Kelly,
I no longer drive by choice -- although my szs are controlled.
The retirement center where I live clears out the snow behind
the cars but not between or take the snow off the top of the car.
My girls were afraid that I might fall between the cars and
nobody would see me. So the last winter that I drove (2008)
and was still working as a home health aid -- they would stop
on their way to work and clear the snow between the cars and
took the snow and ice off the car the days that I worked.
Last year I decided to sell my '96 car so they didn't have to do
that any more. We have shuttles and busses here to take
you to Dr. appointments, library, grocery store, etc-- really any
place you want to go-- for a small cost-- but isn't anywhere nearly
as expensive as paying for insurance, gas and car repairs.
I have to plan ahead and schedule times for the shuttle to pick me
up and carry more cash than I did before. It is a lot better here than
if I lived in the country or even in town. The retirement center is on the
south end of the town I live in. I missed my car this summer but I am
getting used to it.
I had fallen 7 times in 3 years -- so you can see why my daughters
were concerned. I now use a walker with a seat. I don't use it in my
room or in the dining room where I work for 3 hours 7-8 days a month.
I do use it in the hall and if I walk outside. I use the grocery cart --
picking it up to walk into the store to get groceries. One of my
daughters sometimes takes me shopping.
A couple who lives about a mile from me picks me up for church.
I work in the dining room 2 Sundays a month. I meet with 5 other
ladies from church the second Thursday for breakfast at our restaurant
here on campus. We have about 12 people who live near here and my
church meets for Bible study here on campus so I walk to breakfast
and Bible Study.
Millie
----- Original Message -----
From: Kelly Porter
To: epilepsy@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 1:46 PM
Subject: [epilepsy] Re: Driving
Whether or not you have to tetake the road test depends on your
state. I had driven for 19 years before losing my ability to drive,
then went 3 years without driving. When I went to get my drivers
license back a year after surgery I had to retake the road test because
I had gone to long without a valid drivers license, I live in Nevada.
Now I no longer drive again, but I do so by choice. Regardless of
whether I am having seizures or not, I know that my concentration
ability after surgery makes me unsafe to drive.
On 12/8/2010 11:02 AM, Tammara Wolfgram wrote:
> In the US, you don't have to retake your road test, just wait the time period in your state. Sometimes your doctor has to ok you to drive, but it depends on the state's laws.
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