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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2013 19:23:04 GMT -5
Lots of handicaps, and set backs however, today I was able to find the funds to nearly finish the purchase of all the items to make my old golf car street legal. Still have to find a means to make a windshield wiper rather than just use the same chemical that works on Jet airliners available for very little in cost. Then too, I've gotta add emergency flashers. Very slow, yet when finished I will have a great slow moving vehicle for local roads and getting to medical care without assistance! Things I've acquired: Head lights, head light switch, front turn signals, steering column turn signal switch wiring, steering column wiring shield, head light switch, brake light switch on the brake pedal, brake lights, turn signals, front and rear, tail lights and slow moving vehicle triangle and mount on the middle rear. When I inquired about buying a street legal electric golf cart the cost was simply prohibitive for me. Doing it this way piece meal is making it possible, though slow. Oh yes, still have to get a voltage regulator from 48 volts to 12 volt.
Found a very neat source for front and rear (unneeded) license plate(s) that have a flag type decal across the very top, then says beneath it: "OFFICIAL US GOVT." then next line (larger) "MILITARY" and in smallest print on the bottom "Veteran." Will hang a disability card in it and hope to be getting about by the end of the year! Like I said, slow, very slow and a very painful project. Fortunately for me, I learned lots when I was unpaid or very low paid so long ago, and now use it to create this street legal means of getting about locally..shopping, etc.
No license, insurance nor tax required, can make a home made solar panel to charge it, making it very economical to run and operate. Tell Katie when I die she can just dig a hole big enough to wrap me in shrink wrap, put me in it and bury it! Let the archeologists figure it out 2000 years from now....laughing! Bet they would get paid plenty to explain it all, suppose?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2013 22:57:57 GMT -5
I just love the idea of a 'street legal' golf cart! Way to go, my friend.
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Post by Sylvestra on Dec 4, 2013 0:01:12 GMT -5
What a great idea, Dennis! I'd say that is the epitome of "where there is a will, there is a way"! Good for you!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2013 4:06:15 GMT -5
You two and some others here have indeed become friends. When I've finished with it, will take and post a picture of my new old jitney!
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Post by sunshine on Dec 6, 2013 15:11:42 GMT -5
You two and some others here have indeed become friends. When I've finished with it, will take and post a picture of my new old jitney! I'd like to see a picture of it when its done. It sounds cool.! Being able to be independent is important when health problems arise. More power to you!
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Post by swarupa on Dec 11, 2013 17:09:05 GMT -5
Dennis can u not go through the veterans to get a power chair. I found that that going through the veterans was to complicated. so I went through a medical place that sells power chairs, and they led me through the procedure with my outside medical doctor, and I got my power chair. hope this information may be helpful to you. I got mine through Medicare.
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Post by rational on Dec 11, 2013 17:51:08 GMT -5
Dennis can u not go through the veterans to get a power chair. I found that that going through the veterans was to complicated. so I went through a medical place that sells power chairs, and they led me through the procedure with my outside medical doctor, and I got my power chair. hope this information may be helpful to you. I got mine through Medicare. I think the problem is seen here in this excerpt from Medicare: Medicare won’t cover this equipment if it will be used mainly for leisure or recreational activities, or if it’s only needed to move around outside your home.We attempted to get a scooter(mobility assistive equipment) and the claim was rejected because it was only going to offer mobility outside the house.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2013 18:18:12 GMT -5
Having begun as someone who served as a Coronel in the USA Army's " dog robber," one soon learns how to scrounge, finding "ways." Then living as a "worker" one even learns more. So, now I frequent "used" places to get "fixens" applying all the "learnens" one has gathered through the decades, and many impossibilities become reality!
In such a manner I first acquired an old quality "Merits" fully folding power wheel chair, and also a Sunrunner 4 wheel scooter for barely a song and a dance. Taken both completely apart, they were soon back together in perfect working order. However their range is limited.
So, needing some way other than the internal combustion engine to get about here, I soon came upon a little used 1990 EZGO Marathan two passenger golf cart also needing some TLC from a slow moving old cripple like me to rescue it from the Junkyard. It is very nearly not only restored, but nearly now completely street legal on lower speed limit roadways. When I'm finished with it the value will be a couple of thousand dollars more than put into it!
