Ryan Berhar

Hey Rachel, Lauren Bakken is Kinova’s full time family advocate and she works on appeals, including help with drafting the appeal letter. Contact her at [email protected]. She should be able to help.

Thanks Alyssa. You’ll do fantastic

Thanks man

Thank you all very much. I’m glad to hear that my contributions mattered.

Driving on rough terrain like gravel is always a challenge, but everything is that much tougher in the cold.

That’s a good point. There are people who genuinely just need to vent and receive support, and being met with something like “I’m worse off than you and managed to do X Y and Z”, just pours gas on the fire.

This is something I’ve thought about. I have had some friends or family who have “left” in a geographical sense, but they didn’t abandon me personally. Life will inevitably force people down different paths, but it’s still possible to stay connected these days.

I quit doing anything for Halloween when I was probably ten, mostly because it’s just extremely cold, but I never cared much about it anyway. I don’t really have any stories lol.

I have to take stomach issues very seriously, as I can get metabolic acidosis, which has nearly killed me on at least a couple occasions. I don’t think that’s the case with you, but I would still be careful

Hey Crystal, I’m so sorry this happened. As the others have said, I think it’s imperative that you have a way to call for help. At my house, I have a baby monitor so my mom can hear me. I call it a man monitor haha.

That’s pretty bad. I don’t like public transportation for many reasons, but sometimes there’s no better option.

I love the hot weather. It’s just that during summer I’m bored out of my mind. Fall for me is a good combination of having more to do, and it’s still not freezing cold.

Yeah, we take great precautions to keep me from getting sick, but sometimes they aren’t an option. You gotta do what you gotta do.

I would probably just tell her that you really appreciate her service and want to keep her, but that going forward you require a bit more consistency. I don’t see anything wrong with that.

Dennis mentioned down vests which are great because they don’t restrict movement as much. I also have a Patagonia coat which I believe is down. I always struggled with coats , because they restricted me too much, but this one works.