Originally Posted by
Peter_C
Don't take your hat off, your ears will get cold~!
See, that's the thing, compared to others, *I* am not handicapped, I don't *look* handicapped. But I now feel handicapped. Too many different issues, too close together - but then I'm told I am whining - heh - which doesn't actually help. Anyhow, I hope I can contribute in this new (wonderful) sub-forum.
Whining doesn't help, Peter. No one cares for a whiner. I stopped posting at the National Scoliosis Foundation message boards after a discussion with people who didn't think I was 'curved enough' to be posting there. Also, people wore their condition as a badge - some posters had their surgical history in their signature lines. I can't imagine living life thinking I'm a victim. I might look like a question mark, but I see myself as an exclamation point.
I'm frustrated I can't do things from time to time, but I don't think of myself as disabled/handicapped/whatever. How can I be? I do what I want to. I just sometimes do it a little differently than most folks.