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Medicare & Me
As of June 1st, I'm now on Medicare. Before that I was on Medicaid which, in Oregon is the Oregon Health Plan aka CareOregon (the latter administers the former, but as far as I'm concerned, they're the same thing). Now that I'm on Medicare, CareOregon remains my secondary provider. That is, Medicare pays 80% of medical bills and CareOregon pays ( Read more... ) -
My Cool Chair
Last week, I got on the bus in my power wheelchair and there was a group of very large people sitting in the front (forward- and center-facing) seats. One guy said, "I wish I had a chair like that ( Read more... ) -
Response to Lenore Weiss's blog post about medical insurance
[This post was meant to be a reply to Lenore's blog post Medical Insurance Companies Suck the Big Bone but, perhaps due to it's length, I couldn't post it to either of two blogs where her post appeared. So I am writing it as a public LiveJournal so I can link to it instead.]
At least you have the hope that someone will get a clue and realize ( Read more... ) -
Hot, hot, hot!
We had a serious tub overflow situation Saturday morning. I won't go into the details, but it involves Tony running the water in the tub with the intention of cleaning it, and then walking away and forgetting about it. It overflowed so much that it turned both bedrooms (on opposite ends of the apartment, with the bathroom in the middle) into ( Read more... ) -
It was one year ago today...
Today is the anniversary of my surgery. When I arrived at the hospital that morning, I could walk with a walker, but my mobility had been deteriorating for over a year. After the surgery, I was paralyzed from the chest down, but it marked the beginning of a slow recovery ( Read more... ) -
Pandora
This is not one of my usual updates. It's just something I felt like I wanted to talk about and I figured it was too big for a regular Facebook status update.
I'm actually not sure when I first heard of and created my account on Pandora. Apparently I didn't do much with it so probably it was early on and they didn't have anything I was interested ( Read more... ) -
Odds and Ends
Not much going on right now. My physical/occupational therapy sessions expired last Monday and Medicaid has only approved two more. My PT says I should have one in the next few weeks, with Tony attending to learn how to help me walk, and then one in October. (During that session last week, I walked with a walker 30 feet, for two minutes. It's the ( Read more... ) -
Standing and Walking
[Okay, one final reference to the generous donations I received recently: One of the items I received was the Etac Beauty Body Washer, which arrived without any information inside to indicate who sent it. If you had this item sent to me, please let me know so I can properly thank you. Incidentally, the coffee filter I mentioned in my last post was ( Read more... ) -
New Custom Cushion!
[Warning: This post contains a fair amount of discussion about my butt, though nothing graphic. Please try to imagine your own butt rather than mine when you read it ( Read more... ) -
Got my power chair!
First, I'd like to thank everyone who responded to my request for help in my last update. I feel like I've been over-using the word "appreciate" lately, but I can't think of a better word to describe your generosity.
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