Subj : Greetings
To   : All
From : George Pope
Date : Mon Apr 12 2021 22:25:08

Green things & hallucinations from near Vancouver, BC, Canada.

My name is George Pope; I'm a hemiplegic(since a burst aneurysm in Jan-1990) 
& I have some ADHD that's been hard to shake & I'm on the autism spectrum
(Asperger's)

I work for my community, including finding & sharing information of value to
those living with a disability, &/or those living in poverty here.

My job, now only PT, is to find doctors & other medical providers throughout
the world for my employer to use in providing services to the insured
beneficiaries of our corporate underwriter clients, although we've recently
spread out into offering our services retail.

I'm personally skilled at finding the best priced medical services, including
renoegotiating overly high US hospital bills, & ensuring no over-
treatment(e.g. liver biopsy for a mosquito bite) in foreign countries'
hospitals.

Who are you  where you at? & what do you do?  How does your disability affect
your ability to live the life you want?

Or hmu with whaytever you'd rather talk about, trying to maintain some on-
topic chat for this utterly empty echo. . .

I was on Fidonet & dozens of DOS dial-up BBSes for years before the internet
hit it big & became commonplace.

I've owbed & operated a few over the years; I'll reclaim my old FUNNY echo,
once I can figure my point software out. . .

(dain bramage from overly exuberant experimentation/use in my youth, plus
several major brain damaging incidents:
1) Aneurysm, led to. . .
2) Hydrocephalus, led to. . .
3) Stroke, led to. . .
4) left side paralysis; I get by alright now, with my powerchair for going
out.

Not too many falls since January 1990, & all but one(syncope about 7 years
ago) I managed to keep my head from hitting anything, including the ground.

I operate well enough one-handed, typing up to 80WPM (mostly only around 30-
50, though, when not using proper keyboard)

I had leaerned how to tie my shoes one-handed, but now do velcro or traps,
last I hasd shoes I could get on my hugely swollen left foot.  Mostlly I just
go out in sock fet only now. . . so much easier.  Double socks if the
temperature is below 10`C.

I'm married with two kids, one grown(31), one 'only' 12, iving in a townhouse
with stairs (14) between main floor (Living room(tv) & kitchen) & 2nd floor
(bedrooms(incl. my home office in the master's), main bath)

I left home when I was about 12 years old, never to return (I figured I could
do it better alone -- meh. . . had a fun bunch of adventures, though, & met
thousands of interesting people.)

Now I'm a homebody (being crippled squelched the wanderlust)

Yes, I use sucxh a term to describe myself on occasion, because words are
merely descriptors, with no inherent power of their own.

Anyone non-crippled calls me such, & I'm likely to call them a TAB
(Temporarily Able-Bodied)

I don't take life or myself too seriously. I only take my family, my word of
honour, & my chosen obligations seriously.

Ok, AMA. . . :) 

Your friend,

<+]:{)}
Cyberpope, Bishop of ROM
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