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A Major Insult to the Spinal Cord
Whenever there’s an injury as serious as a spinal cord injury (SCI) the first big questions asked are how much function have I lost and...
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Mar 21, 20213 min read
Here Comes the Rain, There Goes My Back - It’s All a Pain in the Neck
Here we go again. The weather is changing and with it, the level of discomfort ramps up throughout our body. As evidenced by comments in...
Mar 21, 20213 min read
The Travel Trifecta
Happy APRIL. Today with spring breaks arriving and summer vacations soon, the nurses at The Rollin’ RNs were talking about the response...
Mar 21, 20213 min read
Warm Temperature Regulation and SCI
I was sitting at my desk on June 21, 2017, Summer Solstice, and thinking about spinal cord injury and our body’s inability to regulate...
Mar 20, 20213 min read
SPOTLIGHTS ON INDIVIDUALS WITH SPINAL CORD INJURIES: Jen Goodwin...Quadriplegic, Mom, Lawyer
The ROLLIN’ RNs™ are excited to introduce a new individual to our series: Spotlights on Individuals with Spinal Cord Injuries and their...
Mar 20, 20215 min read
SPOTLIGHTS ON INDIVIDUALS WITH SPINAL CORD INJURIES: DR. DAN, C5 QUADRIPLEGIC
The ROLLIN’ RNs™ are excited to introduce a new series: Spotlights on Individuals with Spinal Cord Injuries and their progress since...
Mar 20, 20218 min read
Roberta’s Experience with the Mitrofanoff Procedure...or something like it!
My name is Roberta and I was injured in an ATV accident on 5/24/14. My level of injury is T3 Complete. I am a Para with full use of my...
Mar 20, 20216 min read
The Loss Of A Caregiver Because Of Death, Part 2
It’s devastating to lose your spouse but what happens when your spouse is also your primary caregiver? The Rollin’ RNs started this...
Mar 20, 20216 min read
The Loss of a Caregiver Because of Death: Part One
The Story of Overwhelming Paralysis and the Terrifying Events of the What-Ifs In 2009 I became paralyzed from an auto accident. I thought...
Mar 20, 20216 min read
Life with a SCI: Important Health Care Providers
It’s important for all of us to have a health care provider to help manage our health care needs. For most people, that means having a...
Mar 20, 20215 min read
Foot Care For People With A Spinal Cord Injury (SCI): Gotta Keep Those Piggies Happy!
Taking good care of your feet is a normal part of the daily routine for everyone but when you have a Spinal Cord Injury, proper foot care...
Mar 17, 20213 min read
Why Does S#*T Happen?
The Rollin’ RNs are always in search of new topics to explore and a FB thread of posts on bowel accidents frequently pops up in our...
Mar 17, 20216 min read
A Stimulating Topic...the Ins and Outs of Bowel Care
There has been a huge amount of discussion about bowels on spinal cord injury Facebook group lately, so we thought we would confront the...
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