Pam, Thanks for your nice email. I'm sorry for the embarrassment you had to go thru on the handicap restroom. I get mad at that & to see a healty looking 20 something getting into the car, time and time again, in the handicap parking zone.I try to tell myself I don't know her; there might be problems, but it is difficult. Natalie M.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: NATALIE I CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW YOU FEEL. WHEN I WAS N THE HOSPITAL THE LAST 2 WEEKS I FELT THE SAME WAY. THEY WOULD NOT LET ME DO ANYTHING WITHOUT 2 NURSES, IT DROVE ME CRAZY. I CAN WALK AGAIN WITH A WALKER AND I HAVE TO GET A BRACE THAT GOES UP TO MY KNEE. THEY SAID I HAD TO WEAR IT MOST OF THE TIME HOW LONG I DO NOT KNOW. IT WAS MY B/D AND I HAD ALOT OF FRIENDS THERE AND MY ONLY FAMILY SINCE KATRINA IS MY HUSBAND DAN. I HAD TO GO ON THE BED PAN I WAS SO UPSET WITH ALL MY GUESTS THERE AND ALL MY FRIENDS I KNOW COMING IN AND OUT SINCE I WORKED THERE .EVERYONE WENT OUTSIDE MY ROOM ,IT TOOK FOR EVER BEFORE SOMEONE WOULD COME THEY WHERE VERY BUSY. I COULD NOT HOLD IT MUCH LONGER. DAN PUT ME ON THE BED PAN SOMETHING HE NEVER HAD TO DO. HE SAID THANK GOD THIS IS JUST TILL YOU GO HOME. I KIND OF KNOW HOW YOU FEEL BUT I CONSIDER MYSELF FORTUNATE I CAN GET AROUND. I JUST EXCEPTED THE FACT THAT WHEN I GO OUT I BRING EXTRA CLOTHES AND SHOES. I ALWAYS HAVE WHAT I CALL MY HYGEINE BAG WITH ME. I ONLY HAD ONE ACCIDENT I WAS WAITING TO GO INTO THE HANDICAP ROOM BUT THEY HAD 3 GIRLS USING IT WHO WHERE NOT HANDICAPPED AT ALL AND I WET MY PANTS. I WAS FURIOUS, I GAVE THOSE GIRLS A BAD TIME. I THEN HAD SOMEONE CALL SECURITY. I WAS SO EMBARRASED BUT MY ANGER MADE ME STRONGER.THAT PARTICULAR STORE HAS RULES AND REGULATIONS. IF YOU ARE NOT HANDICAPPED YOU CANNOT USE THOSE ROOMS. THEY NOW HAVE PEOPLE WHO C HECK THE BATHROOMS OFTEN. I WAS ALSO TOLD IF I NEEDED TO GO TO THE LADIES ROOM JUST TELL ANYONE AND THEY WILL MAKE SURE NO ONE BUT PEOPLE WHO ARE HANDICAPPED ARE IN THERE. DAN TOLD ME HE WAS SO UPSET WITH OUR GUESTS AND THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME HE EVER HAD TO PUT ME ON A BED PAN. LIKE YOU SAID THEY ARE SO GOOD IN SO MANY OTHER WAYS.YOUR NOT ALONE . I KNOW LOTS OF PEOPLE ON THE LIST LIKE YOU SOME LIKE ME. ITS OUR LIFE NOW WHY I DO NOT KNOW BUT WE JUST DEAL WITH IT THE BEST WAY WE CAN. I AM GLAD YOUR HOME. SORRY ABOUT THE STAFF INFECTION. I HOPE YOU FEEL BETTER EVERYDAY . GOD BLESS TIAD PAM PS I NEVER EVER SAID THIS BEFORE TO THE LIST JUST IN PRIVATE E-MAILS. I NOW HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THIS. I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THE WARM WISHES AND MY B/D E-MAILS. --------------------------------- See what's new at AOL.com and Make AOL Your Homepage. --------------------------------- Building a website is a piece of cake. Yahoo! Small Business gives you all the tools to get online.