Wheelchair Kamikaze

The Rants, Ruminations, and Reflections of a Mad MStery Patient

Thursday, October 30, 2014

Patient Taking Tecfidera Develops PML, Later Dies – Outlier or Harbinger of Things to Come?

Last week, in disclosing the company’s quarterly financial report, pharmaceutical giant Biogen revealed that a patient taking its oral MS dr...

Friday, October 17, 2014

My Body, My Self

In Mel Brooks’ 1981 comedy “The History of the World, Part 1”, a scene set during the French Revolution features a member of the aristocra...

Monday, September 29, 2014

Bits and Pieces: Autumn Equinox Edition (also Tysabri, MS and HIV,viruses, relapse rates, misdiagnoses, diet, and asinine research)

Personification of Autumn (Currier & Ives lithograph, 1871) (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Well, according to the full scale replica of ...

Thursday, September 11, 2014

Supplements, My Supplements

Arabic herbal medicine guidebook (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Using natural supplements to help treat MS is always a topic of much int...

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

The Problem with Progression, Revisited

English: Cropped version of :Image:Domino effect.jpg (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) The good folks who administer the website MultipleSc...

Monday, August 11, 2014

Man Bites Dog (or, MS Patient Beats Insurance Company after Stem Cell Transplant, to the Tune of $400,000)

(c) GoGraph / lhfgraphics Oh, the many pleasures of Multiple Sclerosis. In addition to the physical and psychological toll taken by the...

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

HSCT – Will This Form of Stem Cell Therapy Soon Become the Standard ofCare for Many MS Patients?

English: Cervical spine MRI with enhancement showing multiple sclerosis (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Hematopoietic Stem Cell Therapy, n...

Sunday, July 13, 2014

Bits and Pieces: Writer's Block Edition (Also: Tecfidera, Crying Jags, the Price of MS Drugs, Underwater Wheelchairs, Asinine Research, and Some Funky Stuff)

Cover of Gojira [Blu-ray] (For those who receive Wheelchair Kamikaze via email, this post contains videos that can be viewed on the Wheel...

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About Me

The Wheelchair Kamikaze: New York, New York, United States; I'm Marc, a 53-year-old male, living in New York City with my lovely and wonderful wife Karen. Diagnosed with Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis in March of 2003, I now require a wheelchair to get around the city. I like to drive the wheelchair at full speed, thus the moniker "Wheelchair Kamikaze". I've managed to rig a camera to my chair, so I'm able to take videos and still photos from the unique vantage point of a wheelchair, which I intend to post here. Before getting sick, I was the Director of DVD Production for one of the major international music companies. Yes, I was once a member of the Evil Empire... Prior to my enlistment in the Evil Empire, I worked as a video producer and editor. I grew up in New York City, and spent the 1980s in Boston (college and postcollege rock 'n roll craziness). During the 1990s, I lived in South Florida, until I woke up one morning and realized I was living in South Florida, came to my senses, and moved back to New York. I hope you like my blog...

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