Re: [TMIC] handicapped placard
*The police have been montioring the parking and if caught with grandma's (or anyone else's) card not only does of offender get a ticket of close to $400 but grandma loses the card. High price to pay, but abusers still don't learn. That's the way it should be. We see people running into the store with a placard hanging from the windshield all the time. It makes me sick, but there is only so much we can do without an official closeby. I do love it when they take the card away for abuse. I must admit that when my own mother died there was approximately 6 months left on her placard before it expires and I used it in my other car, but then, I had a valid card as well. However, if I was even questioned, my #'s wouldn't have matched for registration. I do know of people who keep their parents/grandparents placards in their cars since they don't want to forget them when they take them out. They do not abuse them however, but this is how a lot of this abuse happens. Hugs, Barbara A -Original Message- From: Cindy McLeroy To: tmic-list@eskimo.com; Barbara Alma Sent: Fri, Oct 8, 2010 7:00 pm Subject: Re: [TMIC] handicapped placard Think you are right about the valid driver's license but when you receive the new placard there is a regristration paper included to carry with you. The abuse is terrible. At the Angels games they have close to 200 handicapped parking spaces. On any given night they have between 500 to 600 people with placards. The police have been montioring the parking and if caught with grandma's (or anyone else's) card not only does of offender get a ticket of close to $400 but grandma loses the card. High price to pay, but abusers still don't learn. - Original Message - From: Barbara Alma To: tmic-list@eskimo.com Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 5:23 PM Subject: Re: [TMIC] handicapped placard It is appalling! I think in California, if you have a valid driver's license they will continue to mail you a disabled placard. Unless you notify DMV that you no longer need it, it's all automatic! Hugs, Barbara A in Auburn CA -Original Message- From: Janice Nichols To: aca...@aol.com; rn11...@yahoo.com; tmic-list@eskimo.com Sent: Fri, Oct 8, 2010 2:59 pm Subject: Re: [TMIC] handicapped placard Since I got TM, my husband and I have noticed people who should not, parking in handicap parking. We have also noticed that some restaurants, theaters, etc., make us travel a lot more from the handicap parking to the front doors. I think you have to be where you need the parking before you realize how important it is. Janice From: aca...@aol.com Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 4:14 PM To: rn11...@yahoo.com ; tmic-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [TMIC] handicapped placard Parking is my biggest gripe. I use an accessible van and need to get out using the ramp on the passenger side. 3 times this month someone was parked on the stripes adjacent to the parking spot. One time I called the police and he didn't even know how to write a ticket and for what amount ( this is in New York). Ended up they got a tkt for $250. Once was at the library and we found the person. This week in the rain I was at the mall. I had to ask a stranger to pull my car out so I could get into my car. I didn't have time to wait for the police and security at the mall is never there when you need them. In Florida where I go for the winter there is always someone in the handicapped spot at the tennis complex and then they go to play tennis. I used to be a tennis player and am always at the courts watching or helping the captain on my former team and I dont have a spot to park in. Cant do anything about it because there is a placard. Usually I leave a note to say if you are playing tennis then you shouldn't be in this spot.I feel like the parking spot commando. Such is life,Rosalie In a message dated 10/8/2010 4:59:35 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, rn11...@yahoo.com writes: Hi, I got my new placard in the mail today. They are reissued every 5 yrs. At one time,you had to sign a paper that you were still disabled and return it to the DMV,and a few weeks later you got the placard. Now they're just mailed,without knowing if you are even alive. Cheryl in Easthampton,MA
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Re: [TMIC] handicapped placard
