Re: |)onna's update... AKA Someone please pass the cheese! (reply to Reb)

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I liked

the illustrator in that video as well.. thought to myself..

wonder if they paused the voice part while the illustrator

caught up.. He was tremendously impressive..

I'm certain that you are correct in your assessment of those

"inspiring" stories.. I'm pretty sure they are a "see what you

can do if you only put your mind to it" type deal.. and I'm sure

they don't realize that they have a tendency to make we not so

successful or lucky people feel the way we do.. I just lay them

aside to be read at some point in the future..

Insurance will pay for things like.. grab rails in the

bathroom.. and some other "safety" related contraptions.. though

my physical therapist told me they would not pay for a tub

transfer seat.. found out later that my secondary would have..

but then medicaid is willing to pay for almost anything that

will help keep a person "out" of a nursing facility.. the item

that neither of them would approve was the 8 inch lift seat on

my power chair.. reason for denial.. was considered a

convenience for the caregiver rather than the actual safety

device needed for me to transfer myself between chair and bed

when needed.. (don't actually "need" it right now).. but I

thought the reason for denial was a bit unfair.. well to be

worded "convenience to caregiver".. If I lived alone, it might

be approved (cheaper than paying for any damage done if I were

to fall while trying to transfer from chair to bed or vice

versa).. but they don't give a hoot if the "caregiver" herniates

a disk or ruptures, sprains or separates their rips from the

spine ( did that once, when doing a removal, from a hospital

no less... security guards don't get paid to help the funeral

home personnel move the client around).. sometimes insurance

companies make no sense..

About my local library.. umm.. they are soooo small and rural..

but there is another just out the road a couple of miles that

most likely has the book already on the shelf.. I think, but am

not sure, that I can just walk/roll into their library, use my

card from my library and borrow books too.. will have to check

on that one.. I think the biggest part of the staff at my

library are volunteers, and that's the only way they are able to

keep it open the hours they do.. And their online stuff, unless

recently updated -- though they are working on that -- basically

only gives their address, hours and stuffs...

Yet another reason for considering a move into handicapped

accessible apartment living in a city or town with real

sidewalks!! LOL..

HUGS

|)onna

Impressed by

the illustrations in the video there!

As I

understand from , Barbara Ehrenreich does draw on her

experiences as someone living with breast cancer, and apply

that to many other areas in that book. And, yes, we found out

that she has many books out there, when enthusiastically

recommended it to one of her bosses (who is American), he said

"I have read all of her books. She is great!" But he hadn't

read this particular one, though. will lend it to him, if

and when he returns the DVD he is currently (since the last 6

months...) having on loan from her... They do exchange a lot

of books and movies, tend to have similar taste.

I

think those inspiring stories are meant to be a kind of

pep-talk. But I think what they don't understand is that if

those stories are all you get, it will only make you feel more

miserable and alone/lonely, when you are not one of those very

successful and lucky people. Even though you certainly are not

alone!

About

the library, is there any way you could access their catalogue

online, to see if they have it, and perhaps, if they don't,

put in a request for an inter-library loan via their

website/catalogue? That's what I do when I have errands to the

library in the next city from here, that way I don't have to

go twice. Heck, I sometimes do that with the local library

too... Internet is a great invention for someone like me...

It

really is a shame that the things needed to improve everyday

life for people with disabilities are so expensive! : ( Is

there any way an insurance, or something like that, would

cover at least some of those things? Our public health

insurance cover some things, like adjustments of a house

(widening of doorways to make it possible for a wheelchair to

pass, ramps, elevator to get between floors, some bathroom

adjustments, that sort of things), or a car (to make it

possible for the disabled person to drive it). Although it

certainly doesn't cover everything that's out there, don't

think it would cover those cupboards for instance, but at

least the things they do cover is a good start. Maybe you have

something similar to that?

OK.

Taking off my advice-giving hat... Take care, and enjoy those

books you'll get from the library!

love

/Reb