cbdives I agree with Lαrα, that is terrible! Is there any way you report her for going through confidential information? You must be able to sue for something like that.
cbdives, it is a felony to go into a mailbox not your own. Track this and also ask that it be reported to her employer. In fact, I would start by speaking to local postmaster, i.e., reporting event, rather than crime. Ask how to protect your mail. You could have had a terrible outcome from this.
I went through some similar things. A "friend" took a photo of me trying to move through hallway without canes, testing my mobility in a safe place. She mailed it to my SSD caseworker who was reviewing my application. Fortunately, this woman had already met me and saw my disability accurately, and she documented it and actually discarded the photo when she heard that it was taken without my knowledge on the phone. Then, my neighbor went through my mailbox to interfere with my bill paying. I didn't catch it at first, and was late with some payments because I didn't realize the missing bills. When he charged $2500 on my credit card, getting the number from the bill, I took photos of some large new items in his yard. They turned out to be the very purchases. But, my credit card company did not think it was enough money to prosecute him!!! Even with my photos, and tracing the purchases, they did nothing, and he is still harassing me horribly. Keeps getting away with it. My mail delivery person even was willing to testify that his son had asked for my mail, "I'll take it to the disabled lady", but I could not prove it. Ridiculous... Now I have to pay almost $100/year to have a post office box, and drive 11 miles RT to get mail.
I consider myself as broken. I believe Sci is a broken part in our body verses a disease like cancer. My surgeon said this to me one day. I wanted to know if there was any chance I could ever walk again. He said "Joe you have a broken part inside you and we have to figure out how to fix that broken part. So yes there is hope. As bad as its gets sometimes, I feel someday the researchers will be able to put us backtogether. Sci is a very challenging life for all of us. I have learned to take it one day at a time.
I do like Joe's idea of scuba diving. That is on my bucket list. I am pushing to get certified this year. I love the water and I can see how Scuba diving would make someone feel great. Everyones comments were great. Best to all!
I truly hope you can be repaired one day!!!! Great that you are pursuing a passion like scuba diving. I, too, love the water, and miss kayaking very much. B&B issues have prevented me from even trying to get back to it, and also that I would be so dependent on someone to haul my kayak and load me into it! Getting out to take care of B&B during trip, well, that is just too much... My SCI is from disease process, so I never expected to be repaired. But actually I have experienced some healing (remyelination) of spinal cord. It has given me more sensory function, and even some very limited motor improvement. So,maintain hope!
I wish you well Wavewolf and hope you keep getting your functions back. I have many problems too with B & B. Your not alone. I know its not good for you but whenever I have something planned I will not drink for a long time and take some imodium if I think their could be problems. It has worked for me over the years. I feel for you and I don't know if I will ever be repaired. I have been told Sci is a broken part and it will take the research to figure out how to fix us. I am in my fifties and hope just to get B & B back. I will be satisfied with that much. It took me quite a while to accept my injury but now I live with it and try to make the best of it. I have my bad days too and sometimes just want to crawl in a hole and forget about life. I guess my bucket list keeps me going. Best to you. I wish you well.
I wish you well Wavewolf and hope you keep getting your functions back. I have many problems too with B & B. Your not alone. I know its not good for you but whenever I have something planned I will not drink for a long time and take some imodium if I think their could be problems. It has worked for me over the years. I feel for you and I don't know if I will ever be repaired. I have been told Sci is a broken part and it will take the research to figure out how to fix us. I am in my fifties and hope just to get B & B back. I will be satisfied with that much. It took me quite a while to accept my injury but now I live with it and try to make the best of it. I have my bad days too and sometimes just want to crawl in a hole and forget about life. I guess my bucket list keeps me going. Best to you. I wish you well.
When I have to perform (orchestra musician), I also dehydrate and eat very lightly and choose foods that make for controllable poop! But I cannot dehydrate for successive days, or I get UTI and experience cognitive symptoms. Yes, agree that restoration of B&B is my first wish! And completing those things which are important to me keeps me going.
I am very Blessed to have a great wife. She is very active and enjoys shoveling and snow blowing this time of the year. Plus my brother is great for plowing. I haven't been out of the house in almost a month. I don't even bother when the weather is this bad. Its a sloppy mess in parking lots this time of the year. I stay inside, work out and work on my puzzles. I like to do large piece puzzles. The last one I finished took me six months. It was the great battle of Algiers, 9120 pieces. Hope your weather is better. We were 11 below zero this morning at 6:30 am. Too cold. Take care, Best Regards, Joe
I am very Blessed to have a great wife. She is very active and enjoys shoveling and snow blowing this time of the year. Plus my brother is great for plowing. I haven't been out of the house in almost a month. I don't even bother when the weather is this bad. Its a sloppy mess in parking lots this time of the year. I stay inside, work out and work on my puzzles. I like to do large piece puzzles. The last one I finished took me six months. It was the great battle of Algiers, 9120 pieces. Hope your weather is better. We were 11 below zero this morning at 6:30 am. Too cold. Take care, Best Regards, Joe
This has been a cold winter for the northeast USA and eastern Canada. God bless your wife! Interesting about your puzzles, I like the normal size ones. Not much energy for that now...
We're going to have temperatures of nearly -40C/-40F and some snow tonight or some time this weekend. It is not fun at all. Can't wait for spring!
We are below zero here right now, and having a few flurries here and there. I'm hoping Tuesday is nice because I have an appointment at the hospital an hour and a half away.
I wanted to say also, that a great thought hit me on Friday while I was loading back into my car. Not being able to walk isn't my disability. My disability is the chronic debilitating pain that causes me to cancel appointments and avoid moving about my own small apartment.
I think of a disability as something that affects our daily lives, and my home and city are 99% accessible (some shops downtown do not have ramps), so using a wheelchair doesn't affect my life. It is my pain that disrupts things.