Think you are right about the valid driver's license but when you receive the new placard there is a regristration paper included to carry with you. The abuse is terrible. At the Angels games they have close to 200 handicapped parking spaces. On any given night they have between 500 to 600 people with placards. The police have been montioring the parking and if caught with grandma's (or anyone else's) card not only does of offender get a ticket of close to $400 but grandma loses the card. High price to pay, but abusers still don't learn. - Original Message - From: Barbara Alma To: tmic-list@eskimo.com Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 5:23 PM Subject: Re: [TMIC] handicapped placard It is appalling! I think in California, if you have a valid driver's license they will continue to mail you a disabled placard. Unless you notify DMV that you no longer need it, it's all automatic! Hugs, Barbara A in Auburn CA -Original Message- From: Janice Nichols To: aca...@aol.com; rn11...@yahoo.com; tmic-list@eskimo.com Sent: Fri, Oct 8, 2010 2:59 pm Subject: Re: [TMIC] handicapped placard Since I got TM, my husband and I have noticed people who should not, parking in handicap parking. We have also noticed that some restaurants, theaters, etc., make us travel a lot more from the handicap parking to the front doors. I think you have to be where you need the parking before you realize how important it is. Janice From: aca...@aol.com Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 4:14 PM To: rn11...@yahoo.com ; tmic-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [TMIC] handicapped placard Parking is my biggest gripe. I use an accessible van and need to get out using the ramp on the passenger side. 3 times this month someone was parked on the stripes adjacent to the parking spot. One time I called the police and he didn't even know how to write a ticket and for what amount ( this is in New York). Ended up they got a tkt for $250. Once was at the library and we found the person. This week in the rain I was at the mall. I had to ask a stranger to pull my car out so I could get into my car. I didn't have time to wait for the police and security at the mall is never there when you need them. In Florida where I go for the winter there is always someone in the handicapped spot at the tennis complex and then they go to play tennis. I used to be a tennis player and am always at the courts watching or helping the captain on my former team and I dont have a spot to park in. Cant do anything about it because there is a placard. Usually I leave a note to say if you are playing tennis then you shouldn't be in this spot.I feel like the parking spot commando. Such is life,Rosalie In a message dated 10/8/2010 4:59:35 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, rn11...@yahoo.com writes: Hi, I got my new placard in the mail today. They are reissued every 5 yrs. At one time,you had to sign a paper that you were still disabled and return it to the DMV,and a few weeks later you got the placard. Now they're just mailed,without knowing if you are even alive. Cheryl in Easthampton,MA
Re: [TMIC] handicapped placard
Yes the Reeve foudiation does have a few... keep them with me use them a lot! and have had the police called on ME for standing up to someone that parked in the spot for just a few minutes touse the phone... in the mean time I have to circle the pakling lot over and over looking for a van spot! - Original Message - From: "Akua" To: tmic-list@eskimo.com Sent: Friday, October 8, 2010 8:30:57 PM Subject: Re: [TMIC] handicapped placard I think the Reeves Foundation has a card you can stick in the windshields of offenders. I had found another one online. Once i could not get off the sidewalk at work because the only way off from the building was blocked by someone's car this was a graded striped walkspace--not even a parking space and the paratransit in Rochester only had to wait five minutes for me. They left me. I paid an additional $10 to get another ( unscheduled) ride to take me home. Why don't people get it? Parking is my biggest gripe. I use an accessible van and need to get out using the ramp on the passenger side. 3 times this month someone was parked on the stripes adjacent to the parking spot. --
Re: [TMIC] handicapped placard
I think the Reeves Foundation has a card you can stick in the windshields of offenders. I had found another one online. Once i could not get off the sidewalk at work because the only way off from the building was blocked by someone's car this was a graded striped walkspace--not even a parking space and the paratransit in Rochester only had to wait five minutes for me. They left me. I paid an additional $10 to get another ( unscheduled) ride to take me home. Why don't people get it? Parking is my biggest gripe. I use an accessible van and need to get out using the ramp on the passenger side. 3 times this month someone was parked on the stripes adjacent to the parking spot. --
