Wheelchair Kamikaze

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

Sunday, March 11, 2018

15 Years a Progressive MSer

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You think back and it seems like a million years ago, or yesterday. The first Sunday of March 2003, an unusually cold day for that time of...
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Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Tisch Center MS Stem Cell Trial: Interview with Dr. Saud Sadiq, Director and Lead Research Scientist (Part Two)

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Dr. Sadiq and research staff at the Tisch Center The Tisch MS Research Center of New York ( click here ) will soon begin its first-eve...
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Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Tisch Center MS Stem Cell Study: Interview with Dr. Saud Sadiq, Director and Lead Research Scientist (Part One)

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The Tisch Multiple Sclerosis Research Center of New York ( click here ) recently published the Phase 1 results of the first-ever FDA appro...
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Monday, February 5, 2018

Can A 100-Year-Old TB Vaccine Stop MS, Diabetes, and Other Diseases?

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If I told you that a century-old vaccine – initially developed to combat tuberculosis – now appears capable of stopping or slowing multipl...
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Monday, January 15, 2018

Some Wheelchair Kamikaze Film and TV Recommendations

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Dealing with multiple sclerosis, especially as it advances, can be an all-encompassing, overwhelming pain in the buttocks. We all need our...
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Sunday, December 31, 2017

New Year’s Eve Through MS Eyes

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(This essay was first posted two years ago. Guess this makes it a golden not so oldie, but it's timely and the sentiments expressed will...
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Wednesday, December 20, 2017

All I Want for Christmas Is a Cure for This Damned Disease!

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(For those receiving this via email, the following post contains videos which can't be viewed in email clients. Please visit the Wheelc...
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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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