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Bed-tethered Lifehacks: May 2020 Update

I love seeing how other people organize things and solve problems. Those what’s in your bag posts? Love them. For bedbound folks, the question is usually, what’s next to your bed? We want to know how folks set up their

rebeccaweger May 22, 2020May 26, 2020 Deeper Dive 4 Comments Read more

Some Coping Approaches for COVID-19

I know folks are feeling scared and overwhelmed with the prospect of social distancing, isolation, possibly even quarantine. Here’s a missive from someone who has experience being housebound. I’ve been mostly housebound since sometime in 2017. As of this writing,

rebeccaweger March 13, 2020 Deeper Dive 4 Comments Read more

Communicating About Chronic Illness

Photograph of a rotary telephone on a tree stump in the woods

I am a member of quite a number of Facebook support groups for my illnesses, particularly ME and POTS. One of the biggest themes I hear from others is a struggle to be heard, understood, believed. I don’t often have

rebeccaweger September 29, 2019September 29, 2019 Deeper Dive 7 Comments Read more

Wheelchair Investigations

Photograph of Rebecca in her wheelchair sitting by a creek

New wheels! I’m so excited to have gotten my first wheelchair! It took a lot of research, and I’m having a really mixed experience with it. Delight! Hope! Frustration! Sometime in the fall, I started having periodic fantasies of going

rebeccaweger July 7, 2019July 6, 2019 Deeper Dive 1 Comment Read more

Signal Boost: No. 1 Pacing Tip: How to Unlearn the “Completion Compulsion”

Signal Boost: No. 1 Pacing Tip: How to Unlearn the “Completion Compulsion”

Pushing ourselves to complete a task is the most common pacing mistake most of us make. “The next step is choosing a different action. Sometimes even with awareness, we can think, “I know I’m running out of energy, but I

rebeccaweger March 4, 2019March 4, 2019 Signal Boost No Comments Read more

Unrest

Unrest

Almost two years ago I sat huddled in a corner of The Engineer’s Club in Baltimore. My companion and I were catching up and she asked how I was doing. I took a deep breath and I told her. Not

rebeccaweger January 31, 2018March 2, 2019 Deeper Dive No Comments Read more
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