Tag: Ataxia & Fitness

• 7

  I’m 7 years old today. Technically not, of course, but my life started over 7 years ago today. It started with learning to breathe on my own, then rolling over. Then sitting up; crawling; motorized wheelchair; sitting unassisted; standing; walking with 3 people helping me, then one. Then a walker. Then a cane. Then nothing.…

  ellie

  November 2, 2019

  ataxia, Memories, Ramblings, The Seventh Year, Updates, Writing

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• To Mars and back

  2017 didn’t make it past its first day before someone with Ataxia went away. She touched so many lives during her 25 years here. This morning, Noelle and Allie – a couple of my favorite people whom I met through Ataxia & Fitness – were absolutely… I don’t know. I don’t speak for them, but “heartbroken” and “stunned” are a…

  ellie

  January 1, 2017

  The Stroke Story, The Third Year, Updates

  ataxia, Ataxia & Fitness, cardiac arrest, cardiomyopathy, disability, FA, FARA, Friedreich’s Ataxia, handicap, HandiQueers, HCM, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, ICD, implantable cardioverter defibrillator, LGBTQ

• Video: Tremors in my stroke affected upper extremity

  Just a quick video for Julie.

  ellie

  March 28, 2016

  The Third Year, Updates, Videos

  ABI, acquired brain injury, ataxia, Ataxia & Fitness, brain injury, brain stem tremor, Brainstem, brainstem tremor, cardiovascular event, cerebellar ataxia, cerebellar stroke, Cerebellum, hemiplegia, Intention tremor, ischaemic stroke, left hemisphere ischemia, Recovery, stroke, stroke recovery, The Stroke Story, Tremor, tremor disorder, Young stroke, YSS

• USF ftw

  Yay, Kyle! Let me know the next time you cycle across America, mkay? An Ataxia&Fitness group ride across America needs to be a thing! “Both have Friedreich’s ataxia, affecting one in 50,000 people in the United States. Although Bryant and Bridgman are left wheelchair bound, their competitive spirit hasn’t gone away. Now focusing on a…

  ellie

  September 18, 2015

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