Jim Schneider

Between voice access and Google Assistant I am able to do anything I want on the phone without ever touching it! Google is doing unbelievable things for the disabled community, check it out.

As I’m on Medicare with a supplemental and a drug policy I have been concerned how this is billed.  If it is as a drug and is billed to the drug plan I would be out of luck.  My Spinraza is billed to Medicare part B and is paid but my drug policy isn’t going to pay anything.

Anyone else in the same predicament?

Unfortunately the last few years I have had cause to be transferred many times.  When the hospital calls to confirm an appointment we always inform them we will need a Hoyer lift to transfer.  I bring my own sling along because it works better than theirs.  I refuse to allow transfers by lifting me, been hurt before and never again.  More and mor…[Read more]

Alyssa what are they?  They look really warm.

Google Pixel phones have a voice access feature built in that lets you totally control the phone by voice.  You can do everything totally by voice.  It works great!

What did you have to do to qualify?  Do you have to live in a certain area for them to provide a dog.  How long is the waiting list time?  Hope everything goes great for you in the training.

Good luck, Jim

Demand they wear masks or find a new supplier even if it means a delay!

Hopefully a more forgiving world where the main belief is “Live and Let Live”.

I have a folder with a drug list, Doctor contact page with all my doctors info listed, full medical  history and a list of procedures and major tests.  It also has a will, power of attorney and medical directives.  (Not really needed because after 45 years my wife knows me well enough to know what I want.  Plus I told her I would come back and hau…[Read more]

I was supposed to start with my first dose early this month in St Louis.  I am also taking the anti-clotting drug Plavix that I will have to come off of a few days before hand.  My problem is no one is returning my calls so I have no idea what is going on!  I have been waiting over 6 months to get started and now a pandemic maybe somebody’s tryi…[Read more]

Just don’t want to become one of the statistics with those nasty underlying health conditions. Hibernate till summer!

From past experience I can tell you that too much exercise can “burn out muscle”.  I lost strength after too heavy of a program recommended by a physical therapist.  Now this was 30 years ago when a lot less was known about SMA 3.  Heck it wasn’t even called that then!

My entire house is controlled by a HomeSeer automation system. Lights, Outlets, HVAC, TV & Audio, Drapes, Door Locks, Fish Pond, Lawn Sprinklers, etc.  I have Echo or Google units in every room that talk to HomeSeer to control everything.  Life is much easier with automation!!!

Always have a couple of bread bags in the backpack for the joystick.  Have a huge oversized poncho that will cover me and the chair if it was really really bad.