Hello Ann,
     It is good to here from you.  Hope all is well with you, new hubby and 
family, down there near Shreveport.  What's the weather like now?
EG>I  am  the  proud  owner of a Legend 4  wheel  scooter. 
 AC> Congs....I'm glad that the event finally happened. Haven't talked with
 AC> you for a while but am tickled to hear this...I remember fighting with
 AC> VA for my Dad's. When the right ones saw me, 5 ft 2 and Dad, 5ft 11 and
 AC> 260lbs, I guess they realized that I couldn't push him around. Then when
 AC> they learned I had PPS, they gave in with no fight...
     The HMO put me through far too many changes, including  have a  home 
health department supervisor, with the responsibility  of facilitating the 
issuance of any DME including scooters, tell  me that I do not qualify to get 
a scooter since I can walk (at all.)  Granted, ignorance of my disability, by 
persons not afflicted, is something   I   have  to  learn,  and  do  try,  to 
 
 take   into consideration.   However, I blow a fuse when some moron  with  
no knowledge  of PPS tells me, unequivocally, what  my  capabilities are  or 
should be.  Would you believe this women told me that  my HMO  had  a  list 
of specific diseases  for  which  the  patients afflicted with same may 
qualify to get a scooter.  Not a list  of disabilities  with qualifying 
degrees of severity, but a list  of diseases.  Guess which disease wasn't on 
the list?  And I'll  bet they treated my case as an exception to the rule 
rather than  add PPS to the list.  Enough about that.    
EG>suggestions?
 AC> I can't help with the problem. I had the lift put in the trunk of a big
 AC> car...It worked great, I had a little trouble manuvering it because I
 AC> was so small...
I wish I could do that also, but even big cars are difficult  for me to enter 
and exit.  I'm about 6'3" and unfortunately currently 290  pounds.   I have 
to bend my legs, stoop,  and  twist  myself around,  all simultaneously in 
order to get in and out  of  cars.  My much higher pick-up truck is much 
easier for me to use.   I'll eventually  have to get another one or van since 
this one  is  so old. 
 AC> There are a lot of extended Vans that have just the right amount of room
 AC> for your scooter behind the back seat....that's what we got later for
 AC> Dad. It worked well. The lift doesn't take up much room....Two back
 AC> doors or one, that really doesn't matter. Hope things in your world are
 AC> doing well.....Glad to see you here....don't be a stranger....{{{HUGS}}}
Seems  as if I've been on some sort of emotional  roller  coaster since  my 
mom  died  in  March.  Most of  what  transpired  regarding   the scooter 
happened back in January and February and since then I've been  pretty much 
involved with my mom's illness  and  subsequent passing.   When  the  scooter 
dealer called to say  that  he  had received  authorization for my scooter, 
it was a breath of  fresh air  in the middle of an emotional fire storm.  
Having no way  to transport  it  makes it a hollow victory at this point,  
but  I'm working  on it.  Thanks for the hugs and the caring, it's  GREAT!  
Hopefully,  hubby  doesn't  mind  you sharing  the  hugs  and  my returning 
them so vigorously.  Take care.
   Ed Grey
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