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Originally Posted by Lioncross4  I am so offended by this thread, I am thinking of leaving yorkie talk. I was a trainer and one of the most fit people on the planet. I almost died in a mountain climbing accident and live on 37 drugs a day to stay alive and have massive body damage due to the medicines they used to save my life.
If you look at me...I would fit the description so scornfully posted by the yorkie talk community. I live on 600 calories a day and work 3 jobs. I will never be able to live without drugs again...and will never be able to leave my wheelchair or the carts at Walmart. Yet, I mentor women, raise great kids and serve the community.
The amount of prejudice in this thread is cruel. I am the first to say that many people abuse the carts and see their disabilties as an avenue for entitlement....that is equally wrong. People in carts need to be aware and considerate just as if they were pushing a cart through the store--which I would give ANYTHING to do!
Oh to be free to do what i want without first taking drugs and dealing with mind altering pain. Hope you all enjoyed this rant. It was painful beyond words for me. |
I am sorry you were offended by this thread. I, too am offended by many threads, and the moment I am offended, I quit reading and move on to a more pleasant thread. I am also offended by rude cart riders and/or pushers at stores.
I, too, was a very active person, the love of my life was raising and training my miniature horses. That love was robbed from me by a life threatening accident. Although I do not take a plethora of drugs daily, I will NEVER EVER live another day without pain. Pain sucks.
, but I chose to endure the pain rather than take the horrible mind altering drugs. I do not judge anyone, in my own recovery I have learned that I am responsible for me and the way I feel. Others can only offend me if I allow it to happen.
I have gained weight and because I am not able to maintain the activity level that I once enjoyed gaining weight is easy, losing the extra lbs. isn't. I am one of those who has a permanent handicap tag on my car, and I find it necessary to ride carts at times - at other times I walk. Often when park in a handicap space and/or I ride a cart, people are less than polite because I have NO outward signs of a handicap, other than the surgery scars. For all practical purposes I appear to be a normal healthy person. Few of us go through life unscathed by adversity.