First of all, my cousinT Shannon is the BEST person to go on a road trip with! I went on a road trip to Shippensburg, Pennsylvania with her when I was in high school. She made the BEST mix for the car ride! There is one song that I always think of her whenever I hear it because it was on the Shippensburg mix!
I’ve been thinking of this song because I’ve realized that still being in constant pain almost two years after surgery, I’ve had to make some changes. My knee is not recovering well being seated in a manual chair all the time. The only time I get reprieve is when I am seated in my motorized chair.
The chair can be adjusted to take pressure off of my knee and that helps with the pain I feel.
Christie at Binson’s told me that I am lucky that I still have my manual chair in addition to my motorized chair. To have two kinds of chairs is unheard of. Because I do not have a vehicle to accommodate my motorized chair, I use my manual chair when I leave the house. However, since it is summertime, I have only left my house twice since I’ve gotten my motorized chair. Once, to get my haircut and my eyebrows waxed (because having two eyebrows as a 36-year-old woman is IMPERATIVE!) And I get the two things done at the same time. And, the second time I left my house was to get my eyes checked because I needed to order new contacts for the year.
It was during this appointment that I realized that it hurts WAY TOO much to NOT be in my motorized chair!; So therefore, I am homebound. The gravity of that statement is hard for me to accept but as I say it out loud, I think of that Shippensburg mix!
It warms my heart to think about belting songs out at the top of my lungs with my cousinT. In this case, being homebound is not like this fun song and great memories but something quite depressing!
I spoke to Advantage mobility yesterday because they are the ones who modified my current vehicle, a 2012 Malibu that’s paid for. I asked about a handicapped accessible Silverado that I saw on Facebook. (Thanks Ami!). Sharon gave me all the information for the place that converts these vehicles. I called Zack and spoke to him today.
It’s a pretty long process to get measured in my chair, see the kind of vehicles that will accommodate a chair, find the vehicle, and get it modified. He let me know that is at least a five or six month process. Not to mention the price!!! I have a vehicle that’s paid for but it does not accommodate my motorized chair which is my new reality. So, for now, I am homebound!
The reality of that statement makes me sad but at least every time I think of it, I think of my cousinT Shannon!
I chose that Simon & Garfunkel video because it was from a live concert and that always makes me think of seeing Train in concert with her!
