My New Normal: Living with a Spinal Cord Injury
Lauren Doherty | 31 August 2020
So, how do you adjust to your ‘new normal’ after an accident is a question I have been asked a lot over the years.
Eleven years ago, in August 2008, Lauren had been out in her local town with a group of friends. Walking home early the next morning, distracted, she crossed the road at the wrong time, was hit by a van and is now completely paralysed.
Lauren Doherty | 31 August 2020
So, how do you adjust to your ‘new normal’ after an accident is a question I have been asked a lot over the years.
Lauren Doherty | 8 July 2020
My spinal cord injury determines that I need care 24/7. In this article, Lauren describes a typical day in her life with a spinal cord injury.
Lauren Doherty | 1 June 2020
Over the years, I have had to change my perspective around changing styles of clothes and took my own positive actions as to how I improve my thoughts around my changed body shape.
Lauren Doherty | 11 May 2020
In this article, Lauren shares with you some of the areas SCI affects her life, and how she lives with these.
Lauren Doherty | 6 April 2020
In this blog, Lauren shares her experience of isolation, and how she is preparing herself for 12 weeks of not seeing her friends and family.
Lauren Doherty | 30 March 2020
In this article, Lauren details her experience of moving back into her parents, their loss of privacy and the equipment Lauren needs in her day to day life.
Lauren Doherty | 17 February 2020
In this article, Lauren focuses on the care arrangements her family had to look at to allow her to go home from the hospital.
Lauren Doherty | 6 January 2020
On the 11th August 2008, Lauren Doherty's life was to change forever. In this blog, Lauren recounts the experience of sustaining a spinal cord injury that left her paralysed.
Lauren Doherty | 18 November 2019
11 years ago, Lauren Doherty crossed the road at the wrong time and was hit by a van and is now paralysed.