Just got off the phone with my insurance company. They have, at long last, agreed that a power wheelchair is "medically necessary" and will cover 90% of the cost - which, in effect, is 100% since I have already reached my out-of-pocket maximum for the year. Now I just have to wait for them to send the letter to the wheelchair provider ( Read more... )

“In spite of illness, in spite even of the arch-enemy sorrow, one can remain alive long past the usual date of disintegration if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity, interested in big things, and happy in small ways.”

Edith Wharton, A Backward Glance

Each day involves a lot of preparation. I have to try to maximize what I do with a minimum of movement. I only have so much energy so I have to try and figure out how to get done all the things I want to do in the least amount of time and effort. Each day is a little bit like a general going to war. The first time I said that to my mom, she ( Read more... )

So this week has been my first week using the Access A Ride service. First morning went smoothly. First evening it took forever to get home - as I was the last stop on a cross-borough tour of Brooklyn, but it didn't bother me that much. I had a seat, my iPod, a bunch of Podcasts to listen to and nothing to really rush home to. The second ( Read more... )

Been out of touch far too long - I tried to hit on the highlights, but a lot has changed.

( April 2006 - March 2007 - just your average run of the mill year... )

So I've been hobbling around for what seems like forever, although I think it's actually been about two months. The first four weeks I was home and babying my foot. I used the crutches but I didn't go for any long walks. Then the doctor told me I should start walking more - and that I could go back to work. Okay, good - because I was starting ( Read more... )

Do cats get "spring fever"? My cats seem to have lost their little minds this week. They've been running back and forth from one end of the house to the other as though their tails are on fire. And they have apparently decided they hate each other because they have what we call "Kitty Death Match" going on constantly - where they wrestle each ( Read more... )

I've had a miserable cold for nearly a week now. Looking around my LJ Friends List I see that I'm in good company, since it seems like several other people are suffering also ( Read more... )

Well my Giants wound up getting trounced yesterday. Ah well - it was a better year than I expected it to be. So no complaints ( Read more... )

It's been a quiet day so far. Chris & I walked over to the diner & had breakfast this morning. Then we came home and decided to take down the Christmas tree and decorations. The poor tree has basically become a playground for the cats anyway. It's funny how everyone is always so happy to help put the tree up & decorate but when it's time to put ( Read more... )