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think that I should participate in sports...he's either disabled or he is not disabled. So, his interpretation of me being disabled it that I should just be curled up in a ball somewhere and dying.
It came back to proving that they weren't watching my labs properly. They weren't doing any vestibular rehabilitation. The only people that are doing anything rehabilitative wise are the Wounded Warrior Project Independence Program. They pay $3,000 for an ADA van so that I can leave the house, they have a rental power chair. The VA just provided me with a power chair but I have no way of getting out of the house with the power chair. Because of the open enrollment to be able to have assisted transportation was in February and there was no need at the time when I acquired the injury (in April), the VA said they'd reimburse me...well it takes six months to get reimbursed. It costs me $358 a trip to go round-trip to the VA. They would have to pick me up at 5a.m. and I wouldn't start coming back home until 5p.m., even if it was only a 30-minute appointment first thing in the morning. I have shut down VA hospitals and airports because of PTSD issues because of feeling like I was being held hostage. So, I am pretty much on medical hold sports wise. The only things I am cleared for are Bocce and Nine-Ball. Prior to the crash in April we had gone to the VA and said god forbid, should my situation change, you aren't doing anything to help my wife. What I mean by this is my wife is the one currently helping me with transfers, etc., things a lot of paraplegics don't do.
I am tired, I am 43 years old, I am not saying I am tapping out now but, at our house, I barely fit through the doors, for my manual chair, I have to buy my own ramps and replace my ramps every few years. Can I please get the adaptive housing grant and the adaptive vehicle? The VA asks if I really need these things or am I just trying to get money...and I am a paraplegic! Now, after the crash, they seem to think there is no need for my wife to be my caregiver any more.
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