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Autoimmune Diseases | Last Active: Sep 24 3:33pm | Replies (878)Comment receiving replies
Hello Peach,
Shame on your doctor not giving anRx for a electric wheelchair.
As you may know you can always buy one at a medical supply store, they are expensive, but perhaps your private insurance will pay?
I don’t understand some doctors.
At 83 you need to be kept comfortable. Have you talked to your primary care doctor, or maybe the hand surgeon?
Nobody can force you into assisted care
If housework becomes a burden, there are always cleaning crews willing to clean.
How do you get around? Errands,etc?
Just a thought, some medical supply stores will talk to doctors about a patient needing durable equipment.
Maybe there are others at connect who have different answers.
Good luck
Funcountess
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All great suggestions, also talk with your insurance carrier, sometimes you can get them to go to your doctor on your behalf for help. Blue Cross did that for me a few years ago to get to a specialist. Give it a try
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Thank you for understanding. I use the para transit bus that picks me up at the house and brings me back; for doctors and food shopping. But now food shopping is almost impossible without the use of the hand. I am working on all aspects. It is difficult but I do not give up. Perhaps after this Corona Virus is kept in check the doctors will operate on the hand. But until then I will lose weight but I will not cry. They do not deserve my tears. Shame on them! Stubborn.