Went to see the doctor today. Got a couple of new prescriptions that might help with the pain, and some paperwork for if I want to get a powerchair or scooter for when I'm having bad days but still want to do stuff. I think I'll hold off on the chair for a little while -- see how the meds work for a few months, and see if I think I still need it then. (Though, on the other hand, who knows what insurance will look like a few months from now.)

Hil, if your doctor offered it, it might not be a bad idea. If you get it in the works now, it will be there when you need it. If you wait until you really need it, who knows how long you will have to wait while it goes through the process of paperwork, etc.

Steph, it has been a few days since you wrote this, but would it be ok for me to post this in COMMA?

I cannot begin to re-emphasize how goddamn much I thought therapy was going to be like going to archery at Camp Butterworth but actually turned out to be the fucking Hunger Games. Or, like, you think you're going to rearrange the living room, so you move the couch, and then there's a hellmouth under the couch. And the hellmouth is made out of your goddamn parents.

I'm inclined to agree with WindSparrow, Hil. You can wait to use it until you need it--which I hope will be a long time from now. But it can be in a corner of your home, holding spare towels or something, until that time comes. And then it'll be right there.

Steph, it has been a few days since you wrote this, but would it be ok for me to post this in COMMA?

Totes!

Good point. I've got spring break next week, so I'll take a day to go to the medical supply store and see what the prices are, and what insurance will cover.

Hullo. I have a bad habit of writing a lot in a short period of time here and then going away for kind of a long time. I get worried that I've written too much and it's easier to just go away than to risk coming back and finding out I did it all wrong. Or something.

34 out of 50 on the spectrum test.

Java's still alive. I'm taking and posting a lot of photos of him on FB.

Did I tell you that I have a smart phone now? My very first one. It's great. I was determined to make do with a flip phone and my tablet, which functioned virtually as a smartphone, but I lost the flip phone somewhere around or in Olympic National Park or maybe Victoria BC, and Android isn't updating the OS on the Nexus 7 anymore. So I bought a Nexus 6 in Oregon, no sales tax, and I'm hooked up with Google's Project Fi. So how many years have you had a smart phone?

I'm still getting by with flip phone, which may be about five years old.

It's good to see you here Java.

I fairly recently got a smartphone, but I got one with an Actual Physical Keyboard!