Empowering Women Supporting Their Partners In Chairs
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This annual episode is all about how to keep our quad partners cool in HOT temperatures this summer! We always think we know everything, until we are put in our place by SCI and mother nature – there always seems to be more to learn and discuss. We break down WHY sun and temperature management […]
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*Elena and Brooke open this episode with an exciting announcement about our participation at a special conference event in Atlanta this fall that will help to expose WAGS and their mission to tech leaders in rehab medicine from around the world.* This episode is all about the hats we wear as WAGS, inspired by Brooke […]
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If you’ve ever travelled with someone in a wheelchair, you know the chaos that comes with that experience. Let’s face it: travel is rarely accessible. Join hosts Elena and Brooke as they discuss travel via plane after disability, Brooke’s journey home from a long term trip to Italy, Elena and Dan’s 13 hour layover hell […]
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Last episode we talked all about Gabapentin, and how it’s prescribed to virtually every single SCI patient at one point or another for neurological (nerve) pain. We exposed the lesser known side effects of this drug, and read some testimonials about it from real WAGS in this community. We put our critical thinking caps on, […]
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Gabapentin: one of the most common pharmaceutical drugs prescribed for nerve pain in the SCI community. Love it or hate it, we ALL have either had partners who have been on it, or have heard about it at one point on this journey. It is used to quell nerve pain, something that haunts many SCI […]
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Join Brooke and Elena as they dedicate this episode to the mothers and mother-figures in their lives, and the lives of other WAGS of SCI as they share their stories. Often in this life, our mothers, mother figures or mother in-law’s and their emotional and physical contributions to our lives are not discussed enough. Whether […]
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WOW.. 100 episodes of the Podcast are complete! We have to be honest with you, we never thought we would have enough to chat about to fill 100 episodes.. but here we are! These past few years of recording have been life changing for us, and allowed us to discuss issues and topics that are […]
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If you have a partner with a Spinal Cord Injury, chances are, you know about or have probably experienced what bed rest is, SCI style. This episode is a dose of “WAGS of SCI Real Life” where we talk all about bed rest, and how BOTH our partners, at the same time (for the first […]
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After overcoming a time of trauma or stress, everyone has that one moment where everything starts to change for them – that moment where they receive an insight, a quote, a letter, wisdom or advice from someone (or something) outside of themselves that helps to start to pull them out of their current state of […]
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Struggling with care aids, nursing or home care workers who cancel or just don’t show up for your partner? Do you find yourself saying “F*ck It! I’ll just do it!!” often? You’re NOT alone. In this episode we share some recent personal experiences and stories, and discuss who picks up the pieces when staff cancel.. […]