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#1 Click this link to see Blog page --> 09/26/2025

My recent trips to the clinic and the hospital proved I need to look into getting a #Wheelchair. Tracey scheduled an appointment to have someone come to the house and give us some options.

MjL

#2 Click this link to see Blog page --> 11/29/2025

Around the first of last September I noticed a lump on the back of my right calf. I went to the OSF here in Morton a couple weeks later to get it looked at and to do my yearly useless meet & greet. Bupkis. No idea what the lump is. The APRN scheduled a doppler sonogram for the following week. Again. No clear diagnosis. Let us know if it gets worse. It gets worse and also another very similar lump in the same area on my left calf. A month later I’m finally referred to a vascular surgeon. The first thing he says is that it is not vascular, has no idea why I was referred to him and that it is a “soft tissue mass”. Tells me it could be cancer and refers me to get a CT scan and a needle biopsy. CT scheduled in ten days.

(Note: this guy became a practicing physician just this past summer; not much experience and it shows. At least he speaks fairly good English, but he has no clue about my #LumpyLegs.)

Parallel story. We have known for some time I need to get a wheel chair. I just can’t walk very far at all or spend much time on my feet. Trying to find a wheel chair at these facilities can be hit or miss. Tracey took on the task of dealing with what has turned out to be a daunting, frustrating and time consuming combination of tasks. Since I am physically large (obese) I need a large chair. We need a wheel chair ramp, a wider front door, and a van to haul me and the chair around in. Tracey has managed, with many delays and encounters with horrid salespeople, to order all of these shifting puzzle pieces.

I will be chronicling these quests in future and decided to start now that we have a #Wheelchair waiting in a warehouse to be delivered when we get the #Ramp and #WideDoor installed. A Dodge #ProMaster van is on order too.

MjL

#3 Click this link to see Blog page --> 12/17/2025

#PowerOutage again some time before 11 p.m. and only now just returned. The Blog will suffer once again I’m afraid. We didn’t get much sleep and we have a busy day ahead. Our new front #WideDoor (to allow for #Wheelchair) is to be installed in a few hours.

MjL

#4 Click this link to see Blog page --> 12/18/2025

Shortly after the door installers arrived, Tracey and I went to E. Peoria to check out my new #Wheelchair. (Aaron is still visiting so he kept an eye on the installers.) I got to ride in it from our car, up a ramp and into the store where I rode it around for a little bit. Some adjustments were made to the height of the foot rests, the controller joystick, and the headrest. I maneuvered around the store a while to get used to the controls and was rather pleased I didn’t crash into anyone or any thing. Then back out to the car and we returned home. The chair will be stored there until we get the ramp and door finished so we can get it into the house.

MjL

#5 Click this link to see Blog page --> 01/07/2026

My #Wheelchair was delivered Monday afternoon. I took it for a spin out the new front door and down the ramp. I have a learning curve yet because I had some trouble negotiating the turns and the small bump down off the curb. We also need a rug to park it on to keep the road dirt contained.

MjL

#6 Click this link to see Blog page --> 01/11/2026

We had ordered a four-inch high curb ramp and it arrived yesterday. It works great to get me over the curb and is positioned in front of the larger ramp up to the porch. We went up to the square, a small park a few blocks from us. My first journey in the #Wheelchair and it was good to get out of the house.

MjL