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| An Introduction You Must Read! |
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Part 1: My New Journey Begins
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| c h a p t e r | 1: The Accident |
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| c h a p t e r | 2: Contemplation |
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| c h a p t e r | 3: Rehabilitation |
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| c h a p t e r | 4: Adjustments |
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| c h a p t e r | 5: That Elusive First Job |
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| c h a p t e r | 6: Living Independently |
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| c h a p t e r | 7: What Sex Life? |
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| c h a p t e r | 8: Quadriplegic: What It’s Physically Like to Be One |
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Part 2: Anecdotes
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| c h a p t e r | 9: Into the Twilight Zone (1966) |
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| c h a p t e r | 10: Stepping Up in the World (1967) |
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| c h a p t e r | 11: “It’s Faster By Plane.” Wrong! (1969) |
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| c h a p t e r | 12: The Jell-O Mixer (1971) |
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| c h a p t e r | 13: Slide Rule? (1972) |
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| c h a p t e r | 14: Quantum Burst (1972) |
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| c h a p t e r | 15: The Mississippi River Houseboat (1973) |
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| c h a p t e r | 16: Condoms for Everyone (1974) |
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| c h a p t e r | 17: Footballs and Footfalls (1975) |
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| c h a p t e r | 18: Water, Water, Everywhere (1976) |
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| c h a p t e r | 19: Chicago Blues (1979) |
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| c h a p t e r | 20: Suckling Pig, Anyone? (1980) |
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| c h a p t e r | 21: Stargazing from Michigan Avenue (1981) |
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| c h a p t e r | 22: Romance at the Playboy Club (1982) |
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| c h a p t e r | 23: A Foreign Visitor (1983) |
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| c h a p t e r | 24: Puerto Rico Here I Come! (1986) |
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| c h a p t e r | 25: Office Cactus Incident (1986) |
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| c h a p t e r | 26: Northern Exposure (1992) |
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| c h a p t e r | 27: Reeb Traf (1993) |
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| c h a p t e r | 28: Surprise, Surprise (1996) |
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| c h a p t e r | 29: Space Shuttle Police (2002) |
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| c h a p t e r | 30: New Orleans and the Preacher (2007) |
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Part 3: Medical Mayhem
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| c h a p t e r | 31: A Chilling Vacation (1984) |
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| c h a p t e r | 32: Smoke and Lasers (2001) |
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| c h a p t e r | 33: Gone Sailing (2003) |
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| c h a p t e r | 34: Rocky Mountain Low (2006) |
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| c h a p t e r | 35: Two Femurs are Better than One (2007) |
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| c h a p t e r | 36: Three Rules To Live By as a Hospital Patient |
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Part 4: Afterthoughts
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| c h a p t e r | 37: Then and Now |
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| c h a p t e r | 38: Final Reflections |
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ADDENDUM
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| For What It’s Worth |
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| Photographs |
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