This is the second posting of this below post and it's one of my favourites.
It came back to me tonight after I discovered a second high fever in as many months. This is just after having to be in bed three weeks due to a pressure sore. I have no cold symptoms so I know that it's an infection in my paralysed body.
Don't ever let anyonr tell you that we can adjust ourselves to paralysis. It's a lie. Regardless how much we try, paralysis was never meant to be adjusted to by the human body.
Enjoy the repost and I hope you'll join me!
As a trade unionist and socialist these words by Martin Luther King always rang true to me.
"I never intend to adjust myself to segregation and discrimination. I never intend to become adjusted to religious bigotry. I never intend to adjust myself to economic conditions that will take necessities from the many to give luxuries to the few. I never intend to adjust myself to the madness of militarism and the self defeating effects of physical violence."
And I guess now that I am a new paraplegic these words ring even truer.
After listening to this after a long time, two recent blog posts came to mind.
One was an imaginary conversation I had at my 'Spinal-Cord-Injury-group-therapy' with my counselor.
Counselor: "If you don't accept your lot in life, you will never adjust."
Dennis: "I'm not really interested in adjusting to this life. I'd rather fight for the cure. Not just because I want one, but because it's possible."
Counselor: "Then you my friend are maladjusted and you get an F in group."
And the other was a blog post written by a friend and how he was labeled as: "An example of a person who has not reintegrated into society after a spinal cord injury." Basically he was called a maladjusted, too.
In the year 2011 is it right that we are still trying to adjust ourselves to paralysis when we have excellent results in animal studies and clinical trials in progress to cure paralysis? Actually, the thinking that we should adjust is what is stopping the cure.
I appreciate all the work done by those before us, who have struggled for better accessibility, chances at employment, etc, but as long as we continue to think in 2011 that paralysis is something that you adjust yourself to, the further we will be away from a cure.
The image of the 'happy roller' rolling through a successful life in the chair, is a myth.
For every successful businessman or career woman in a chair, there are countless more unemployed. According to a 2002 study, the unemployment rate in America for those with spinal cord injury was 63%. And to this I never intend to adjust myself.
For every happy person living a carefree life in the chair, there are countless suicides. The rate of suicide in the spinal cord injured community has been evaluated as high as five times greater than those without disability. And this I never intend to adjust myself to.
For every person living a long life in the chair, there are thousands who die prematurely due to complications stemming from their spinal cord injury. A 2009 study stated that life expectancies, "are still somewhat below life expectancies for those with no spinal cord injury." I never intend to adjust myself to a lower life expectancy than others.
For every person in a wheelchair enjoying greater accessibility in our communities, there are countless numbers of others who are confined to their homes due to poverty, pain, or vent dependence to whom ramps are meaningless. And to this too, I never intend to adjust myself.
If refusing to give up hope for a cure, when evidence supports it, is to be labeled maladjusted, then I too am a maladjusted and I'll throw my hat into the ring of "The International Association for the Advancement of Creative Maladjustment".
Dennis Tesolat
www.StemCellsandAtomBombs.org
BlackBerry from DOCOMO
When you look to the researcher that offers false hope and hype and is no closer to a real cure you are living a pipe dream. When you use his website you only encourage more of the same.
ReplyDeleteYou pick fights with hansen, the reeve org, so you ain't a chicken, but because you use Wise's web you let him get away with all sorts of junk, even the NJ commission
Bob is a lazy loon and lets Wise get away with murder because he won't make a "HATE WISE WEBSITE". The troll is too lazy and stupid to do anything constructive so he's in the chicken category for sure. He's only got tiny little balls that slips around the edges of the internet and posts slander and scandalous accusations anonymously. Bob troll is SICK.
DeleteDennis, its so absurd to weigh in on Young's website, unless a cock·a·ma·mie cure is what you are after. Remember while methylprednisolone was hailed as a treatment there was no need to replace it with something that actually worked
ReplyDeleteBob the troll used to post on young's website dozens of times everyday when he wanted Wise to make him a millionaire in lawsuit against a hospital. Wise was also his friend when Bob wanted Wise to make his kid a basketball team at Rutgers. Wise isn't all about Bob, so Troll Bob has started a hate campaign on the internet against Wise.
DeleteIt's absurd that a troll comes here and tries to boss Dennis around. The troll needs to learn the lesson of any schoolyard bully. Get lost bully and stop stalking Dennis around the internet. You're one sick bastard.
DeleteBTW methylprednisolone became a treatment without the results being published. It was prematurely hyped and it took another 15 years to discontinue it's use. Ain't it so humorous to watch cnn interview Wise destroying geeta's Indian clinic when he is pushing snake oil himself. What's even worse is he works at getting people to trust him instead of doing the science
ReplyDeleteWhen was the last time you actually supported a scientist troll Bob? You NEVER have.
Deletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=90JFifPnPY4 They are walking!!!
ReplyDeleteWhy do you advertise such silly bullshit here troll? Take your video links over to carecure where they belong. Nobody gives a shit about your junk.
DeleteSo troll Bob, if you're so insulted by the location of posts made by Dennis, why do you keep stalking him all over the internet and coming to these comment sections that has nothing to do with Wise Young so you can discourage and insult Dennis? Why are you too damn lazy to make a sci forum or blog where you can do your OWN dastardly destruction of Wise? You're one sick, lazy SOB. Why don't you go stalk Wise by making a fictitious profile like you used to do on carecure where you can lob all your insults and insinuations? You're a sneaky hypocrite Bob. Go get mental help old man.