Slowly progressing, though my old untreated back injury has grown to degenerated disc disease above and below my fifth lumbar vertebrae that was compressed fractured on the 4th of July the first morning of the Orsa convention in 1970, which has been a severe thorn in my flesh ever since. Now getting some treatment for it due to Katie's loving insistance she be allowed to put me on her group medical plan. Many subsequent medical problems can be traced back to what happened to me in Sweden as a very naive and trusting young worker, believing that was indeed one of the things "friends and workers" could be completely relied upon to help care for if such a freak thing were ever to happen to me, (NOT!)
Yes, it remains a very sore point with me even decades later.
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Post by irvinegrey on Dec 14, 2013 17:46:00 GMT -5
What a great idea, Dennis! I'd say that is the epitome of "where there is a will, there is a way"! Good for you! Not at all relevant to this thread but over here in Ireland we have a variation of the saying and it runs 'where there is a will there is a relative!' Dennis, God bless you and give you His peace that passes all understanding,
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2013 20:26:14 GMT -5
What a great idea, Dennis! I'd say that is the epitome of "where there is a will, there is a way"! Good for you! Not at all relevant to this thread but over here in Ireland we have a variation of the saying and it runs 'where there is a will there is a relative!' Dennis, God bless you and give you His peace that passes all understanding, Thank you, Mr. Irving Grey Just now my spine is so badly cannot hardly sit to type this, or lay down to sleep... Kind of hard to even live. Almost ready to give up. Just feel sometimes that I simply must not deserve a life without intense pain. None of my forms of insurance cover therapy and treatment like accupuncture, massage therapy or other of the less "medicine based" forms of treatment, and now they have even cut back on strong forms of pain blocking. Seems backs just don't qualify for much except fusion, etc. Just don't feel up to more surgery at this time.
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Post by snow on Dec 15, 2013 11:19:03 GMT -5
Not at all relevant to this thread but over here in Ireland we have a variation of the saying and it runs 'where there is a will there is a relative!' Dennis, God bless you and give you His peace that passes all understanding, Thank you, Mr. Irving Grey Just now my spine is so badly cannot hardly sit to type this, or lay down to sleep... Kind of hard to even live. Almost ready to give up. Just feel sometimes that I simply must not deserve a life without intense pain. None of my forms of insurance cover therapy and treatment like accupuncture, massage therapy or other of the less "medicine based" forms of treatment, and now they have even cut back on strong forms of pain blocking. Seems backs just don't qualify for much except fusion, etc. Just don't feel up to more surgery at this time. Dennis, I can relate to you in this area. I understand the pain and the 'not wanting to live' some days because of it. I do take some pain medications now, but just enough to make it bearable, some of the time. I did have back surgery for the first herniation, but it failed due to scarring. I now have a total of 7 herniated discs plus the failed surgery site. They are pressing on nerves in my legs (4 in lower back) and in my arms and hands (4 in the neck). I know it's hard. I fought taking pain meds for years and still do fight to not take them at high levels. But to have a quality of life you likely need some. I went the physio route, the massage route, the acupuncture route and I find the thing that makes the biggest difference for me is meditation. I also use something called Healing Touch while in meditation. It does seem to help me too. If I can go deep enough, which is hard sometimes when pain is intense, I do get some relief. It relaxes the body and makes it a little less tense which does relieve some of the pain. Hang in there and don't be afraid to ask for help if you need it. If you're like me, taking meds seemed like I was weak, couldn't handle the pain, but I have slowly come to realize that's ridiculous. If I had pain from cancer for example I would be on pain meds for that so why not for chronic pain caused by a degenerative back, or in your case, bone fractures. I don't view it as having to go through pain in this life, I just see it as the reality of what's happening in my back. It's not a punishment for anything, it's just our body breaking down. Hugs Dennis. thinking of you.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2015 7:16:24 GMT -5
