So, I had my appointment about the mole on my ankle, and it is totally fine. But there are some other things that are NOT TOTALLY fine! I was reminded of one time when I was invited to see a Tigers game. They were really good seats along the third place line with the possibility of catching fly balls seats! Comerica Park had just been built so it was probably 2004?
I am not a huge baseball fan, but I was excited to experience the ambience of it all! That is, until we got there!!! I wasn’t even in a wheelchair back then. I was on Canadian crutches. There was no way for me to get to our seats?! In a brand new stadium?! Needless to say, I was upset, and we sat behind home plate. We didn’t even stay for the whole game. It was a terrible experience.!!!
I was reminded of that when the doors had an automatic opener so I could go through them, but it was a standard door?! As a power chair user, it’s a little bit easier because I don’t have my hands on my wheels at my sides but here’s the thing, my vision and depth perception are not what they used to be!!!
There was an extremely long and narrow hallway that I needed to go down in order to get to the extremely small exam room. It wasn’t until after we were seated in the van on our way home that I told my Mom that it was completely terrifying to make my way down the hall and go through the door.
She told me that she wouldn’t know by looking at me because I looked completely composed but I told her in my head, I was freaking out! I never like feeling like an oversight! I felt like an oversight and Comerica Park that one time, and I felt like an oversight again at my dermatology appointment.
But as a disabled person, I must tell you that after having MS 23 years and being a manual wheelchair user for 12 years and then a power chair user for 6 more years and counting. I am COMPLETELY an oversight!!!