tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post2212314940754495121..comments2024-03-19T07:36:33.915-04:00Comments on Of Battered Aspect: ChangeDave Hingsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11918601687946534172noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-37197337147380011402008-06-11T01:43:00.000-04:002008-06-11T01:43:00.000-04:00Life sure has changed for me! I was a nurse for th...Life sure has changed for me! I was a nurse for thirty years, and a pretty darned good one too. I am not nearly as good a patient. It is just so un-natural for me to be "the patient" but I'm getting better at it. Sometimes I find myself wanting to tell perfect strangers that I once had a job and was not always in a wheelchair, usually when they stare at me or act condescending. When I have to go to a hospital or doctors office it really gets to me when people insist on "helping" me.I know I don't owe anyone an explanation so why do I feel this way? I guess I'm just not acclimated to being handicapped yet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-12785182226834534492008-06-09T07:04:00.000-04:002008-06-09T07:04:00.000-04:00Yeah. I so know that feeling.Once I was just me, n...Yeah. I so know that feeling.<BR/><BR/>Once I was just me, now I am a mother of three children, two of which have a disability. One of which has just received her first chair (at the ripe old age of two). I can't believe how my life has changed, and I have changed. But then, it hasn't, and I haven't. <BR/><BR/>And Dave, aren't we lucky to have such wonderul partners to share it all with us? <BR/><BR/>Love to you and Joe.Heike Fabighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06856001856348587649noreply@blogger.com