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The Coffee Startle

wtflerosis: monologues from the neuromuscular carousel

Release Date: 05/15/2025

Sip 'n Dip show art Sip 'n Dip

wtflerosis: monologues from the neuromuscular carousel

Act 2, Episode 6: Sip ‘n Dip. Get ready for six Great Falls that I sure didn’t see coming. These are all real. Clever as I like to think I am, I couldn’t possibly make this stuff up. If I share them with you and we can all laugh/cringe a little together, it’s a huge win over me crying by myself about it! wtflerosis: monologues from the neuromuscular carousel. Cringe! Laugh! Share! You never know who might need this show. Video versions of all monologues are posted on Instagram and YouTube. It’s a podcast, too! Search wtflerosis wherever you listen. My first symptom was Feb 2022....

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"Mind if I make a call?"

wtflerosis: monologues from the neuromuscular carousel

Act 2, Episode 5: “Mind if I make a call?” (Winter, Please! Part 2) Adventures in high stakes disappointment and mid Physical Therapy. wtflerosis: monologues from the neuromuscular carousel. My first symptom was Feb 2022. Glad I tried it, really wish I could return it. Cringe! Laugh! Share! You never know who might need this show. Video versions of all monologues are posted on Instagram and YouTube.        

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Niagra... show art Niagra...

wtflerosis: monologues from the neuromuscular carousel

Act 2, Episode 4: Niagra... One last unplanned monologue inspired by, sadly, another fall. Two instant classics. An oldy, but a goody, and a new one you really should not try at home. wtflerosis: monologues from the neuromuscular carousel. Cringe! Laugh! Share! You never know who might need this show. Video versions of all monologues are posted on Instagram and YouTube.  My first symptom was Feb 2022. Glad I tried it, really wish I could return it.    #askdonttell      

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PSA show art PSA

wtflerosis: monologues from the neuromuscular carousel

Act 2, Episode 3: PSA. Another unplanned monologue to help you help me, or...a trip inside the mind of a disabled person trying to get through a fucking door :-) wtflerosis: monologues from the neuromuscular carousel. Cringe! Laugh! Share! You never know who might need this show. Video versions of all monologues are posted on Instagram and YouTube.  My first symptom was Feb 2022. Glad I tried it, really wish I could return it.    #askdonttell      

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Alchemy show art Alchemy

wtflerosis: monologues from the neuromuscular carousel

Act 2, Episode 2–Alchemy. An unplanned monologue about an unplanned and cartoonish spill followed by a spill and more spilling. Can we please transform this weight into something useful? wtflerosis: monologues from the neuromuscular carousel. Cringe! Laugh! Share! You never know who might need this show. Video versions of all monologues are posted on Instagram and YouTube.  My first symptom was Feb 2022. Glad I tried it, really wish I could return it.            

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Every Day Is Rare Disease Awareness Day show art Every Day Is Rare Disease Awareness Day

wtflerosis: monologues from the neuromuscular carousel

A piece I wrote for Rare Disease Awareness Day. What's the ask? What's at stake? 

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The Coffee Startle show art The Coffee Startle

wtflerosis: monologues from the neuromuscular carousel

Bonus Episode! Different from the usual monologue, this is a recitation of something I've written about a topic near and dear to my heart: the startle reflex. Sweet Lord, it can be so intense sometimes. But this one was also kinda funny. Enjoy. 

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Winter, please! show art Winter, please!

wtflerosis: monologues from the neuromuscular carousel

Act 2, Episode 1–Winter, please! Absurd falls, a shrinking world, more music references and...what's that on the horizon? It almost looks like... wtflerosis: monologues from the neuromuscular carousel. Cringe! Laugh! Share! You never know who might need this show. Video versions of all monologues are posted on Instagram and YouTube.  My first symptom was Feb 2022. Glad I tried it, really wish I could return it.   

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Coda: Re-entry show art Coda: Re-entry

wtflerosis: monologues from the neuromuscular carousel

Episode 17–Coda: Re-entry. Final monologue of this act, about moving start lines and ghosts. These three final monologues done in one day (Ep 15, 16 & 17) are going up to conclude this...act? (season?) I know you think I've been holding back on the vulnerability...so, to build to intermission, these last few were deliberately done when I wasn't feeling remotely "on" or "well" or certainly "ready". Because...who is feeling like that right now? wtflerosis: monologues from the neuromuscular carousel. Cringe! Laugh! Share! You never know who might need this show.All are posted @wtflerosis...

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Impatient Rehab (Beautiful Force, part 4) show art Impatient Rehab (Beautiful Force, part 4)

wtflerosis: monologues from the neuromuscular carousel

Episode 16–Impatient Rehab (Beautiful Force, part 4). New @wtflerosis monologue about inpatient rehab and the nightmare turkey trot. These three final monologues done today (Ep 15, 16 & 17) are going up to conclude this...act? (season?) I know you think I've been holding back on the vulnerability...so, to build to intermission, these last few were deliberately done when I wasn't feeling remotely "on" or "well" or certainly "ready". Because...who is feeling like that right now?   wtflerosis: monologues from the neuromuscular carousel.   Cringe! Laugh! Share! You never know...

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Bonus Episode! Different from the usual monologue, this is a recitation of something I've written about a topic near and dear to my heart: the startle reflex. Sweet Lord, it can be so intense sometimes. But this one was also kinda funny. Enjoy.