Hey Cindy, This center is WONDERFUL. I would go every day or as many as I could handle. lol Thank you so much for sharing this site. Be safe & keep working out, Todd in CC, TX
--- On Wed, 7/1/09, Cindy McLeroy <cindymcle...@socal.rr.com> wrote: From: Cindy McLeroy <cindymcle...@socal.rr.com> Subject: Re: [TMIC] Re: WHAT DID YOU DO??? To: "Todd Tarno" <toddtm2...@sbcglobal.net> Date: Wednesday, July 1, 2009, 3:00 PM Todd, as you know taking care of our health issues sometimes is really the pits. I am currently using a leg brace that has hinges at the knee so I can bend my leg when I am in the wheelchair - which is always! Only problem is ... it's from a break in 2001. Trying to get hold of the doctor has been crazy. Turns out their phone system was out for 2 days. Yesterday, I went over to the offices, only to find out the doc wasn't in for the day. Looks like it will take till about Oct before I can get out of the brace. Thank goodness it really doesn't change anything too much about my busy life style. Thanks for asking. I was reading your note about getting PT. I live in So. Cal and have a Goodwill Fitness Center nearby. It is completely set up for folks with all kinds of disabilities. Everything is wheelchair accessible. Para's and quads both can use just about everything. All the trainers are great at evaluating each persons needs. If you are interested in looking at it here is the website. Maybe you can get something going in your area. http://www.ocgoodwill-fitnesscenter.org/ Cindy ----- Original Message ----- From: Todd Tarno To: Cindy McLeroy Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 1:52 PM Subject: Re: [TMIC] Re: WHAT DID YOU DO??? Apparently I pushed my wheelchair out from under me and slid to the floor with my right foot twisted almost the way around. That happened to me too. I have chair with wheels in my bathroom and I too reached down to pick something up off the floor and the chair went flying. I was the only one home, my caregiver was in the hospital. But I need find a way to get up and know that I can. I'm so sorry to hear about your broken leg. What is the update on your broken leg? Hope Today is better, Todd in CC, TX --- On Tue, 6/16/09, Cindy McLeroy <cindymcle...@socal.rr.com> wrote: From: Cindy McLeroy <cindymcle...@socal.rr.com> Subject: [TMIC] Re: WHAT DID YOU DO??? To: tmic-list@eskimo.com, jmh1...@sbcglobal.net Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2009, 6:09 PM You'll be sorry you asked, it's kind of a long story. I had time to kill on Sat before I went to a party, all dressed and ready to go. I notice that the cleaning lady didn't clean as well as I thought around the bottom of the toilet so I bent over forward on my wheelchair bracing myself with one hand on the toilet. cleaning with the other. Apparently I pushed my wheelchair out from under me and slid to the floor with my right foot twisted almost the way around. When I went to bed that night my leg was doing a snap, crackle and pop noise. Went to the ER the next day and the doctor said, Oh, your leg is broken. Duh. Anyhow, my frustration is dealing with the ER folks, my doctor and an Ortho. Seems all the Ortho's are booked. I can't wait because I have (lucky for me) no sensation and the splint that is on my leg is moving around and I'm sure digging. I want to avoid pressure sores. Always something interesting with TM. I think this is the fourth or fifth time I have broken one or the other of my legs. Once I simply rolled over in bed and heard the crunch. Cindy ----- Original Message ----- From: Jan Hargrove To: Cindy McLeroy ; Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 11:51 AM Subject: Re: WHAT DID YOU DO??? Cindy, What in the world did you do to break your leg??????? jan --- On Tue, 6/16/09, Cindy McLeroy <cindymcle...@socal.rr.com> wrote: And Sandy, how do you like the yellow medal plates that are being installed at the curb cutouts? Supposedly they are meant for the blind so that their sticks feel the different surface. I haven't talked to a blind person, a w/c user, or a fellow pushing grocery carts that like the danged things. Caster wheels get caught in between the bumps. This change was a lawsuit that back fired. Version Amphitheater in Irvine has done an amazing job of raising a portion of the seating above the orchestra section so folks in wheelchairs can see the stage when the rest of the people below are standing. Love it there. One of the ADA limits has to do with cost. If the modification is too costly and the building can show that, then they don't have to modify. Also, if the building is historic, they don't have to modify. Cindy (sitting home waiting for an otho doctor to get me in with a very severe broken leg...been to emergency already and had a splint) ----- Original Message ----- From: parkersw...@aol.com To: a...@artfarm.com ; tmic-list@eskimo.com Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 2:44 PM Subject: Re: [TMIC] Accessibility & Relationships Add to the list of complaints: Have you noticed that at many hotels, the ADA rooms are furthest from the elevators? And yes, you are lucky if they have ADA rooms on the first floor. Also, the rooms often face the parking lot and seldom the garden, pool or view? Is this discrimination? I feel it is. At some commercial stores or restaurants we have had to get Terry through the kitchen or the back door to get to the bathroom. In one instance, we had to go two buildings down! In passing, I mentioned this to a Civil Rights attorney I know and he said, "lawsuit". We haven't pursued that, of course. This friend has filed many suits against large hotel chains, music festivals, etc., as they are hardly ADA compliant. He himself is disabled and knows first hand the discrimination. I am not saying whatsoever that every place discriminates, not by a long shot. But many business owners are not very aware of the disadvantages that people in wheelchairs are faced with. That's my tangent for the day. As a wife of a TM'er, if I have time tomorrow, I will try to address the relationship issue. Download the AOL Classifieds Toolbar for local deals at your fingertips.
