September 8th @7pm CST- Pain management and Medical cannabis

This September Tuesday we will be discussing best practices around pain management when it comes to prescription drugs and alternative such as medical cannabis. We will educate about how to qualify for medical cannabis, testimonials from users, Cresco cannabis producers first hand education, and how to find the right kind of cannabis for your pain. We will also be joined by a pharamacist to answer some specific questions.

Project Awaken presents Warriors on jWheels (WoW) support group the second Tuesday of the month @ 7pm CST. This support group is for women and men who use wheelchairs that want to get out and take action!! Take actions to enhance their own and other’s lives by building a supportive community that pushes each other to become unstoppable in the lives we want to live. Some events we will split the men and women for privacy. Like in August we separated males and females for the bowel and bladder conversation. Men’s support group started at 8pm same day.

Future WoW meetings- Please join us!

October 13– Dating and sex after SCI. Women will meet at 7 pm and men at 8 pm.

November 11– Medical trials and specialized equipment for neural recovery – example: FES bike, Exoskeleton.

December 8– Accessible places to go in Chicago and surrounding areas.

After we present our educational pieces we will take on two personal challenges each month, which we will recieve support from another WoW participant.

All meetings will be recorded and added to the Project Awaken Website with resource links.

Other future topics are How to become a para- athlete in the olympics, UTi’s and bladder control and getting pregnant with a spinal cord injury for women.