Last post Thu, Aug 21 2008 2:05 PM by Chickadee2529. 54 replies.
ShimasChild: The major one that's getting to me is "How fast can you go in that thing?" with the power chair. I say "Five". It has five speeds, and five is the fastest. NO clue as to how fast it is in MPH.
Tell them, "Warp factor 6." (Or Mach 5.) *LOL*
We've had too many stupid things to count asked about my son. Most were well-meaning, but just plain DUMB.
The ONLY time I've been asked about sex (he's 12, btw) is a VERY close friend of ours once mentioned it to me. Her adult daughter had been diagnosed with ACM and another has just been diagnosed with arthritis. And in the context of how the question came about, it wasn't offensive, because we were discussing other things related. AND, she's very close, like a sister (mother, actually, because she's older than my mother *LOL*).
I say for those who get asked about sex, shoot back a really smart-assed remark. It'll embarass the one who asks you and maybe get them to think twice next time.
Can you have sex? Possible answers:
Not with you.
Why, are you offering?
You know, you are the FIRST person to ask me that all day, here's your sign.
Ah, my FIRST stupid question of the day, I was beginning to wonder if it would get asked.
...and so on. *LOL*
Of course, everyone's different. Some people aren't worth wasting the time and breath on answering.
The stupidest thing I heard was when the doc sent me for a MRI of the brain. Once at the MRI I filled out the proper forms and In It told them that the Doc Belived we were dealing with PD. As I laid In the MRI machine and they started to push me In I heard the one lady say your going to have to hold still (Don't move your head) or we will have to start all over, HELLO ......Sorry I can't hold my head still because of the tremours!!!!!
Longest hour and a half I had to lay there!!!!!
I went out to eat with my mom years ago, but I STILL remember this: The waiter came to take our order and with me sitting right there-the waiter looked at my mom and asked "What does SHE want?" My mom said "I don't know...why don't you ask HER?" lol Talk about stupid!
Terry Lou your cartoons are awesome.
I was in my scooter, which my employer rented for me since I had to park ya know like 3 miles from my office...anyhoo. A lady walked past me and said to another well-meaning lady, 'I wish I had what she had", and I turned to her and trying to keep a straight face, I replied "really, you want a debilitating disease for which there is no wn cure". I also had a woman standing behind in line at a department store during Christmastime, who said she wished she could sit too. Ah, I really wanted to offer a seat on my chair, if only I could've gotten up. A true Christmas Miracle.
Hey Everyone,
I can't believe some of the things people have actually asked or said to all of you. I have Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue, so to look at me I look absolutely fine, but I'm far from it. I have a handicapped pass for the car, I cannot currently drive, and I get the dirtiest looks when I get out of the car by people b/c they think I'm just using someone else's pass. I have a hard time walking distances b/c I have severe leg pain and I tire out very quickly, which is my reason for having it. I want to cry every time someone gives me that look, you'd think I'd be used to it by now, but I never do. I've been at the mall before on a crowded Saturday and have been very fatigued feeling, which makes me walk very slowly. These two teenaged girls were walking behind my sister and I and made a loud comment about why can't I just walk faster. It embarrassed me b/c I couldn't walk any faster and people were going around me. I was looking for a bench to sit in b/c I was practically about to drop to the ground, I was so tired. My older sister, who was with me, is very protective of me and they're lucky she didn't hear them say it. I might take peoples' comments but she sure won't, she would have ripped them a new one, lol. One comment that really sticks out to me was one of the last times I was in the ER in last October. I had been vomiting continually b/c of my IBS , which I had just gotten out of a 2 week stay from the hospital for and couldn't keep any of my pain medication down. So my mom had to rush me to the ER b/c I was in so much pain that I was practically screaming. I have a hard time letting people see me in pain, so if I'm doing that you can bet your ass I'm hurting a lot. When I get there, the security guards had to help my mom get me out of the car into a wheelchair to go inside. My mom's trying to fill my paperwork out for me and I'm just howling in pain over in the corner and the nurse comes out and tells me I need to be quiet or I'll upset patients. Ok fine, I'm not there to upset people, but I also didn't know I was in a library, lol. My mom just couldn't believe the nurse was telling me to basically shut up. I couldn't help I was hurting so much and it's hard to stay quiet when you feel like every bone in your body is breaking at once and you're vomiting. I always seem to get the most uncompasstionate nurses ever. I know my comments I get don't compare to the rude ones all of you seem to get, but I just felt like sharing. Have a good week everyone.
Lindsey
