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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: GulfCoastSouth .... April 2014 rudely displanted to the cold wet windy gloomy NW coast.
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: GulfCoastSouth .... April 2014 rudely displanted to the cold wet windy gloomy NW coast.
Posts: 675
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Re: Mark's helpful suggestions for easing ourselves into driving
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Originally Posted by Mark in Idaho
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"Do you have any areas where you can drive with light traffic loads?"
< Fortunately for me, in this lovely little winding up & down coastal town, that's basically all it is. Yay. Can do fine.  Uptown within the city/colony limits 25 mph is it; 35mph is the max. @ the colony/city limits approaching the 4-lane hwys. The outer, 'more Suburban' 4-lane shopping areas, are 45 mph, tho'most are in-a-hurry flying through to/from the Gulf and beaches, at 50-60 mph.>
"Getting back into the discipline with minimal traffic can be a way to ease back." , < Indeed it has been so for me. I simply avoid the afterschool hours, etc. >
Do you have a rehab driving clinic in your area? Driving rehab therapists can be helpful. Not really available here; not too swift re: that here. No concern to me. I've learned to expect *nada* from this State re: any competent rehab resources. >
I do not drive just any day. I have to pick my good days. I also consider the traffic and other conditions. I try to avoid commute times. < Ditto here with me, Mark, in year#4. Everyday is simply a new & different day. Again, I am aware of how fortunate I am to live where I do, and where there's little big deal driving just around town. >
I have a 4x4 Isuzu Rodeo that keeps my focus on driving. I have the automatic transmission disconnected so I have to shift it by hand. < How interesting/fun to have read of your Isuzu Trooper. I had one I bought out West while living in the Great Sand Dunes Natl Monument valley of Colorado. Wow! What a Trooper indeed!! Great vehicle! >
It can be some tough decisions. I went for two years without driving at all. I even sold my car. Now, I drive only a few thousand miles a year. < Same for me, Mark. After driving houseguests here in January, I just didn't drive most of 2012, until these just recent weeks, of feeling & doing 'better', truly.> < And what I'm 'envisioning' for me, is somehow manage to get a good, well-taken-care-of electric golf cart ... and maybe a bicycle ... and give up the expense and maintenance on the Volvo, which I drive so little anyway!! 
Be safe.
My best to you all. |
Much appreciation to you & yours, Mark. And for all your time, energy, good will, excellent info and good work on here. Kudos!.
Sincerely,
Theta
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50s Babyboomer; 2008 high-impact rear-ended/totalled-MVC, closed-head injury->pcs ... "Still dealing with it."
1993, Fell on black ice; first closed-head injury; life-altering. // 2014 Now dealing with Peripheral Neuropathy, tremors, shakiness, vestibular disorder, akithesia, anhedonia, yada yada, likely thanks to rx meds // 2014: uprooted to the cold wet gray NW coast, trying to find a way back home ... where it's blue sky and warm!
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Each and every day I am better and better. I affirm and give thanks that it is so. // 2014-This was still true for me last year, I truly felt this a year ago. Unfortunately it holds no meaning for me now. Odd, it was the Theta mantra for years. Change change change.
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