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This may already be part of your housing pros and cons list, but bears thinking about. A piece of remaining independent as long as possible involves, of course, transportation. Moving closer to a town that has dedicated senior citizen bus service available would be a huge help in the future for if/when driving is difficult due to numbness of your feet/lower legs or if your partner is not able to drive for whatever reason. Living closer in allows for delivery services for groceries and medications too. I use curbside pick-up now almost exclusively, but in winter use delivery, just not safe to try to navigate snow/ice.
Last thought- after following a guy using a cane across the tarmac to our jet, then watching him quickly collapse it- I got me one of those on Amazon! It fits in a small pouch and I keep it in the car- easy to grab if I’m going to need to do distances (MD offices) or am feeling unsteady for some reason. In airports, people don’t jostle you either. 😊
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Good morning centre (@centre)
Now that I see the difficulties my PN may one day bring about, the get-around-town question is much on my mind. My partner and I live in Denver, not far from the core city; we've public transportation, but it's nothing like NYC where I grew up. From where I'm sitting writing this, it's a bit of a trot to the nearest bus stop. We've light rail, too, but that's a triple trot from here. These are practical questions. I had thought to reply in a private message but then considered the get-around-town challenge something others might want to weigh in on.
I can't help but notice how my start-up post about PN and partners, doctors, and friends––tell them? or don't tell them?––has broadened into a more general question about how we live with our PN.
Ah, canes! I have an adjustable cane, a cheapie from the local big box store. I'm waiting to get a wolf's head cane like the one Claude Raines wielded in Wolf Man––not that I've seen any werewolves running about in my neighborhood in a long, long time.
Cheers!
Ray