RE: “Strange Days” or “My Week Without My Meds”
So true. Whatever it takes to keep going - do it.
I have bad hands from arthritis and a cell phone is a killer for me. Texting and using my thumbs as needed and even holding the heavy thing are things I avoid. I'm grateful a regular keyboard on my laptop is not a problem.
But people tell my OFTEN that if I would just try - I could use a phone. Since I cannot open a water bottle with my hands, etc etc etc - I do not see any need to break them with a phone. But this message gets through maybe 5% of the time. Everyone else wants to figure out how I can use a phone lol. It makes my hands sore just to think about it.
I missed saying before - thank you for being so brave to write about this in the first place. I'm sure it is helpful for you and maybe will open some minds.
It's funny (not "funny haha like a clown", mind you), but the first thing I started thinking of, as an IT guy, is ways for you to communicate so that you wouldn't have to use a phone. People don't understand - it's like, "Well, you lost your leg. Have you tried walking on it anyway? Or maybe growing a new one?"
And yet we persevere. Not just with our limitations, but against the rampant ignorance that only comes from a first- or second-hand understanding of the struggle. Thank you for your praise, and thank you for your comments, as well!
Hahahaha! This is it exactly!!!
So glad to run into you too :)
Me, too!
I have a family member who falls into the Autism Spectrum, and his father was getting a bit impatient with the fact that he was pushing 30 and was still exhibiting some behaviors like a teenager. And the "growing a new leg" analogy was the same one that the mother used to describe to the father how their son was not going to develop in the same areas as others. Fortunately, it opened the father's eyes and his patience grew, and he also acknowledged the areas in which his son excelled. So there is hope for people to learn about those of us who have a few extra obstacles in our paths.
It's always a wonderful development when someone "gets it." I will keep that analogy with me too :)