Where's the reset button?

[deza]

Gah. Rough day.

Ro came home from school and told me she'd accidentally swung into a 4-year-old at the playground (the kids regularly go to the playground on their way home from school; I'm certainly not discouraging it). The munchkin saw other kids pushing their friends and decided to run up into the swing arc to push Ro. She also screamed when she realized she got too close, so Ro now has a bite mark on her side.

I suited up Guinness and headed to the playground to make sure everything was ok. NNow, I've been feeling like death on toast points ever since I collapsed last week, so Guinness hasn't been getting much exercise. He was so excited to be out that he ended up dumping me out of the chair - three times. First he ran to say hi to a loose dog, I hit the curb and spilled. Then, after visiting the kids at the playground, he saw Ro's friend K and wanted to say hi to her, so he drug me over and rammed my chair into her bike. She's got a scratch on her leg from that. Then on the way home, he saw K's brother P and ran me into another curb trying to say hi. *sigh* I know it's my fault for not exercising him more, but it's still frustrating. I may have to resort to using the e-collar until he gets it into his head that tossing me out of the chair really isn't that great an idea. I've got some spectacular bruises now.

Then K decided a scrape on the leg wasn't dramatic enough, and started telling people Guinness bit her. Now, I'm the first to admit he's noisy, but he's never bitten anyone. He was in my view the whole time, and he didn't bite her this afternoon. I hate liars, especially when the lie they're telling puts me and mine in danger. If I get reported to the housing folks as having a "vicious dog," they can tell us to either get rid of Guinness or move off-base. Not good.

Icing on that particular shit-cake is that K also started telling people I don't need the chair. Yes, she's seen me walk. I do that in the house to keep my leg muscles from atrophying. It's part of my hope that I'm going to be able to walk normally again someday. But yeah, in her eyes the fact that I can walk down the hallway and only fall into the wall a few times means I'm scamming folks with this whole crippled business. Riiiiiiiiiiiight.

On the good side, I got all my referrals re-activated (after a mail mix-up), so I'll be seeing more specialists in the near future. Endo, neuro and rheumo are all on deck, and I'll finally be getting the brain MRI and the EMG ordered back in March.

Comments

[millysdaughter.livejournal.com]

K sounds like a real piece of work!

[oneonthefence.livejournal.com]

What a shit day. I'm sorry. And that K person? Seriously, she needs to get her shit together, because there's no need to toss around false accusations.

Wow, "shit" is my favorite word tonight. Maybe because things are shitty? Don't you ever just feel like throwing things at the wall and saying, "fine, assholes, believe what you want, but only I know what's really wrong with me, so you all go to hell?" Or is that my own anger coming out?

[theafaye.livejournal.com]

There was an article in the Daily Mail recently about a woman with one leg who was forced to walk 30m and then denying a disabled parking badge because she could actually walk that distance therefore didn't need the badge.

Let's count those legs again, shall we? One. And most of the time she used her chair because the false leg was actually quite sore to walk on.

Just because you can walk a certain amount doesn't mean that you don't have a genuine disability and problem. I just think that some people would rather be bitches than acknowledge that others have struggles greater than their own.

[n-decisive.livejournal.com]

Agreed. The other thing a lot of non-medical people don't realize is that things like special parking permits aren't just for dealing with things when they're at their worst, they're also for reducing wear and tear on the body. That second part is important for slowing the deterioration caused by some conditions and extending a person's ability to function in the day-to-day.

As much as I dislike ignorance, I hate it when people make automatic negative assumptions even more. I'm sorry that had such an impact on you, M.

[amenquohi.livejournal.com]

Tell K to suck a bag of dicks. Of course, she IS a kid, and probably just doing this to irritate Ro more than anything. She sounds like a little drama queen, and I have no patience for that kind of behavior in children or adults.

My Aunt had Rheumatoid Arthritis all her life, and people used to give her dirty looks when they saw her stand up from her wheelchair at the supermarket to get something off a shelf. Just because she could stand or shuffle a few paces didn't mean it wasn't excruciating for her to do so. A-holes.

*Big, soft, pillowy hugs*

[vvalkyri.livejournal.com]

crikey, that K sounds like a piece of work.

I've got an address for cat transfer in Durham, that I'm going to try to send you over email (@livejournal.com) rather than ljmessage, as I'm too easily distracted of late. Basically the wedding is at 11am Saturday, so meeting a little earlier is probably a good plan.

[tsjafo.livejournal.com]

I can walk around my house which is a grand total of twelve steps from one end to the other though I do consistently hit the coffee table and walls. Farther than that, say the mail box and back, and I use a cane. The farther I go, the more painful it is and the slower I get. But since none of this registers on a big overhead publicly visible damage meter I get people who are positive that if I can make two steps then I can make 2,000 and I'm just looking for sympathy and extra privilege.

I've heard some folks say I wouldn't wish my problems on my worst enemy, but I'm not one of them. I wish the assholes all the pain and disability in the world. If they have to experience it to understand it so be it. I think the world would be a much nicer place with more understanding people.

I think I should go take my meds now.

[xjenavivex.livejournal.com]

::hugs you really tight:: This is all awful. I am so sorry honey.