You'll be sorry you asked, it's kind of a long story.
I had time to kill on Sat before I went to a party, all dressed and ready to
go. I notice that the cleaning lady didn't clean as well as I thought around
the bottom of the toilet so I bent over forward on my wheelchair bracing myself
with one hand on the toilet. cleaning with the other. Apparently I pushed my
wheelchair out from under me and slid to the floor with my right foot twisted
almost the way around. When I went to bed that night my leg was doing a snap,
crackle and pop noise. Went to the ER the next day and the doctor said, Oh,
your leg is broken. Duh.
Anyhow, my frustration is dealing with the ER folks, my doctor and an Ortho.
Seems all the Ortho's are booked. I can't wait because I have (lucky for me)
no sensation and the splint that is on my leg is moving around and I'm sure
digging. I want to avoid pressure sores. Always something interesting with
TM. I think this is the fourth or fifth time I have broken one or the other of
my legs. Once I simply rolled over in bed and heard the crunch.
Cindy
----- Original Message -----
From: Jan Hargrove
To: Cindy McLeroy ; Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 11:51 AM
Subject: Re: WHAT DID YOU DO???
Cindy,
What in the world did you do to break your leg???????
jan
--- On Tue, 6/16/09, Cindy McLeroy <[email protected]> wrote:
And Sandy, how do you like the yellow medal plates that are being
installed at the curb cutouts? Supposedly they are meant for the blind so that
their sticks feel the different surface. I haven't talked to a blind person, a
w/c user, or a fellow pushing grocery carts that like the danged things.
Caster wheels get caught in between the bumps. This change was a lawsuit that
back fired.
Version Amphitheater in Irvine has done an amazing job of raising a
portion of the seating above the orchestra section so folks in wheelchairs can
see the stage when the rest of the people below are standing. Love it there.
One of the ADA limits has to do with cost. If the modification is
too costly and the building can show that, then they don't have to modify.
Also, if the building is historic, they don't have to modify.
Cindy (sitting home waiting for an otho doctor to get me in with a
very severe broken leg...been to emergency already and had a splint)
----- Original Message -----
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected] ; [email protected]
Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 2:44 PM
Subject: Re: [TMIC] Accessibility & Relationships
Add to the list of complaints: Have you noticed that at many
hotels, the ADA rooms are furthest from the elevators? And yes, you are lucky
if they have ADA rooms on the first floor. Also, the rooms often face the
parking lot and seldom the garden, pool or view? Is this discrimination? I
feel it is.
At some commercial stores or restaurants we have had to get Terry
through the kitchen or the back door to get to the bathroom. In one instance,
we had to go two buildings down! In passing, I mentioned this to a Civil
Rights attorney I know and he said, "lawsuit". We haven't pursued that, of
course. This friend has filed many suits against large hotel chains, music
festivals, etc., as they are hardly ADA compliant. He himself is disabled and
knows first hand the discrimination. I am not saying whatsoever that every
place discriminates, not by a long shot. But many business owners are not very
aware of the disadvantages that people in wheelchairs are faced with.
That's my tangent for the day. As a wife of a TM'er, if I have
time tomorrow, I will try to address the relationship issue.
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