Re: [TMIC] handicapped placard
Mine is every two years. And i have to fill out a form. Still wish I had a handicapped parking sign in front of my house, so I could board paratransit. A drag to look a a block full of single family homes, see a car in front of mine, blocking bit of concrete that interrupts the grass (maybe this was where the carriage used to stop?) Akua Hi, I got my new placard in the mail today. They are reissued every 5 yrs. At one time,you had to sign a paper that you were still disabled and return it to the DMV,and a few weeks later you got the placard. Now they're just mailed,without knowing if you are even alive. Cheryl in Easthampton,MA -- h
Re: [TMIC] handicapped placard
It is appalling! I think in California, if you have a valid driver's license they will continue to mail you a disabled placard. Unless you notify DMV that you no longer need it, it's all automatic! Hugs, Barbara A in Auburn CA -Original Message- From: Janice Nichols To: aca...@aol.com; rn11...@yahoo.com; tmic-list@eskimo.com Sent: Fri, Oct 8, 2010 2:59 pm Subject: Re: [TMIC] handicapped placard Since I got TM, my husband and I have noticed people who should not, parking in handicap parking. We have also noticed that some restaurants, theaters, etc., make us travel a lot more from the handicap parking to the front doors. I think you have to be where you need the parking before you realize how important it is. Janice From: aca...@aol.com Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 4:14 PM To: rn11...@yahoo.com ; tmic-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [TMIC] handicapped placard Parking is my biggest gripe. I use an accessible van and need to get out using the ramp on the passenger side. 3 times this month someone was parked on the stripes adjacent to the parking spot. One time I called the police and he didn't even know how to write a ticket and for what amount ( this is in New York). Ended up they got a tkt for $250. Once was at the library and we found the person. This week in the rain I was at the mall. I had to ask a stranger to pull my car out so I could get into my car. I didn't have time to wait for the police and security at the mall is never there when you need them. In Florida where I go for the winter there is always someone in the handicapped spot at the tennis complex and then they go to play tennis. I used to be a tennis player and am always at the courts watching or helping the captain on my former team and I dont have a spot to park in. Cant do anything about it because there is a placard. Usually I leave a note to say if you are playing tennis then you shouldn't be in this spot.I feel like the parking spot commando. Such is life,Rosalie In a message dated 10/8/2010 4:59:35 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, rn11...@yahoo.com writes: Hi, I got my new placard in the mail today. They are reissued every 5 yrs. At one time,you had to sign a paper that you were still disabled and return it to the DMV,and a few weeks later you got the placard. Now they're just mailed,without knowing if you are even alive. Cheryl in Easthampton,MA
[TMIC] 2 year Anniversary
Hey guys, haven't been around lately, but I've read every single post over the last few months though. I just realised that a lot of us "celebrate" our TM anniversary this month. For me it is 2 years. In that short time I realised what I have become and how much I still have to live for. I am a "walker" so I guess I am really lucky that I got off with just the pain we all experience and the horrible days we endure. I try to live my life like I did before regardless though. I still Skydive, scubadive, go-cart, drink lots of wine and enjoy a good cigar (if it's available). I have decided that regardless of what I do, I am always going to be in pain and it's not going to get better, so while I'm able to find 40% mobility in my right leg,I'm going to abuse it! My wife is an incredible woman who totally supports my stupidity and my total disregard for a conventional handicapped lifestyle, so I get away with it I guess. All in all, I want to wish you guys out there a great day and a wonderful life with your loved onesremember we are all in this thing together and without eachother, we'll all be misunderstood. Regards, Jeron
Re: [TMIC] handicapped placard
