In a message dated 16/11/2003 09:05:15 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Being in my 61st year, I was really flattered a few weeks ago when I said > to > a driver waiting for a disabled space that It'd be about ten minutes before > I left because I had to wait for my feet to stop hurting sufficiently to be > able to put them on the car pedals. She has MS and said that she got cross > when 'young people like us' got glared at because a lot of people think that > only pensioners can be disabled. > > On the up side, after just five weeks, the new knee is already making > walking a lot easier - I'm not waddling or shuffling now and my hips and > knee are pain free. I'm just left with feeling as if I'm walking on a stony > beach with bare feet and not much can be done about that. > > Jean in Poole > Jean, I often drop off and pick up my parents and get fed up with those 'looks'. I'm only 37 and will drive up and park the car in the disabled bay, put on the badge, get out and go and get my Dad. If looks could kill, just because they can't see a wheelchair they think I'm having them on. Then, because Dad is blind, he looks ok, and they never see his stick. So we get over heard comments from people because we look like we should be there. And don't get me onto the fact that we can never park in Ikea's disabled bays because they are full of mother and baby shoppers who are rude to us if we ask why they have parked there. Now I'm ranting - so I think I'd better go Liz Regards Liz Beecher I'm <A HREF="http://journals.aol.com/thelacebee/thelacebee";>blogging</A> now - see what it's all about To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
