KosAbility is a community diary series posted at 5 PM ET every Sunday and Wednesday by volunteer diarists. This is a gathering place for people who are living with disabilities, who love someone with a disability, or who want to know more about the issues surrounding this topic. There are two parts to each diary. First, a volunteer diarist will offer their specific knowledge and insight about a topic they know intimately. Then, readers are invited to comment on what they've read and/or ask general questions about disabilities, share something they've learned, tell bad jokes, post photos, or rage about the unfairness of their situation. Our only rule is to be kind; trolls will be spayed or neutered.
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What we do to maintain our mental health is necessarily a personal matter. What I suggest here is a menu of ideas that have helped me personally, rather than a prescription: Regulate news consumption: Online at DailyKos and elsewhere, we select what we...
by wilderness voice
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on Sun Feb 23, 2025 at 04:00 PM PST
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Radon gas is an extremely potent carcinogen if it gets past the skin. After the initial decay, releasing an alpha particle, several more decays occur in rapid succession, releasing two more alpha particles. All this originates from a single radon atom....
by wilderness voice
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on Sun Jan 26, 2025 at 04:00 PM PST
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. As you can see by Itzl's concerned look, this group is for us to check in at to let people know we are alive, doing OK, and not affected by such things as heat, blizzards, floods, wild fires,
by FloridaSNDad
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on Fri Nov 29, 2024 at 09:55 PM PST
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Thirteen years ago I wrote a diary for KosAbility entitled “KosAbility: Flour, snow cones and blindness.” It was about the snow cone shape of my right eye. The reference to a snow cone was my youngest son’s description of my right eye when he was about...
by Clytemnestra
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on Sun Sep 29, 2024 at 04:00 PM PDT
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Way back in 2011 I wrote a diary about suffering from "menorrhagia" (heavy menstrual bleeding). I detailed the ablation I had in 2007 to burn the endometrial lining from my uterus and there after not have a period, or that was the hope anyway. Before...
by Clytemnestra
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on Tue Aug 27, 2024 at 06:28 AM PDT
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This is an update to the previous story written here . As shown in the image at top, the facet joints are located at the rear of the spine and link adjoining vertebrae together.
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by wilderness voice
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on Sun Aug 25, 2024 at 04:00 PM PDT
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Advance healthcare planning: There are three related documents to be aware of. A couple are overlapping — the� Living Will and Physician Orders for Life-sustaining Treatment (POLST) — but serve ...
by wilderness voice
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on Sun Jul 28, 2024 at 04:00 PM PDT
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Happy Friday! Bit is off on Saturday, so I’ll be home today!�
Welcome to the last Friday of Disability Pride Month. Today we are mostly going to talk about places that have increased ...
by FloridaSNMOM
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on Thu Jul 25, 2024 at 09:55 PM PDT
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Happy Friday! Bit and I are supposed to go for groceries today, so I’ll probably be in and out.� So far, the prednisone is helping, though my sugar jumped up a bit. I’m hoping that settles ...
by FloridaSNMOM
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on Thu Jul 18, 2024 at 09:55 PM PDT
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Happy Friday! We might be going for groceries today when Bit gets off work, it depends what time she gets off work. She’s supposed to be off work by 11, but that hasn’t panned out yet.� I ...
by FloridaSNMOM
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on Thu Jul 11, 2024 at 09:55 PM PDT
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Happy Friday! Bit is off today, so we’ll be going out for groceries at some point, but I will be around so feel free to mingle and comment.� I hope everyone had a safe and good July 4th. I know ...
by FloridaSNMOM
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on Thu Jul 04, 2024 at 09:55 PM PDT
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. As you can see by Itzl's concerned look, this group is for us to check in at to let people know we are alive, doing OK, and not affected by such things as heat, blizzards, floods, wild fires,
by FloridaSNDad
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on Fri May 10, 2024 at 09:55 PM PDT
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Happy Friday! April is awareness month for a bunch of different medical disorders and illnesses. Today we’re going to talk about FND, or Functional Neurological Disorder.� I have had FND for ...
by FloridaSNMOM
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on Thu Apr 18, 2024 at 09:55 PM PDT
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Once upon a time, before the advent of statins, the dividing line between normal and high cholesterol was 280 mg/dl. That limit is in accord with this 2019 study, entitled Total cholesterol and all-cause mortality by sex and age: a prospective cohort...
by wilderness voice
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on Sun Mar 31, 2024 at 04:00 PM PDT
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Happy Friday! Today is a rest day for me, and tomorrow is groceries. Hopefully I don’t sleep all day. I’ve been taking extra naps and resting more during the week, because this has ...
by FloridaSNMOM
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on Thu Feb 29, 2024 at 09:55 PM PST
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As you can see by Itzl's concerned look, this group is for us to check in at to let people know we are alive, doing OK, and not affected by such things as heat, blizzards, floods, wild fires, ...
by FloridaSNDad
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on Fri Mar 15, 2024 at 09:55 PM PDT
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According to this study the degree of processing is the most important variable affecting the amount of microplastics in protein. In most cases this outweighs whether the source is terrestrial or ...
by wilderness voice
41 comments
on Sun Feb 25, 2024 at 04:00 PM PST
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Charlie has been gone for one year this month; my love passed at 6:06am, January 21, 2023. This year was very emotional time, especially though the holidays, and I've come to the realization that I owe so much to everyone's effort to grant Charlie with...
by Steven Park
62 comments
on Sun Jan 28, 2024 at 04:00 PM PST
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As you can see by Itzl's concerned look, this group is for us to check in at to let people know we are alive, doing OK, and not affected by such ...
by FloridaSNDad
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on Fri Dec 01, 2023 at 09:55 PM PST
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11.18.2023IAN "Ubisoft goes out of their way to make their new VR Experience enjoyable for Everyone" As you can see by Itzl's concerned look, this group is for us to check in at to let people know we are alive, doing OK, and not affected by such things as heat, blizzards, floods, wildfires,
by FloridaSNDad
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on Fri Nov 17, 2023 at 09:55 PM PST
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