[Blind-rollers] I'm new

Tue Jul 21 02:18:29 UTC 2015

Yes, that's what I was told as well. Luckily I have a large apartment 
building and I could in n way walk to the office or mailbox and back so 
that was the deciding factor in a chair for me. It is so freeing because 
I can virtually go where I want now without having to wait for those 
rare days when my partner could take me or I had someone else who might 
could push me or relying on a volunteer which is hard to find. Now I 
just hop in push on and go.

On 7/20/2015 9:14 PM, Maureen Pranghofer via Blind-rollers wrote:
> Hi
> Because I'd had the spinal cord injury from the 1996 car accident and 
> with a background of OI they didn't question it I just said I use my 
> chair in the house and though now because of miraculous healing, I use 
> a walker most of the time in the house I do have times when I use it 
> in the house but they are real sticklers about this.  Back 2 years 
> before the car accident when I first got the power chair I was just on 
> regular insurance they hd denied me a power chair or any chair because 
> they said I could walk 25 feet. However after looking over my record 
> and seeing how many breaks I'd had and how much they had paid for they 
> decided it was cost effective to get me a chair. Maureen
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Charlotte via Blind-rollers
> Sent: Monday, July 20, 2015 9:06 AM
> To: Blind wheelchair users list
> Cc: Charlotte
> Subject: Re: [Blind-rollers] I'm new
>
> 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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