Breaking the Glass Ceiling I had an unpleasant encounter with a doctor three weeks ago. Four years ago I was diagnosed with kidney cancer, which led to the removal of the kidney. Thanks to the operation, cancer metastasis, disappeared. However, the operation left me with severe nerve damage, which further restricted my mobility and from…
Pohjoismaissa kansalaisten hyvinvointipalvelut muodostavat suuren osan maiden kansantulosta. Aikaisemmin palveluiden järjestäminen oli täysin julkisen sektorin vastuulla. Palveluiden tuotto oli valvottua ja työntekijöillä oli minimivaatimukset osaamisen ja kielitaidon suhteen. Perinteisesti julkisen sektorin järjestämiä palveluita ei ole pidetty varsinaisena liiketoimintana, sillä siinähän vain ”kierrätetään kansalaisten maksamia veroja”. Yritykset toitottavat suureen ääneen oman toimintansa tuottaman lisäarvon hyödystä yhteiskunnalle,…
Sometimes when I was watching astronauts walking on the moon, I imagined in my mind what would weightless movement feel like in my body. I got some sense of it last week when I tested unweighted walking on the AlterG treadmill. AlterG treadmill is originally designed for NASA astronauts to exercise in space. Lack of…
Be Your Authentic Self I have written this two-part article for over two months. It has been a very unpleasant experience, because when it comes to my rehabilitation, I want to focus on what works well. Not on, what has gone wrong. However, I think it is important to share my experience, because I believe…
In the title the word ‘rehabilitation’ refers to physical and mental rehabilitation that play an important part in my own life, but in general the other meaning of ‘rehabilitation’, which is to restore reputation and prestige applies to all people. Restoration of prestige in a sense that we understand our real value, our divine origin…
Last weekend I watched the Secret movie once again. It was surprising that even though I’ve watched the movie so many times, it generated new feelings in me – or perhaps it is more correct to say that I watched the movie as open-minded as I watched it for the first time. I noticed that…
On the 37th anniversary of my handicap, December 30, 2015 I received as a present a Mangar Elk Lifting Cushion. The fear that I would fall and would not be able to stand up from the floor vanished with this new everyday tool. The ELK is commonly used in a range of settings, such as…
One morning before Christmas I drove through our neighbourhood when a long queue caught my attention. “What a rigmarole!” I was astonished. I knew there is a place in the shopping center, where poor people can get foodstuff and I had often sawn people line up there, but those lines I saw before were nothing…
I enjoy very much when I can immerse myself into my thoughts and feel connected to the consciousness of the Universe. Two weeks ago I had spent four days and nights this way as I wrote one text. When it was time to do something else, I couldn’t get rid of my thoughts. Some time…
Cross trainer (cross-country skiing simulation) Eight years ago in a rehab centre I got to know cross trainer, which became my oldest fitness equipment. Gym instructors didn’t even recommend it to me, because they saw me in a wheelchair that doesn’t make really motoric impression. But when I saw the equipment in function I thought…
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