Text 104, 86 rader
Skriven 2005-05-02 22:23:12 av Ardith Hinton (1:153/716.0)
    Kommentar till text 100 av James Bradley (1:134/77.0)
Ärende: Pluggin' Along...  1.
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Hi, James!  Recently you wrote in a message to Ardith Hinton:

AH>  I wasn't aware of the latter

JB>  ...About my potential of being grumpy?


          You'd indicated that you don't suffer fools gladly when you're in
pain
... and I see that you communicate in a direct manner, which I personally
prefer to the "nice" way some folks have of avoiding the real issues!  What I
meant was that you're making officialdom aware of what your needs are, and by
doing so you are also helping others.  Dallas & do the same.  We noticed, for
example, that a certain traffic light allowed only seven seconds to cross a
six-lane street.  It wasn't enough time... either for Nora or for the numerous
others in the area who use mobility aids and/or walk with some difficulty... to
cross safely.  When the problem was brought to the attention of the right
department, they fixed it.  In a lot of cases people may not see what is amiss
because it has no effect on them
... but they're not unwilling to help if you can explain it clearly &
concisely. Who will rattle cages if *we* don't?  Those who are mentally
handicapped, or the guy who speaks haltingly with "sip-and-puff" apparatus, or
the little old ladies who wouldn't say boo to a goose??  Somehow I think it's
highly unlikely....  :-)



JB>  Heck, get me on a topic, and I can tear paint off
JB>  walls. Jesus better help you if your in the way.


          Yup.  I hit the nail on the head so squarely at times that other
folks apparently feel I'm attacking them, but I imagine you can relate.... 
:-))



JB>  You should have seen me two years ago! I tried to
JB>  admit myself twice to an emergency room, until I
JB>  was admitted by a family member involuntarily.


          It may be necessary to call in reinforcements at times when one is
ill or in pain.  Nora often says to me "I tell them, but they won't listen." 
Dallas & I are more difficult to ignore.  Even if we all work together, though,
we find some people don't get the picture or lack the power to help much...
(sigh).



JB>  ADAC was not equipped to feed me even an A.S.A.
JB>  for pain control


          Perhaps as a defence against individuals who might say anything to
get drugs from them?  I'm reminded of a man whose young son stumbled en route
to his appointment at the oncology clinic.  The boy hit his head on a curb &
the father thought he might need stitches... so they went to the emergency ward
first.  The father was quite distressed by somebody's overconscientious efforts
to make sure he wasn't abusing the kid, as if he didn't have enough problems
already....  :-/



JB>  so I sequestered myself (More like barricaded
JB>  myself. Long story. ;-) and dropped the narcs
JB>  from the diet myself.


          Arghh!  Seems to me that would be a very tough row to hoe, but you
had little or no alternative.  Glad you were successful, anyway....  :-)



AH>  We could use a secretary & a maid too... [chuckle].

JB>  ...Oh ya, and a full time 'strong-back'! <LOL>


          Come to think of it, we could use one of them as well....  ;-)




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