Since I got TM, my husband and I have noticed people who should not, parking in handicap parking. We have also noticed that some restaurants, theaters, etc., make us travel a lot more from the handicap parking to the front doors. I think you have to be where you need the parking before you realize how important it is. Janice From: aca...@aol.com Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 4:14 PM To: rn11...@yahoo.com ; tmic-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [TMIC] handicapped placard Parking is my biggest gripe. I use an accessible van and need to get out using the ramp on the passenger side. 3 times this month someone was parked on the stripes adjacent to the parking spot. One time I called the police and he didn't even know how to write a ticket and for what amount ( this is in New York). Ended up they got a tkt for $250. Once was at the library and we found the person. This week in the rain I was at the mall. I had to ask a stranger to pull my car out so I could get into my car. I didn't have time to wait for the police and security at the mall is never there when you need them. In Florida where I go for the winter there is always someone in the handicapped spot at the tennis complex and then they go to play tennis. I used to be a tennis player and am always at the courts watching or helping the captain on my former team and I dont have a spot to park in. Cant do anything about it because there is a placard. Usually I leave a note to say if you are playing tennis then you shouldn't be in this spot.I feel like the parking spot commando. Such is life,Rosalie In a message dated 10/8/2010 4:59:35 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, rn11...@yahoo.com writes: Hi, I got my new placard in the mail today. They are reissued every 5 yrs. At one time,you had to sign a paper that you were still disabled and return it to the DMV,and a few weeks later you got the placard. Now they're just mailed,without knowing if you are even alive. Cheryl in Easthampton,MA
Re: [TMIC] 18 year Anniversary
Congratlations on your anniversary..might sound morbid, but had you not had tm, nor had I, we'd never have met or shared our lives with one another!! Hugs, jan From: Cindy McLeroy To: tmic-list@eskimo.com Sent: Fri, October 8, 2010 1:14:23 PM Subject: [TMIC] 18 year Anniversary I woke up this morning knowing there was something I should remember about the day. Didn't remember what until I looked at the TMIC emails about 6 yr anniversary. It was 18 years today that TM entered my life, but like so many, I was out of town on a business trip to New Orleans. I live in So. Calif. I have been in a wheelchair ever since with no sign of recovery. Lucky for me it hasn't defined my life but has really presented a lot of new opportunities and new friends-expectially those who also have TM. This isn't to say there aren't days when the pain overwhelms me or the fatigue takes over - well actually this is most days. But even tho I don't like having TM, it has brought more positives to my life than I could ever expected. Everyone enjoy "my" special day. Cindy McLeroy
Re: [TMIC] handicapped placard
Parking is my biggest gripe. I use an accessible van and need to get out using the ramp on the passenger side. 3 times this month someone was parked on the stripes adjacent to the parking spot. One time I called the police and he didn't even know how to write a ticket and for what amount ( this is in New York). Ended up they got a tkt for $250. Once was at the library and we found the person. This week in the rain I was at the mall. I had to ask a stranger to pull my car out so I could get into my car. I didn't have time to wait for the police and security at the mall is never there when you need them. In Florida where I go for the winter there is always someone in the handicapped spot at the tennis complex and then they go to play tennis. I used to be a tennis player and am always at the courts watching or helping the captain on my former team and I dont have a spot to park in. Cant do anything about it because there is a placard. Usually I leave a note to say if you are playing tennis then you shouldn't be in this spot.I feel like the parking spot commando. Such is life,Rosalie In a message dated 10/8/2010 4:59:35 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, rn11...@yahoo.com writes: Hi, I got my new placard in the mail today. They are reissued every 5 yrs. At one time,you had to sign a paper that you were still disabled and return it to the DMV,and a few weeks later you got the placard. Now they're just mailed,without knowing if you are even alive. Cheryl in Easthampton,MA
[TMIC] handicapped placard
Hi, I got my new placard in the mail today. They are reissued every 5 yrs. At one time,you had to sign a paper that you were still disabled and return it to the DMV,and a few weeks later you got the placard. Now they're just mailed,without knowing if you are even alive. Cheryl in Easthampton,MA
Re: [TMIC] 6th anniversary