Thank you, Mr. Irving Grey Just now my spine is so badly cannot hardly sit to type this, or lay down to sleep... Kind of hard to even live. Almost ready to give up. Just feel sometimes that I simply must not deserve a life without intense pain. None of my forms of insurance cover therapy and treatment like accupuncture, massage therapy or other of the less "medicine based" forms of treatment, and now they have even cut back on strong forms of pain blocking. Seems backs just don't qualify for much except fusion, etc. Just don't feel up to more surgery at this time. Dennis, I can relate to you in this area. I understand the pain and the 'not wanting to live' some days because of it. I do take some pain medications now, but just enough to make it bearable, some of the time. I did have back surgery for the first herniation, but it failed due to scarring. I now have a total of 7 herniated discs plus the failed surgery site. They are pressing on nerves in my legs (4 in lower back) and in my arms and hands (4 in the neck). I know it's hard. I fought taking pain meds for years and still do fight to not take them at high levels. But to have a quality of life you likely need some. I went the physio route, the massage route, the acupuncture route and I find the thing that makes the biggest difference for me is meditation. I also use something called Healing Touch while in meditation. It does seem to help me too. If I can go deep enough, which is hard sometimes when pain is intense, I do get some relief. It relaxes the body and makes it a little less tense which does relieve some of the pain. Hang in there and don't be afraid to ask for help if you need it. If you're like me, taking meds seemed like I was weak, couldn't handle the pain, but I have slowly come to realize that's ridiculous. If I had pain from cancer for example I would be on pain meds for that so why not for chronic pain caused by a degenerative back, or in your case, bone fractures. I don't view it as having to go through pain in this life, I just see it as the reality of what's happening in my back. It's not a punishment for anything, it's just our body breaking down. Hugs Dennis. thinking of you. I was just looking back and came across this one. Looks like we share the something in common- a bad back, with lots of pain and discomfort, whether standing, sitting or moving about, not very relaxing in bed either. I was diagnosed with spondylosis of the spine about three years ago and my close friends were: painkillers and joint care capsules containing Omega 3. Last year I read two report, one out of the UK and the other out of the USA linking omega 3 to cancer particularly prostate cancer. That scared me and I came off of the capsules. There was a time that my back was so bad that I often had to look behind me to make sure that there was no one standing there cracking monkey nuts. The noise from my back as I move was unbelievable. Fortunately the omega 3 must have done some repairs because the cracking noises have subsided and the pain eased somewhat. The medics have told me that spondylosis is degenerative, so I have to live with it.
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Post by snow on Jan 2, 2015 12:47:00 GMT -5
Dennis, I can relate to you in this area. I understand the pain and the 'not wanting to live' some days because of it. I do take some pain medications now, but just enough to make it bearable, some of the time. I did have back surgery for the first herniation, but it failed due to scarring. I now have a total of 7 herniated discs plus the failed surgery site. They are pressing on nerves in my legs (4 in lower back) and in my arms and hands (4 in the neck). I know it's hard. I fought taking pain meds for years and still do fight to not take them at high levels. But to have a quality of life you likely need some. I went the physio route, the massage route, the acupuncture route and I find the thing that makes the biggest difference for me is meditation. I also use something called Healing Touch while in meditation. It does seem to help me too. If I can go deep enough, which is hard sometimes when pain is intense, I do get some relief. It relaxes the body and makes it a little less tense which does relieve some of the pain. Hang in there and don't be afraid to ask for help if you need it. If you're like me, taking meds seemed like I was weak, couldn't handle the pain, but I have slowly come to realize that's ridiculous. If I had pain from cancer for example I would be on pain meds for that so why not for chronic pain caused by a degenerative back, or in your case, bone fractures. I don't view it as having to go through pain in this life, I just see it as the reality of what's happening in my back. It's not a punishment for anything, it's just our body breaking down. Hugs Dennis. thinking of you. I was just looking back and came across this one. Looks like we share the something in common- a bad back, with lots of pain and discomfort, whether standing, sitting or moving about, not very relaxing in bed either. I was diagnosed with spondylosis of the spine about three years ago and my close friends were: painkillers and joint care capsules containing Omega 3. Last year I read two report, one out of the UK and the other out of the USA linking omega 3 to cancer particularly prostate cancer. That scared me and I came off of the capsules. There was a time that my back was so bad that I often had to look behind me to make sure that there was no one standing there cracking monkey nuts. The noise from my back as I move was unbelievable. Fortunately