In a message dated 4/12/2009 6:51:05 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
To add to her problems her female consultant is 'moving on' and she will be back with the same ~#!*?/@! male consultant who has dismissed her as neurotic for the last ten or so years, and can't seem to understand why such damaged hands would make life difficult. This is such a major problem, especially when the doctor is healthy and has no imagination. When my right foot became subject to a chronic pain syndrome, and I was in the period of my life when I had to drive my daughter everywhere for lessons and activities, it made driving dangerous, if not impossible because I didn't want to hit the brake hard with the right foot. No doctor volunteered the information until I heard about it from another sufferer, that there is a very simple, inexpensive and removable (for other family members) device that you can put in your car that allows you to drive with the left foot. It consists of a pedal to the left of the brake pedal. This pedal has a pole going over to the gas pedal which depresses the actual gas pedal when you depress the left side pedal. In the US, you do have to be relicensed for left foot driving, which means having to learn to parallel park again. :-( But it has been more than worth it. The lace content in this message, is that I frequently encounter fellow lacers, who have not heard of this from their doctors, and are unable to attend lace events because they can't drive to them, or they are driving with two feet, or with their left foot wrapped around their right foot, both of which are not very satisfactory and in fact, illegal, in the US. So, people don't want to drive long distances that way. Why doctors don't see that people have to drive and volunteer this information is a mystery to me. I would never have heard of it from a doctor and it is something that a doctor has to write a prescription for. In fact, when I asked for it, the doctor knew exactly how to write the prescription. Sorry if somewhat off topic, but it enrages me every time I see someone's life badly disrupted unnecessarily, especially when they can't drive to lace events. Devon **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1220572838x1201387489/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID %3D62%26bcd%3DAprilfooterNO62) - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