>> >>Have you seen any study of arthritis being worsened by Myelitis? I know of no connection between degenerative arthritis and myelitis. Rheumatoid Arthritis is an auto-immune disease, so there could be a connection, positive or negative, with myelitis. F
Re: [TMIC] 18 year Anniversary
Cindy, What a great attitude;an inspiration to me and the others on the list. Cheryl --- On Fri, 10/8/10, Cindy McLeroy wrote: From: Cindy McLeroy Subject: [TMIC] 18 year Anniversary To: tmic-list@eskimo.com Date: Friday, October 8, 2010, 2:14 PM I woke up this morning knowing there was something I should remember about the day. Didn't remember what until I looked at the TMIC emails about 6 yr anniversary. It was 18 years today that TM entered my life, but like so many, I was out of town on a business trip to New Orleans. I live in So. Calif. I have been in a wheelchair ever since with no sign of recovery. Lucky for me it hasn't defined my life but has really presented a lot of new opportunities and new friends-expectially those who also have TM. This isn't to say there aren't days when the pain overwhelms me or the fatigue takes over - well actually this is most days. But even tho I don't like having TM, it has brought more positives to my life than I could ever expected. Everyone enjoy "my" special day. Cindy McLeroy
[TMIC] 18 year Anniversary
I woke up this morning knowing there was something I should remember about the day. Didn't remember what until I looked at the TMIC emails about 6 yr anniversary. It was 18 years today that TM entered my life, but like so many, I was out of town on a business trip to New Orleans. I live in So. Calif. I have been in a wheelchair ever since with no sign of recovery. Lucky for me it hasn't defined my life but has really presented a lot of new opportunities and new friends-expectially those who also have TM. This isn't to say there aren't days when the pain overwhelms me or the fatigue takes over - well actually this is most days. But even tho I don't like having TM, it has brought more positives to my life than I could ever expected. Everyone enjoy "my" special day. Cindy McLeroy
Re: [TMIC] 6th anniversary
Thanks, but fortunately, my hands still work well -- play the sax, crochet, sketch, flutter tickle the cat... I was responding to someone else's concern. Akua >> I miss most being able to using my hands easily I also have problems with my fingers and hands. The diagnosis is loss of Proprioception. Most of us get some loss, others get a lot. It has decreased my speed on the computer, made walking on gravel or the lawn difficult, and causes me to fall if I don't watch what I'm doing. The official diagnosis is " Sack's Syndrome." Named after Oliver Sacks, a neurologist at Columbia MedicalCenter NYC. Dr. Sacks writes books such as "the man who mistook his wife for a hat." I believe Google has the book available through it's books depository ( Google is copying all books of importance into it's archives." take care F --
Re: [TMIC] 6th anniversary
Have you seen any study of arthritis being worsened by Myelitis?Could some of the hand problems be from arthritis, mixed with myelitis, which would make it much worse I am sure? Janice From: fr...@franksheldon.com Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 9:25 AM To: Akua ; tmic-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [TMIC] 6th anniversary >> I miss most being able to using my hands easily I also have problems with my fingers and hands. The diagnosis is loss of Proprioception. Most of us get some loss, others get a lot. It has decreased my speed on the computer, made walking on gravel or the lawn difficult, and causes me to fall if I don't watch what I'm doing. The official diagnosis is " Sack's Syndrome." Named after Oliver Sacks, a neurologist at Columbia MedicalCenter NYC. Dr. Sacks writes books such as "the man who mistook his wife for a hat." I believe Google has the book available through it's books depository ( Google is copying all books of importance into it's archives." take care F
Re: [TMIC] 6th anniversary
>> I miss most being able to using my hands easily I also have problems with my fingers and hands. The diagnosis is loss of Proprioception. Most of us get some loss, others get a lot. It has decreased my speed on the computer, made walking on gravel or the lawn difficult, and causes me to fall if I don't watch what I'm doing. The official diagnosis is " Sack's Syndrome." Named after Oliver Sacks, a neurologist at Columbia MedicalCenter NYC. Dr. Sacks writes books such as "the man who mistook his wife for a hat." I believe Google has the book available through it's books depository ( Google is copying all books of importance into it's archives." take care F
