to a lot of amazing people, each who had been introduced to the same condition from the same antibiotic as I had been. That guy really gets around, … Continue reading
Posted in Aminoglycosides, Disability, Gentamicin, Non Fiction, Oscillopsia, Ototoxicity, Perception, Research, Self Help, Vestibular System
Tagged antibiotics, brainport, cheryl schiltz, Dr. Owen Black, gentamicin, Legacy Health Systems, Lynn Brown, norman doidge, Oscillopsia, ototoxiciity, paul bach-y-rita, perception, silencing the noise of disability, The Oprah Winfrey Show, University of Wisconsin, wisconsin, Wobblers Anonymous
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Don’t forget – BLAME – it’s noisy too!
Image from Google Images 5-7-2013 Oh, looking for that someone or something to blame… anything to direct your anger, to point a finger, to say, “It’s all your fault”! I was once hardened by putting the blame, and the work … Continue reading
Posted in Acceptance, Disability, Gentamicin, Inspiration, Letting go of Blame, Motivation, Non Fiction, Ototoxicity, Perception, Self Help, Transition
Tagged antibiotics, brainport, cheryl schiltz, gentamicin, Letting go of Blame, madison, norman doidge, ototoxiciity, paul bach-y-rita, perception, silencing the noise of disability, United States, University of Wisconsin, wisconsin
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Bite of a label….
The next couple of years were spent cleansing my life and moving thoughts to their prospective right places, either gently aside or thrown out all together. I continued my advocacy rampage and stayed in contact with others who had … Continue reading
Posted in Acceptance, Disability, Gentamicin, Independent Living, Inspiration, Living with a Label, Motivation, Non Fiction, Oscillopsia, Ototoxicity, Perception, Physical Therapy, Rehabilitation, Research, Self Help, Transition, Vestibular System
Tagged antibiotics, brainport, cheryl schiltz, gentamicin, Health, Living with a Label, madison, mental-health, norman doidge, Oscillopsia, ototoxiciity, paul bach-y-rita, perception, silencing the noise of disability, society, University of Wisconsin, wisconsin
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No more sacrifices – a “partner” disappears…
My reflections continued as I gazed over my life experiences. I discovered that I had consistently left behind my very own self in order to keep someone else happy by trying to fix all their problems, which I was certain … Continue reading
Posted in Acceptance, Disability, Gentamicin, Inspiration, Letting go of bad relationships, Motivation, Non Fiction, Ototoxicity, Perception, Self Help, Transition, Vestibular System
Tagged antibiotics, brainport, Cambria Wisconsin, Cambridge Wisconsin, cheryl schiltz, disappearing relationships, gentamicin, Health, madison, norman doidge, ototoxiciity, paul bach-y-rita, perception, silencing the noise of disability, United States, University of Wisconsin, wisconsin
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An Awakening
I reached a place where reflection, embraced by close attention, opened my eyes, and heart to understanding my life where it was. I truly had an awakening that shook into me a sudden realization of who I really am and … Continue reading
Posted in Acceptance, Disability, Gentamicin, Gravity, Independent Living, Inspiration, Motivation, Non Fiction, Ototoxicity, Perception, Self Help, Transition, Vestibular System
Tagged Acceptance, antibiotics, brainport, cheryl schiltz, gentamicin, Health, madison, norman doidge, ototoxiciity, paul bach-y-rita, perception, silencing the noise of disability, United States, University of Wisconsin, wisconsin
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Coping, discovering, finding a way…
Although the things I’ve described so far seem dark and unforgiving, somehow I was able to cope with what happened. I did indeed wander aimlessly through the confines of uncertainty and grief yet I still ponder what it was … Continue reading
Posted in Disability, Gentamicin, Gravity, Independent Living, Inspiration, Motivation, Non Fiction, Oscillopsia, Ototoxicity, Perception, Physical Therapy, Rehabilitation, Research, Self Help, Transition, Vestibular System
Tagged Adverse drug effects, antibiotics, brainport, Cambria Wisconsin, Cambridge Wisconsin, cheryl schiltz, Dr. Owen Black, FDA, gentamicin, Legacy Health Systems, madison, norman doidge, Oscillopsia, otologist, ototoxiciity, paul bach-y-rita, perception, silencing the noise of disability, Sue Ann Thompson, Tammy Baldwin, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Tommy Thompson, United States, University of Wisconsin, wisconsin, Wisconsin Well Women's Foundation
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Now what…
Where did I go? Did I go anywhere? Where did my understanding go? Where do I start to fill up the nothing? What now? Where were all these questions coming from but most frightening, how and where do I … Continue reading
Posted in Disability, Gentamicin, Gravity, Independent Living, Inspiration, Motivation, Non Fiction, Oscillopsia, Ototoxicity, Perception, Physical Therapy, Rehabilitation, Research, Self Help, Transition, Vestibular System
Tagged antibiotics, brainport, Cambria Wisconsin, Cambridge Wisconsin, cheryl schiltz, gentamicin, madison, norman doidge, Oscillopsia, ototoxicity, paul bach-y-rita, perception, silencing the noise of disability, University of Wisconsin, wisconsin
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So long work, hello label…
My supervisor Scott was very supportive of my attempt to work from the moment I came back and felt his hug in the hallway. He was also watching me like a hawk. There were days when co-workers would stop by … Continue reading
Posted in Disability, Gentamicin, Gravity, Independent Living, Inspiration, Motivation, Non Fiction, Oscillopsia, Ototoxicity, Perception, Physical Therapy, Rehabilitation, Research, Self Help, Transition, Vestibular System, Vocational Rehabilitation
Tagged antibiotics, brainport, Cambria Wisconsin, Cambridge Wisconsin, cheryl schiltz, gentamicin, Holt Products, madison, Noise, norman doidge, Oscillopsia, ototoxiciity, paul bach-y-rita, perception, silencing the noise of disability, Social Security Disability, University of Wisconsin
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Making it up, making believe
So, there I was, finished with physical therapy. As if the 12 weeks I was afforded by my health insurance had made some miraculous change in me… Sorry to say, it didn’t. I wobbled, banged, crashed, stumbled and fell just … Continue reading
Posted in Disability, Gentamicin, Gravity, Independent Living, Inspiration, Motivation, Non Fiction, Oscillopsia, Ototoxicity, Perception, Physical Therapy, Rehabilitation, Research, Self Help, Transition, Vestibular System, Vocational Rehabilitation
Tagged antibiotics, brainport, Cambria Wisconsin, Cambridge Wisconsin, cheryl schiltz, gentamicin, madison, norman doidge, Oscillopsia, ototoxiciity, paul bach-y-rita, perception, Physical therapy, silencing the noise of disability, United States, University of Wisconsin
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