Howard Falkinburg

On Thursday, January 23, 2025, was my first volunteer assignment with Disability Advocates of Kent County. The program is called Absolutely Accessible Kent. The DAKC team provides accessibility reviews for organizations and workplaces.  For this particular program, we are called “test pilots”. The pilots are volunteers that examine spaces and provide feedback on accessibility for… Continue reading

Winter has arrived but that did not prevent me from starting to golf here in Michigan. It was golf through Xbox. I’ve never been a gaming enthusiast. Evan, a Recreational Therapist at Hope Network, doubled as my caddie. He helped me get set up with some adaptation. Evan connected a tennis ball so I could… Continue reading

I’ve been physically put through the grinder the last few weeks. First I had two strange of a UTI, which required two different medications, including an IV drip for five consecutive days. For good measure, I got the ‘vid officially 11/11. I had some delusions, congestion, fogginess in the brain, fatigue. The works. As of… Continue reading

I took it maybe my last trip to the Calvin University nature preserve on Sunday. Weather was in the mid 70s, which is remarkable in Michigan. I went to the deck and there was a mother and her two little daughters already there. One of them obsessed about putting anything in the pond. She grounded… Continue reading

Sometimes I just wanna have a drink. An adult one. I had a newer staff on Sunday morning. She had done my care once before but she seemed to be in a brain fog today. I have to give her multiple instructions and sometimes it still wasn’t registering. I was becoming more aggravated and it… Continue reading

Hi friends. Time to give you some updates. Physical I have developed a few pressure wounds on my bottom, right heel, outside of the right foot and left clavicle. Fortunately, none of these are open wounds and most are healing well. I’m consuming extra protein to help strengthen the skin and the healing process. Intrathecal… Continue reading

I’m truly blessed to have fantastic family and friends. Calvin University’s nature preserve is just a seven minute ride from home in my wheelchair. This is a mini escape off-campus place I can spend a couple hours. There is a small man-made pond on campus. And sometimes get disrupted from people walking the campus. My… Continue reading

I own both an iPhone and iPad. The iPhone is attached to my wheelchair so the screen is almost always facing me. I do not make/answer phone calls or messages while in therapy unless I’m expecting something important. I have breaks periodically throughout the day and will troll through my phone during these times. I… Continue reading

I’ve had a pretty busy Saturday, which is good. I met with the Wolfpack Book club at Schuler’s from 10:30 AM to 12 PM. We reviewed a couple books that we read recently. I took the Go Bus, which is public transportation for people with disabilities. The driver tried to buckle me in the far… Continue reading

Throughout my recovery you’re having gotten going episodes of me getting over one problem and then another one develops. It happened again last month. My foot wound on the side of my foot has healed but I now developed a callus on both my heels. The right heel turned into a blister. I was shocked… Continue reading