And it begins...

        Hey everyone!  I hope you all had a good week,  Last week I said I would have exciting things to talk about this week so here it is...  I'm getting a new chair!!!!  I'm so excited!  To say that I am due for a new one is an understatement to say the least.  Today I kind of just wanted to talk a little bit about the process of getting a new motorized wheelchair and what's been done so far.  

        Contrary to popular belief, getting a new motorized wheelchair is not as simple as "Here are the options, pick your favorite and it's yours!" especially in my case.  You see, I have pretty bad scoliosis (curving of the spine) so that means my seat has to be custom made to fit me so it's as comfortable as possible.  I also need to make sure I have all the adaptive technology I might need in order to make it easier to drive said motorized wheelchair.  All that requires different professionals, appointments, fighting with insurance companies (they only like to pay for what they think is necessary, which is the bare minimum) which makes the entire process last for almost half a year at least.

        Friday I had my first consultation with a physical therapist and wheelchair guy from Salt Lake City.  We talked about why I need something new, what isn't working with this chair, and what things I would like to have on the new chair.  You should have seen there faces when they found out I've had my chair for almost 9 years.  The faces of nervous laughter and horror was because you're supposed to get a new chair way sooner than that.  As you read above, that process can be a little bit of a headache though so we try to push it off for as long as we can.  The funny thing is after it's done, we ask ourselves why we didn't do it sooner.

        That's it for this week.  I thought about doing a question and answer post soon so if you have any random questions you would like me to answer, leave them in the comments.  Bye for now!