Thank you for taking the time from your limited resources to share with us a little about your experiences. I wish there were more that I/we could do for you.
I'm glade you posted this. I agree that posting this probably took "more spoons" that you could have used or needed elsewhere. A lot of people don't understand what its like to not be able to do something they want to, and have no reason to really even think about it unless they have a loved one it affects or something happens to them. I used to work for a private ambulance company. I broke my arm & they took me off of the ambo & put me on a wheelchair van, "because it is so much easier" I had to get wheelchair patients out of their reasonably (hopefully) homes, loaded into a van & secured safely, take them to wherever they needed to go. Which was usually not accessable, that was where I learned wheelchair accessable vs completely accessable. I had a dialysis patient (a 24 year old mind you) I had to get him out of his apartment, down 4 steps (still with my broken arm) loaded, travel, then up 4 more steps to get to the ramp for the dialysis center. then reverse trip 4-5 hours later. It was so hard on him, it was hard on me, but I had
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My favorite: 14. People would be surprised to know: I have aphasia now, but I cover it up well.
(groucho cigar) That whole last decade where you actively refused to make sense was a stroke of genius in aiding your present disguise... (/groucho cigar)
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Since when have you ever been NORMAL?
(I mean, why should you be any different
from any of your other friends?!)
(heehee)
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My favorite:
14. People would be surprised to know: I have aphasia now, but I cover it up well.
(groucho cigar) That whole last decade where you actively refused to make sense was a stroke of genius in aiding your present disguise... (/groucho cigar)
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