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occupational therapy
Posted on: Wed, 12/07/2011 - 6:16pm
"Scooter the Wonder Dog" as My Therapy Dog
Ten years ago, in the winter/spring of 2002, I had one of the most FUN at work as an Occupational Therapist, when my then-boyfriend's dog, Scooter, completed the therapy dog program my supervisor was certified to teach and credential dogs as being 'therapy-worthy'. Scooter had been rescued years before when he was looking for a dog for his family and wife at the time. She was on 'death row' and of all the dogs in the area he had to pick from, she was the standout just in the way she came over and looked at him. read more »
Posted on: Mon, 12/05/2011 - 12:05pm
YOU and Your Brain Injury: Concussions in Young Athletes Leading to Health Care Reform
Mardy's Note: This piece is under construction - please check back until you see this message gone, in which case we'd then VERY MUCH appreciate your sharing the link and otherwise copying/pasting/sending. Thank you .. Mardy read more »
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Veteran's Day - 11/11/11. My Thoughts, Over Coffee.
Friday, November 11, 2011, 8:15 am, by Mardy Ross
I made a special cup of coffee today and drank it looking at the sun coming onto the beautiful Colorado National Monument that is the backdrop to one side of Grand Junction. Last night on PBS there was a wonderful program about Vietnam, where they interviewed Veterans of the war, including some women. read more »
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Blessings on the Boards! Getting Those 'Initials' After Your Name. Don, Bud - This Blog's for YOU!
Wednesday, September 7, 2011, 11:48 am, by Mardy Ross
Right now is 'back to school' for millions in the United States, from "K through ...?" One of the contributors to Lumigrate, who has been as more behind the scenes in the past but coming into the pages of Lumigrate in the future is a wonderful man who connected with me and Lumigrate through facebook but who was in Colorado and did a practicum / fieldwork in Grand Junction, so we met and had dinner one night. read more »
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Fibromyalgia AWARENESS Contest ends today -- the process from the OT in me.
Thursday, May 19, 2011, 11:48 am, by Mardy Ross
Today is May 19th, the last day of our 2011 Fibromyalgia Awareness Day contest. There are many contributions and they are ALL REALLY GOOD. 'GRATE' as we say around here! Since we do fibromyalgia awareness EVERY DAY, all day at Lumigrate.com, and have been, 365 days a year, for over two years now, this year I wanted to bring it back 'home' -- that's been my theme for 2011 is to spend equal time in my own community which has AMAZING providers and people who have FMS, and 'inteGRATE' them with the equally amazing nation-wide providers. read more »
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The Power of Friendship in Recovering from Illness -- or Brain Injury!
Thursday, January 13, 2011, 5:36 am, by Mardy Ross
I wanted to get something written up today EARLY while it is what is being covered on the news today related to the memorial service in Tucson last night which was a great deal about healing the country as well as Congressman Giffords having just opened her eyes for the first time right beforehand. Her friends who were present were just interviewed and 'obviously giddy' with the excitement of seeing her making improvement and feeling positively about the opportunity which was taken related to this unfortunate event to provide an example to all of us for not overly analyzing what the p read more »
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Posted on: Sun, 10/24/2010 - 9:29pm
Lumigrate Premier Podcast: Mardy Ross and Chris Young History and Future
Following this link will take you to our PREMIER PODCAST, which is about half an hour and is Adam Cochran of TalkingDigital.org, our podcasting guru, facilitating a conversation between Dr Chris Young and me about our history with education group re: fibromyalgia. http://talkingdigital.org/lumigrate/2010/10/04/lumigrate-pod... read more »
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How a Tire Changed Things for YOU (and Me) with Lumigrate
Sunday, July 25, 2010, 8:44 am, by Mardy Ross
"Some days you write the song ....... some days the song writes you" is playing on my beloved Acoustic Sunday radio show by Rock Cesario as I start writing today, and I realize that Yenta, Alice and I all talk about how we regroup for a while related to what to write about and then have a general idea of what we're going to write about but then the piece takes on quite a life of it's own. So we can only hope today is the same for me and this finds you entertained. read more »
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Posted on: Mon, 06/21/2010 - 2:16pm
RETIREMENT --- 'IDENTITY THEFT'?
I was raised by my parents to always work for what you want. We didn't have all of the luxuries that the kids have today....no cell phones, no T.V,s, no computers........I could go on and on. So working was just an accepted part of life if you wanted anything. I bought my first pair of skis, a bike, and a used 1950 Chevy (my dream car).
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Posted on: Thu, 05/20/2010 - 11:49am
Life after cancer-chemo brain is gone and I can still drive!
Background; I am an occupational therapist who has specialized in driving rehab. I WILL talk about that, but not right now. I felt that I should address the battle with cancer that so many people are engaged in. I am a 3-time survivor of breast cancer, the last occurrence being almost 10 years ago. In that time I have leared a few things that I would like to share. What triggered this is a lengthy conversation that I had with my 32-year-old niece who is currently undergoing treatment. My older sister did not survive; my younger sister has not been t read more »
