Stephanie Briggs - Handmade Knitting My Way Through Chronic Pain

Knitting by hand, owned by three cats and a manbeast

Stephanie’s Quickies 10.2.12

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A cute knitted pumpkin by Youtube knitting guru knittingtipsbyjudy. Great little Halloween project! I’ve got my eye on this handspun yarn, “When Dragons Fly” by Countess Ablaze. Thing is, that the spinning fiber she sells in the same colourway looks awfully seductive, too. I’m so excited about the upcoming film version of Les Miserables (starring Hugh […]

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Paralympics Accessibility Fiasco

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Apparently at the Paralympic Games, people in wheelchairs can only be accompanied by one other person. So that means that a disabled parent couldn’t sit with their kids and their spouse. Ridiculous. I mean, it’s the PARALYMPICS. Logic fail. Words fail me. However, in my experience, Russians were delightful to me in terms of my […]

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Stephanie’s Quickies 8.8

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Ask Surly Amy: How to Deal with Hate – (((((Trigger warning for threats of violence against women.)))))) I couldn’t read this whole article because it triggered me, but as usual, Surly Amy makes some great points…and there are puppies involved! For your good deed of the day, every time you see a hate message against a […]

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Stephanie’s Quickies 8.1

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Ranked: Disney Princesses From Least To Most Feminist – Disney princesses have a hard time breaking out of the “I’m a girl and need a guy to save me” mould. The Viking Conspiracy (Or, I’m Not Jew, I’m Jew-ish) – Excellent Skepchick discussion about how, on an exam (GCSE) in the UK for teenagers, a […]

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Caffe Nero – Coffee and Chocolate FTW; Accessibility Fail

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Today, after doing an errand, my DH and I were in Manchester City Centre to meet my/our best girlfriend for caffeine and sugar at Caffe Nero at 67 Deansgate. All three of us are physically/mobility disabled. For privacy reasons, I will only state that I have spastic cerebral palsy, which means, among other things, that […]

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Kelvin High School – Accessibility Fail

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When I was attending Kelvin High School for Grade 12*, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the school did not have an accessible entrance, although they had an elevator with a door at ground level, which opened directly to the outside environment – in other words, you opened the outer door, and to your left is the elevator. […]

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Daily Panic Attacks – I’m Not Nuts: Hurray!

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Yesterday, I went to the out-of-hours walk-in clinic with our dear cleaning lady in the throes of my third or fourth morning in a daily panic attack. I was convinced I was going completely bonkers, my brain was delighting in torturing me, and there was no way out of this hell. But, as it turns […]

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Neurology appointment: Dr Elliot

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“Elliot” is actually the doctor’s surname, but I can’t help but privately think, “Elliot Stabler”. -He is looking at this solely from the premise of my headaches being familial migraines (thanks, Grandpa Marcel…)  -since the hydrocephalus and shunt have been conclusively ruled out via ICP monitoring and CT scans  -Since many (7-8) migraine prophylactics we’ve tried have not worked, […]

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Medical Update: June 2012

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A little about my medical situation… My doctor (GP) OKed me coming off morphine (last dose was yesterday, 19 June) because we both feel they were making my headaches (medication-resistant migraines) much worse. The headaches have gotten more frequent, not unexpectedly, and much more severe since coming off morphine. Yesterday, I had three separate migraines […]

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