ReplyDeleteLeif please stop this and seek help. My comments are about the research, the funding and the advocacy, Yours on the other hand are about people, sometimes you are even racist and they are nasty comments too. When Wise started soliciting money he should be discussed, it's that simple. So my point is if Dennis uses carecure as a platform he may not feel comfortable pointing out some shortcomings by Wise.
ReplyDeleteThe point should be...the troll uses this comment section of Dennis's blog as a platform because his own shortcomings are blatantly obvious. LAZY AND LOONEY TUNES. The troll solicits followers here because he cannot suck in his own. He keeps coming here begging for people to pay more attention to Wise Young. The troll is an idiot.
DeleteThe only help I need is getting rid of sick troll that comes here trying to boss someone around and getting someone to do his dirty work for him. You need to stop coming here and being a bully against Dennis. You don't need to stalk him around the internet either. You're a sick SOB.
DeleteMaybe what Dennis does and thinks is none of your business. He posts an issue on his blog, it's something HE wants to work with. It's HIS blog spot, NOT YOURS! Stop shoving Wise Young and your vendetta assault into his comment sections. It's called trolling! Get lost and go make your own blog and discuss your pet peeve issues all by yourself. You're being a leech here and sucking off of Dennis's work. Carecure used to be just fine until YOU got banned for behaving like an asshole towards everyone. Get lost looney bird! Nothing here is racist, you on the other hand are stalking this blog spot to do defamation of character on Wise Young. Go get mental help and shut the f*** up here. This is NOT your blog spot and nobody gives a shit about your rants against Wise.
ReplyDeleteYou'll need to explain it again. Trolls don't get it the first 100 times you beat them over the head. Bob is a leech that drones on and on and on...as long as Wise draws a breath of air, troll Bob will keep slithering around like a snake and defaming his character at every turn. Bob wouldn't know how to advocate for something if his life depended on it. He's all about vile accusations and hate. We all wish Bob would just get the hint and disappear from the comment section. His rants are worse than stinky farts.
Delete@ troller Bob. The point is, if you use Dennis's comment section as your hate platform against Wise Young, he may not feel comfortable pointing out that YOU are a mischevious troll that has no business coming to his blog to do your personal hate and vendetta actions. You're a devious snake that slithers all over stalking anyplace you can type your sick comments into. You're a LOON!
ReplyDeletethe boob troller is sucking off publicity anywhere he can get it. I have yet to see him post one sane thing about any of the articles Dennis has put up on the blog. silly Boob hasn't said one thing about RHF or CDRF or any other items here that have been posted. The leech only comes here to try to get people to listen to his hate vendetta against his friend Wise but he's too lazy to make a blog about his slander campaign. What a dweeb. Crawl back into your hole Boob troll and leave Norway alone too.
ReplyDelete@Leif and Dennis: The bob troller owes both of you guys an apology. He needs to quit posting the slander against Wise and pretending it's his responsibility to tell anyone what they should be posting on. I think you should just start deleting all of his libel and slanderous posts. All he ever wants to do is kill Wise. He doesn't know any other subject matter about research, advocacy or funding. He's just a hate monger!
ReplyDeleteBob Troll is jealous because everyone else CAN post at carecure and he got banned for being a jackass and not listening. Bob is also jealous because people can post at apparleyzed forum too and Bob got banned from there. The reason listed is "trolling". Bob Troll is too lazy to make a hate Wise forum for himself. He wants others to do his dirty work so he comes here hoping to badger and complain to make Dennis do his slander for him. Bob Troll is too dumb to see that it doesn't work. He likes to beat his dumb head against a wall.
ReplyDeleteThe troll would be happy if Wise would have made him a million dollars in the lawsuit. The troll would have lost all the money in a crap game anyway so it's really no big deal. He can't post at carecure cause he got banned and then he has the balls to come here and anonymously complain because Dennis posts at that forum. Now who died and made the Bob troll a SCI boss that decides who can post and where they can post? It's called freedom Bob. Dennis has the right to post anywhere he chooses to even if you don't like it. Stop being a big sour grape baby! You got yourself banned off all the sci websites. That's NOT anyone else's fault but your own. Get Lost!
ReplyDeleteThat's the goal of a troll. He wants to control where people go to post and control what they say there. Bob keeps coming here because he's a bully that's trying to brow beat Dennis into not posting at Carecure anymore. Cyberbullying involves the use of the internet to support deliberate, repeated, and hostile behaviour by an individual (troll) that is intended to harm or control others. The troll needs to stop his cyberbullying and leave Dennis alone. He needs to stop slandering Wise Young too since Wise is not here to defend himself. Troll Bob needs to stop tyrannizing Dennis every time he puts up a new blog post. It's time for the Troll Bob to stop riding roughshod over a blog that doesn't belong to him. Down with bully Bob !
ReplyDeleteSince when does a troll think he can boss people around? People can post wherever they want to. You're trying to use intimidation tactics troll Bob. They don't work. Go somewhere else and try to boss someone around. Why don't you boss yourself into making your own damn blog? Stop coming here and whining about where people post on the internet. It's not your business bully troll Bob.
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