[Blind-rollers] I'm new

Tue Jul 21 05:19:56 UTC 2015

Hi,
Yikes, then I wouldn't be able to get to church. I ride with friends from
church in a car. Our paratransit doesn't run on Sundays. They quit at 6:00
in the evening, too, which is ridiculous! 
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:
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Cats Are Terrifically Superb:
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-----Original Message-----
From: Blind-rollers [mailto:blind-rollers-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Maureen Pranghofer via Blind-rollers
Sent: Monday, July 20, 2015 7:01 AM
To: Blind wheelchair users list
Cc: Maureen Pranghofer
Subject: Re: [Blind-rollers] I'm new

Hi
In addition to using what Charlotte suggested I also use paratransit.  My 
husband and I also have a wheelchair accessible van.  But you can't get them

in cars.
Maureen

-----Original Message----- 
From: Charlotte via Blind-rollers
Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2015 11:09 PM
To: Blind wheelchair users list
Cc: Charlotte
Subject: Re: [Blind-rollers] I'm new

Hi. Power chairs are very heavy and can not be folded up. Greyhound has
buses with lifts that can lift them up, but unless your cab company has
vans with lifts you can't get a power chair into a cab. City buses also
have these lifts at least here where we live.

On 7/19/2015 11:02 PM, Lauren Merryfield via Blind-rollers wrote:
> 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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