Life Has Been Rolling & it is a beautiful thing. I know that it’s been a little while since I’ve updated my Life Keeps Rolling community inside the actual blog website. Most of my content has come in the form of Instagram posts and I’ve ventured away from Facebook a bit. I’ve always gotten way fewerContinueContinue reading “Life Keeps Rolling 2021 Updates”
Tag Archives: Physical
Took My Breath Away
“Black Lungs” Me in the ICU 2017 I wish that I could say that this post has nothing to do with the ever so present Coronavirus but unfortunately it does. More specifically, I want to write about my experiences on a ventilator. If we thought about each ventilator as a human life and not someContinueContinue reading “Took My Breath Away”
The Freedom of the Open Road
Driving Resources: https://liferollson365.blogspot.com/p/sci-resources.htmlThere’s nothing that quite compares to having one hand on the steering wheel and one hand out the window with the music blaring and a cool cross breeze flowing through a vehicle. Or weaving around backroads on your motorcycle taking in all of the sights and smells while twisting the throttle and hearing theContinueContinue reading “The Freedom of the Open Road”
Quadriplegic Winter Survival Kit
It’s not really a secret that winter and I have never really been best friends. Probably a bit of a shock since I grew up in NH where you’re pretty much guaranteed to get a few annual snow storms and a freezing winter season. I was too clumsy for skiing and snowboarding so I stuckContinueContinue reading “Quadriplegic Winter Survival Kit”
Game On: Adaptive Gaming
Gaming After SCI: What I’ve Learned From Mobile, Consoles, and Beyond Do you want to know what is incredibly boring? I’ll tell you: sitting in a hospital room for a year and a half. I swear I memorized every tile pattern on the four walls surrounding me and every dot in the ceiling tiles aboveContinueContinue reading “Game On: Adaptive Gaming”
Goal Setting and Staying Motivated
If there is one thing that I hope you take away from my journey, it is that there is always something to strive for. Complacency can seem easy to embrace, especially after such a life changing injury. It would be too easy for me to sit around and mope about how I’ll never be strongContinueContinue reading “Goal Setting and Staying Motivated”
SCI Awareness
Forenote This post is a collection of SCI Awareness Posts from 2019. Current statistics have likely changed, although the opinions of this author remain the same. This is a relatively long post, so I urge you to navigate it using the table of contents. Thank you for reading or listening! Part 1: SCI Awareness MonthContinueContinue reading “SCI Awareness”
Tattoos
Who doesn’t love a good tattoo? I’ve always had a creative mind and no problems inventing new ideas for drawings and tattoos. Better to not trust my drawings when it comes to permanently putting art on my skin though, especially now with my paralyzed hands. I’ve always seen my body as a blank canvas andContinueContinue reading “Tattoos”
Respect Your Elders
Last Friday I had the opportunity and honor to speak with a small group of men and women living at the local assisted living in town. I am a firm believer that we should pick the brains of our community of elders from past generations. We have a lot to learn from them.It felt oddContinueContinue reading “Respect Your Elders”
Paralysis is Annoying
Quick anatomy lesson: the brain talks to the spine which talks to the nerves which talk to the muscles. If there is a disruption in any of these (AKA a bullet) then the muscles don’t work. So here is where I’m at. I am a C-4 quadriplegic meaning that all four of my limbs haveContinueContinue reading “Paralysis is Annoying”