[Blind-rollers] I'm new

Mon Jul 20 14:06:49 UTC 2015

That was my problem. I can still walk around my small apartment but 
outside it I'm extremely limited on how much I can walk. That was 
another battle. If I'd not have been in an apartment with long hallways 
I don't know that I'd have gotten one. They told me it doesn't matter if 
you can get out of your house or not, you have t oneed it in your house. 
Luckily my apartment building was considered my house because of getting 
to the mail and office and such so that's how I got aproved. I'm not 
sure what I'll do ifwe ever move and I need another chair.

On 7/20/2015 9:01 AM, Maureen Pranghofer via Blind-rollers wrote:
> Hi
> Medicare would have to think you are dependent on the chair all the 
> time or they won't issue one.
> Maureen
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Lauren Merryfield via Blind-rollers
> Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2015 11:02 PM
> To: 'Blind wheelchair users list'
> Cc: Lauren Merryfield
> Subject: Re: [Blind-rollers] I'm new
>
> Hi,
> The original manual chair I purchased myself so I have not applied to
> Medicare to get one. My Dr. said Medicare would make me pay a 
> percentage and
> it might be expensive. They might not allow it because I can still 
> walk most
> of the time.
>
> The manual chair I have now is the loaner that the airlines' claim 
> company
> loaned me and I chose to keep.
>
> Are power chairs all heavy? Can they be folded up? How do you get them 
> into
> a cab or on a train or in like a Greyhound bus? One of my coworkers uses
> one. I might see if she can let me look at it. I've never looked at a 
> power
> chair that thoroughly.
> Thanks
> Lauren
>
> Blessings in Jesus' name
> Philippians 4:6-7
> "Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and
> petition, with thanksgiving,
> present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all
> understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."
> My digital evangelism blog is at:
> W w w . ask in Jesus name . o r g
> My book, in audio format, is at:
> W w w . audible . c o m
> Cats Are Terrifically Superb:
> W w w . catlInes . c o m
> (take the spaces out to go to the above links)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Blind-rollers [mailto:blind-rollers-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf Of
> Maureen Pranghofer via Blind-rollers
> Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2015 3:14 PM
> To: Blind wheelchair users list
> Cc: Maureen Pranghofer
> Subject: Re: [Blind-rollers] I'm new
>
> Hello Lauren
> Have you purchased the manual chair or are you borrowing or renting 
> it?  I
> ask because if it isn't yours yet it's not too late to try and obtain an
> electric power chair.
> I had a manual chair bought for me from my church group when my bone 
> disease
>
> started getting worse in the early 1990's.  I found that without someone
> sighted to push it getting around myself was virtually impossible as I
> didn't know where I was going.  There are one handed manual chairs but 
> they
> are very difficult to steer.  In 1994 I was able to convince the 
> insurance
> company to get me a power chair (my doctor had advised it for years but
> insurance said no) and that was the best decision I ever made.  I could
> drive it with the joy stick in one hand and white cane in the other.
> However Medicare will not let you have 2 chairs so if you haven't 
> purchased
> a power chair I'd seriously work toard that goal.
> Maureen Pranghofer
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Lauren Merryfield via Blind-rollers
> Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2015 10:00 AM
> To: blind-rollers at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Lauren Merryfield
> Subject: [Blind-rollers] I'm new
>
> Hi,
>
> My name is Lauren Merryfield. I am a long-time Federationist and the
> secretary of the Davis Canes and Tails chapter in the Bay area in
> California.
>
>
>
> I happened onto this list this morning and I am new. I have had 
> difficulty
> walking and even more difficulty standing for years. My feet are 
> problematic
> and, as a dr. put it, my tibias don't have a floor to stand on. And 
> now my
> legs and feet are swollen due to the effects of congestive heart failure.
>
>
>
> I have had difficulty with some people who are only blind, or those with
> much stamina, who do not understand why sometimes I have to back out 
> on some
> activities. Right now, I never know how far I can walk or if I'll get 
> stuck
> somewhere standing, so this year I used a wheelchair for the first 
> time at
> national convention. It was interesting because I am not very strong to
> wheel it myself and I could not use both hands on the wheels and hold my
> cane out and use it. A couple times, a blind person pushed me with 
> someone
> ahead of us giving directions. This was somewhat workable. However, 
> most of
> the time, I had hotel staff or UPS volunteers wheel me around. The 
> problem
> with that was availability or lack thereof and sometimes being late for
> somewhere unless I purposefully went early, which is what I usually did.
>
>
>
> I am interested in how others function this way. My chair is manual. 
> So far,
> I haven't used it anywhere except national convention, but one never 
> knows
> when I might need it again. It is hard to get in someone's car and 
> most of
> the time, they don't have the room or the energy to put it in.
>
>
>
> For years I've wondered if there might become a division in the NFB for
> those who are multidisabled blind. But PURRhaps this list is it. (I 
> spelled
> PURRhaps that way on PURRpose because I am a cat PURRson.  Cats always 
> know
> when I am not doing well. They are very intuitive.
>
>
>
> Sorry to ramble.
>
> Thanks
>
> Lauren, who was really surprised to find this group. I wonder if there's
> anyone here that I would know.
>
>
>
> Blessings in Jesus' name
>
> Philippians 4:6-7
>
> "Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and
> petition, with thanksgiving,
>
> present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all
> understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."
>
> My digital evangelism blog is at:
>
> W w w . ask in Jesus name . o r g
>
> My book, in audio format, is at:
>
> W w w . audible . c o m
>
> Cats Are Terrifically Superb:
>
> W w w . catlInes . c o m
>
> (take the spaces out to go to the above links)
>
>
>
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