I bought my own chair myself because I did not have private insurance or Medicare. Medicare did not consider me disabled-nor do they now-because I did not have enough quarters working for Social Security in the five years before I was disabled to qualify. Gee guys, I made the decision to stay home and take care of my mother who had a massive stroke and would have been in a nursing facility otherwise. Just my bag that I broke my neck three years later, and lacked the quarters to be disabled J. I came into the system as a retiree with my wheelchair, and trying to get it fixed locally is impossible. Up until now Teftec was great to work with, but they are out of business, and Next Mobility is the new distributor, and I have been attempting to get some help for the last six weeks, I finally appeared to have spoken with the correct person, and what I need is on the way. And Medicare will buy me a new seat cushion, but will not buy me wheelchair tires, batteries or any repairs. They did however buy me new arm troughs-go figure? The answer I get is we will buy you a new wheelchair. I don’t want a new wheelchair, I absolutely love my Omega Trac, and I do not want a “mall” wheelchair that will get stopped by the slightest bump in the ground. So I will therefore pay to fix my own chair, and hopefully not whine about it. LOL
Joan “Change - When one door closes, another opens but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us." Alexander Graham Bell No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.5.1/1560 - Release Date: 7/18/2008 6:47 AM
