janet paterson wrote:
>
> At 22:23 2000/12/05 -0600, ray wrote:
> >
> >
> > Ray Strand
> > Prairie Sky Design
> > -------------( on the Edge of the Prairie Abyss )---------------
> > when the sky is clear
> > the ground is visible
> >
> > 48/dx PD 2 yrs/40? onset/retired
>
> i like it!
> i like it!
>
> funny, i haven't referred to myself as 'retired'
> rather 'on disability'
> hmmm...
>
at 49 -- 'retirement' is not what i planned
i could say :
"stay at home dad" too.
but so far i use this tag line "retired"
--because it has invited interest
and dialogue beyond this list
--because i quit my job 'voluntarily'
i could use the term disabled
i do have a handicap parking permit
i can't say "on disability"
--because i have no income from SSDI
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> gloria (my sister) wrote:
> > > Hey, How are you doing with not working?
> > > > >(my response)
> > it is a relief
> > the theatre was getting stressful
> > and when i got stressed--my medicine was less effective
> > which would make me upset, etc...
> >
> > i could have stayed and
> > my boss would have had to document how i wasn't doing my job
> > i , at least, still have his respect
> >
> > "accomodations" would have been made for me at UMM
> > --(i got a handicap parking permit)--
> > i could have stayed until i needed a wheelchair
> > but, the real job wouldn't be done
> > i needed to be cruising all over the place
> > looking over shoulders and coaching
> > it wasn't getting done
> > i could be across the room and not really seeing
> > just because stepping over and around debris with poor balance
> > was risky for me
> >
> >>>>>> snipped
> >
> > on a couple of occasions students helped me up from falls
> >
> > it was an accident waiting to happen.
> > >
> > > As long as i was at the Theatre Sceneshop
> > > I never had to take anyone to the Emergency Room
> > > I didn't feel on top of all that was going on
> > > I was prone to falls in the construction zone
> > > UMM is very accomodating for people with disabilities
> > > but, if anything happened--I would have felt responsible.
> > >
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> janet
>
> janet paterson, an akinetic rigid subtype parkie
> 53 now /44 dx cd / 43 onset cd /41 dx pd / 37 onset pd
> TEL: 613 256 8340 SMAIL: POBox 171 Almonte Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada
> EMAIL: [log in to unmask] URL: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/
Ray Strand
Prairie Sky Design
-----------------( on the Edge of the Prairie Abyss )---------------
when the sky is clear
the ground is visible
48/dx PD 2 yrs/40? onset/retired
