# Ask The Real Live Guy In A Real Wheelchair. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 3, 2012, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-real-live-guy-in-a-real-wheelchair/630307 "2012-08-03T15:41:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2012, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-real-live-guy-in-a-real-wheelchair/630307/61 "2012-08-05T10:37:05Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Thanks for starting this thread, **BMalion**. As always, I marvel at your positive attitude. Glad your new wheels are to your liking! Thank you! Your friendship has helped greatly. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-real-live-guy-in-a-real-wheelchair/630307/62 "2012-08-06T00:14:50Z")
Oh, I am not dead yet. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-real-live-guy-in-a-real-wheelchair/630307/63 "2012-08-06T00:35:49Z")
> [@BMalion](#): > > Oh, I am not dead yet. Cite? ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-real-live-guy-in-a-real-wheelchair/630307/64 "2012-08-06T00:52:52Z")
I must say your positive attitude is simply awe-inspiring. Keep on truckin’ (wheelin) bro! ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-real-live-guy-in-a-real-wheelchair/630307/65 "2012-08-06T01:07:26Z")
Love the picture of your new wheels, Brian! That’s one sharp looking ride! So I guess the ramp isn’t built yet…are they putting on the front of the house or the back? If it’s the front, maybe you could get them to add a porch like this house I pass down on Hilliard…most beautiful porch/ramp combo I’ve seen! Though I suspect you are getting the Basic Model Ramp, right? But with a front porch you could do some major stuff on Halloween! And I have a ton more soup in the freezer if you’d like some more. And I just unearthed a Hitchcock DVD if you want to borrow it. 26 hours, 20 movies on 4 DVD’s…some I’ve never heard of. The Chaney Vase, The Sorceror’s Apprentice, Blackmail, Champagne…etc. I still say this is a ploy to make sure all future CleveDopeFests are held at YOUR place, but at least you’ll let us bring food and clean up after the next one! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-real-live-guy-in-a-real-wheelchair/630307/66 "2012-08-06T01:49:40Z")
> [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#): > > Cite? Pics, or you’re bleedin’ demised! ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-real-live-guy-in-a-real-wheelchair/630307/67 "2012-08-06T02:05:07Z")
The proffessionals will decide the best ramp for my property, it will probubly be a lift. I love your soup! Yes, all future Dopefests in Cleveland will be here, oh darn. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-real-live-guy-in-a-real-wheelchair/630307/68 "2012-08-06T02:39:23Z")
> [@BMalion](#): > > The proffessionals will decide the best ramp for my property Don’t completely remove yourself from the decision-making process for this ramp and what will/won’t be needed. I went through something similar when I first was paralyzed and living with my parents and had their house renovated with a ramp. The initial plans for the ramp included features that I adamently insisted wouldn’t be needed (such as handrails and other things) and that I didn’t want. I had to do a fair bit of convincing in order to let the “professionals” include my preferences in favor of what they had planned but it ultimately worked out for the best. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-real-live-guy-in-a-real-wheelchair/630307/69 "2012-08-06T03:28:26Z")
Thank you. It will probubly be a lift, owing to the size of my propery and the height of my stairs. I meant that they know the building codes and I don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-real-live-guy-in-a-real-wheelchair/630307/70 "2012-08-06T04:18:50Z")
> [@BMalion](#): > > Thank you. It will probubly be a lift, owing to the size of my propery and the height of my stairs. > > I meant that they know the building codes and I don’t. Oh. Gotcha. :o ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-real-live-guy-in-a-real-wheelchair/630307/71 "2012-08-06T14:39:14Z")
But the advice is still good. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-real-live-guy-in-a-real-wheelchair/630307/72 "2012-08-06T16:40:10Z")
I sent you a Friend request on FB. When you see the request from someone with a last name you can’t pronounce, that’ll be me. 😃 And congrats on your new mobility! ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-real-live-guy-in-a-real-wheelchair/630307/73 "2012-08-06T16:45:58Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > I sent you a Friend request on FB. When you see the request from someone with a last name you can’t pronounce, that’ll be me. 😃 > > And congrats on your new mobility! Cool, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-real-live-guy-in-a-real-wheelchair/630307/74 "2012-08-08T04:02:43Z")
Update: I now have PT and OT twice a week at my home (Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy). Thursday a company is coming to do an assesment on my house for a stair-glide and a wheel-in shower. My nuerologist will be starting me on a new drug that might show promise. On a humorous note, I was at a buddy’s house on Sunday for a BBQ. When he was helping me into the house to use the bathroom, he actually asked if I was able to remove my shoes! I told him that if I sat down to remove my shoes, I would no longer need the bathroom, but he’d need a mop! ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-real-live-guy-in-a-real-wheelchair/630307/75 "2012-09-21T20:41:27Z")
Update (and bump): I just got approved for a Medicaid Waiver! ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-real-live-guy-in-a-real-wheelchair/630307/76 "2012-09-21T21:25:24Z")
Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-real-live-guy-in-a-real-wheelchair/630307/77 "2012-09-21T21:28:13Z")
> [@BMalion](#): > > Update (and bump): > > I just got approved for a Medicaid Waiver! It’s only waiver thin… ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-real-live-guy-in-a-real-wheelchair/630307/78 "2012-09-21T23:28:38Z")
> [@An\_Gadai](#): > > It’s only waiver thin… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-real-live-guy-in-a-real-wheelchair/630307/79 "2012-09-22T03:10:14Z")
Oh yeah? How do we know you’re _still_ a real live guy in a wheelchair? ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-real-live-guy-in-a-real-wheelchair/630307/80 "2012-09-22T03:18:13Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > Oh yeah? How do we know you’re _still_ a real live guy in a wheelchair? There will probubly be an open house for trick or treat. C’mon over! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-real-live-guy-in-a-real-wheelchair/630307.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-real-live-guy-in-a-real-wheelchair/630307.md?page=5)