The skin is closed. To anyone else, the battle looks won. The VAC pump is finally off, and there is a natural temptation to think you can finally jump straight back into normal life. But anyone who has ever survived a deep pressure ulcer knows the terrifying truth: closed skin does not mean fully healed tissue. Even …
I hit a massive milestone today. I am now successfully sitting up in my wheelchair for four hours at a time. If you had told me a week ago that I’d be managing a four-hour block, I would have laughed through the panic. My body is slowly finding its alignment again, the intense wonkiness is …
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The Healing Threshold: From Medical Trauma to Reclaiming My Chair For months, I told myself it was just a small cut. It was 2016 when I first noticed it. Living with a spinal cord injury means your relationship with your body changes, but back then, I was completely naive to what a tiny break in …
