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thatbionicdude
@thatbionicdude
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Just a cyborg living through the blockchain revolution.
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2017-11-11 23:33
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thatbionicdude
comingsoon
2017-11-21 07:28
All Prior Blog Posts Are Up!
Check them out and feel free to comment. I'll do my best to engage with you all over the next few days. Expect another short post describing my disability application process, including the video I made
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thatbionicdude
parkinsons
2017-11-21 07:16
Updates, Vexations and Aspirations
I have a couple brief items that I want to discuss today. First, I’d like to let you all know where I’m at in the surgery process. It seems like getting approval through insurance has taken an eternity,
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thatbionicdude
parkinsons
2017-11-21 07:11
Regaining Momentum
I joined the Parkinson’s Action Network as an Assistant Director for Washington State a few months back. I figured it would be one place where my unpredictable body wouldn’t be too much of a concern. I
thatbionicdude
parkinsons
2017-11-21 07:01
Same Shit, Different Day (Welcome to PD Purgatory) and Thoughts on a Televised Brain Surgery
So here we are again beginning a blog post with an apology for a lack of recent posts. Perhaps I shouldn’t be sorry, because I feel like there wouldn’t be much interest in reading what I feel like has
thatbionicdude
parkinsons
2017-11-21 06:55
The Sinister Spin Cycle of Stress
Welcome back. I apologize for the dearth of recent posts, but I really just needed some time to process everything after my consultation, and after learning that I have been approved for surgery. To touch
thatbionicdude
parkinsons
2017-11-21 06:49
The Great DBS Consultation Adventure
I meant to get this up sooner, but shockingly having six appointments in two days left me pretty wiped out. Now who would have expected that? That being said, the whole process was surprisingly pain-free
thatbionicdude
parkinsons
2017-11-21 06:44
Here Be Dragons
My Deep Brain Stimulation consultation begins with physical therapy tomorrow at 9 a.m. tomorrow morning; precisely 12 hours from my last dose of levodopa (a controlled release). Mercifully, this means
thatbionicdude
parkinsons
2017-11-21 06:36
Sometimes, The Bad Guys Win
I went to bed last night after having an extraordinarily productive day by recent standards. I walked my dog, contacted legislators, wrote my second blog post, bought some lumber to brace my futon, made
thatbionicdude
parkinsons
2017-11-21 06:31
Rambo Didn’t Have Parkinson’s
Foreword: Apologies for the posting delays guys as I really am fascinated by steem and intend to be pretty active on it. I've just totally been swamped with trying to go pro at eBay sales. I'm going to
thatbionicdude
chronicillness
2017-11-18 02:08
To Comfort the Afflicted and Afflict the Comfortable
My journey with chronic illness began before I was even old enough to drive. My first symptom, a stiffening of my left leg, first appeared on a tennis court when I was 15. I didn’t know it then, but I’d
thatbionicdude
introduceyourself
2017-11-17 07:31
Beep, Beep, Hello Humans
Hello Steemians! My name is Andrew, but you can call me thatbionicdude. I'm a 25-year-old American living with Parkinson's Disease. I had Deep Brain Stimulation in March of 2015, and I've been living life