the omega 3 must have done some repairs because the cracking noises have subsided and the pain eased somewhat. The medics have told me that spondylosis is degenerative, so I have to live with it. Yes it is degenerative, so that is probably the diagnosis unfortunately. Mine is likely reached that too, but for different reasons. The spine was set a little off with the surgery so now the ones above the surgery site have weakened and herniated too. Can't have surgery so I get to live with the results. I am sorry you have to experience pain partaker. It's a challenge day to day, I know. But, I have learned we are amazing creatures that can learn to live with high levels of pain and do not too bad. It is limiting in some ways for sure, but it can be lived with. Hugs to you and I hope you too can learn to live with it with the minimum of suffering.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2015 14:52:41 GMT -5
I was just looking back and came across this one. Looks like we share the something in common- a bad back, with lots of pain and discomfort, whether standing, sitting or moving about, not very relaxing in bed either. I was diagnosed with spondylosis of the spine about three years ago and my close friends were: painkillers and joint care capsules containing Omega 3. Last year I read two report, one out of the UK and the other out of the USA linking omega 3 to cancer particularly prostate cancer. That scared me and I came off of the capsules. There was a time that my back was so bad that I often had to look behind me to make sure that there was no one standing there cracking monkey nuts. The noise from my back as I move was unbelievable. Fortunately the omega 3 must have done some repairs because the cracking noises have subsided and the pain eased somewhat. The medics have told me that spondylosis is degenerative, so I have to live with it. Yes it is degenerative, so that is probably the diagnosis unfortunately. Mine is likely reached that too, but for different reasons. The spine was set a little off with the surgery so now the ones above the surgery site have weakened and herniated too. Can't have surgery so I get to live with the results. I am sorry you have to experience pain partaker. It's a challenge day to day, I know. But, I have learned we are amazing creatures that can learn to live with high levels of pain and do not too bad. It is limiting in some ways for sure, but it can be lived with. Hugs to you and I hope you too can learn to live with it with the minimum of suffering. Thanks for the encouraging word snow, I will have to live with it seeing that it isn't going to go away any time soon; best wishes to you and yours.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2015 19:49:18 GMT -5
Nothing but compassion for anyone suffering from back and other skeletal pain. At times it is smiling through tears, is it not?
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Post by BobWilliston on Jan 2, 2015 20:13:42 GMT -5
Dennis can u not go through the veterans to get a power chair. I found that that going through the veterans was to complicated. so I went through a medical place that sells power chairs, and they led me through the procedure with my outside medical doctor, and I got my power chair. hope this information may be helpful to you. I got mine through Medicare. My daughter was in need of such a chair, and discovered that they very same chair she wanted was far far less expensive at Amazon.com than from the medical supply company. FWIW. She can dissemble it herself and reassemble it surprisingly easily when she gets to her destination.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2015 20:46:02 GMT -5
The street legal golf cart I worked so hard on was utterly destroyed in that careless accident in Texas last summer, along with about $40,000.00 of Katie's lifetime of collected antiques and many personal valuables, so it and all my hard work on it had to be abandoned down there.
However, I was able to acquire both a power scooter and a power colapsable merits electric wheel chair, neither of which were working, but after taking them apart, repairing and finding new batteries they are both now serviceable for many years to come. Thanks though for the advice. Yes, I could get a scooter or chair on loan from the VA, however even that has drawbacks that my old scooter and electric chair do not. They are worth many times over what I paid for them not working in a Good Will store. Waited a bit and even got them cheaper because every k Katie bought them for me after asking me if I thought they were repairable, and I answered "most likely." She is such a jewel! And now after a somewhat shakey start with them, I have three pretty fine step children that I have grown to also love very much.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2015 14:37:43 GMT -5
Nothing but compassion for anyone suffering from back and other skeletal pain. At times it is smiling through tears, is it not? Yes I know what you mean, a grin and bear it smile that makes the eyes water. There is no hiding place when the pain really gets started.
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