[Blind-rollers] How do You Cook?

Sat Feb 4 22:15:54 UTC 2017

I do not know what kind of shelters in this town they have. It's gonna
be an option though If things continue this way. I found some
resources and so far getting a ride has proven near fruitless so I'll
be on my own to travel to and from them; though, I think I can qualify
for medical transportation which will at least aleeviate some of my
burden once in a while. I can't go anymore. I have reached down as
much as I can and I have been at the end of my patience and
compassion. I do not understand why those who can do more and afford
more, want/need to do what I'm doing and pay what I'm able to pay. SO,
it looks like I am doing less, which is true I don't have the stamina
to constantly clean after everybody here nor do I have the funds to
move around town as frequently as they can, and I can't contribute
financially like they can. So I only get $20 in Food Stamps, and my
brother and Mama are of the opinion that I should buy packs of meat to
contribute, or do not eat what they buy. Well, family packs of meat
cost $8-$10 each. So I buy it, eat one time and feed everybody else,
then what am I supposed to have the rest of the month? That's the kind
of insanity I deal with daily! Apparently, last month I got mail from
Social Security at my momma's other house and somebody marked Return
to Sender on the letter and it went back. So now I still await my SSI
check for this month. Granted, my Mama does not work by choice, her
husband does, and my brother just got a job, his girlfriend does, but
they are able. How can a person at a disadvantage give what they do
not have and can not get?
Yes I have Medicaid/Medicare, just need to figure out how to access
these services. When I ask the people in here who should know about
the services and common places in this town, especially since they
drive, they act just as helpless as me and give vague nonanswers.

Thanks Jen. Yes there are complexes like this next town over; well,
about half hour away. Pretty much none of their apps are online,
though. Maureen, I think that would be a good investment, planning to
get a microwave, and I already have a crockpot. I see no need to stay
here and be tortured! Thanks everyone! Changes are gonna be made, they
must! albeit slowly because my check is eaten thru fast.

My apologies for this long post, and thanks for letting me vent.

On 2/4/17, Maureen Pranghofer via Blind-Rollers
<blind-rollers at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hello
> I was so sad to learn that your condition is getting worse.  Cooking from a
>
> chair depends mostly on the access of your kitchen.  WHen I became a chair
> user I virtually stopped cooking because neither the stove or sink was
> accessible.  I had my PCA's do it and you may have to look at getting a
> personal care attendant. If however, you have a counter you can wheel under
>
> by using an electric frying pan it is very possible to cook.
> Maureen
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Danielle Ledet via Blind-Rollers
> Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2017 9:36 PM
> To: blind-Rollers at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Danielle Ledet
> Subject: [Blind-rollers] How do You Cook?
>
> Hello Rollers,
>
> It is apparent to me lately; experiencing numbness in my hands and
> feet, nearly sliding out of chairs when getting up, experiencing
> stiffness in my steps orsomething like that, and feeling like my
> muscles are sending off steam when I am walking, that I will probably
> be sitting down for good at most, if not, all times. Problem is, this
> place is not anywhere equipped for that and I am being literally,
> booted out the door with nowhere to go. My Mama has already repeatedly
> said she can't/would never deal with a handicapped person; meaning
> someone wheelchair-bound that she will have to help. She has always
> said this, and I wasn't considered handicapped, to her, because she
> could show me how to do things, and then set it and forget it!
> However, I have mbarked on collecting recipes again so I can start
> cooking for myself, I guess sooner,somehow, rather than later. So, my
> question is how do you all cook from a wheelchair? And, how do you
> manage in a home that is not wheelchair accessible with this and other
> tasks of daily self-care. I am worried especially about self-care.
> This a split-level home and I am, forcibly being removed, and I could
> not even prepare, so I know they won't welcome mobility transportation
> and the need to help out with that, nor will anything be rearranged.
> They think that a disability check should suffice, and should meet all
> my monthly needs and it DOES NOT! I am looking for work, and looking
> for options to relocate and supplement my Food Stamp allotment wich is
> inadequate as well. She would not vouch for me and say I pay her rent,
> and others applied with this address and got it first. I don't know
> why they just didn't consider my SSI status, as they should have, and
> awarded me the full amount for a single person, though. I have no
> reason really to laugh and smile right now! Hope to hear from you!
>
> --
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-- 
How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young,
compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and
tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will
have been all of these.
George Washington Carver
Email: singingmywayin at gmail.com