Georgia Peach
Distinguished member
- Joined
- Mar 26, 2011
- Messages
- 294
- Diagnosis
- 02/2011
- Country
- US
- State
- GA
- City
- Gwinnett
These past eight months have been the hardest months of my life with my husband diagnosed with ALS and seeing his rapid decline right before my eyes. I felt like I have not made much progress with the VA trying to get his disability rating changed- he is still at 30% which is a joke. We have jumped through all their hoops and we do have a PVA advocate. But I digress.
This week my husband received his power wheel chair, lift for his truck, hospital bed, Hoyer lift, etc, from the VA; ALS of Georgia delivered a lift chair; a new friend donated a ramp for the garage; and we bought and moved into a somewhat handicapped accessible ranch in the same county where we have lived for 25 years. Ten friends helped us move this weekend and we are now living in our new home. It was a very busy week for me.
I think all of you that are facing down this disease realize what a lift this is to our spirits. We can enjoy the sound of the waterfall in our lovely new back yard and I can watch my husband take our collie for a walk with his new power chair.
AND Wednesday we go to Emory for the Dex clinical trial.
Life is still good.
This week my husband received his power wheel chair, lift for his truck, hospital bed, Hoyer lift, etc, from the VA; ALS of Georgia delivered a lift chair; a new friend donated a ramp for the garage; and we bought and moved into a somewhat handicapped accessible ranch in the same county where we have lived for 25 years. Ten friends helped us move this weekend and we are now living in our new home. It was a very busy week for me.
I think all of you that are facing down this disease realize what a lift this is to our spirits. We can enjoy the sound of the waterfall in our lovely new back yard and I can watch my husband take our collie for a walk with his new power chair.
AND Wednesday we go to Emory for the Dex clinical trial.
Life is still good.