Thank you for the giggle, lol. I’m actually not sure, but there was a lady who became convinced doctors were lying to her and I believe it took a couple of months before she died. So… a couple of months?
Oof. It would be hilarious to try and take the bus to the Amtrak station in the city in which I live, go up one station to the city in which the dialysis center is located, take the bus to dialysis, have my dialysis, then go back. I’m not sure I could do that in a single day. Certainly not my chair time of 6:00am. But let’s see:
Well, alright. Actually, Amtrak ticket would be $11, which is not bad. And while the ride would be 4:21am-4:20am, I wouldn’t be able to get a bus until 6:00, getting to dialysis 25 minutes late.
The first obstacle is that I would have to leave my apartment for the Amtrak station at 11:30pm the previous day, as service doesn’t run in the middle of the night.
Nor are they available to disabled people. But people like @[email protected] think they have the whole world figured out because they have the privilege to do so.
In some ways, it was worse - when I lived in the same city as the dialysis place, before I was driving again, I took paratransit. Although it’s a “shared ride” and sometimes I’d actually have a fellow passenger, most of the time it was just me in the van. heh.
(Although I know for a fact that during “rush hour” they would sometimes have entire groups going close enough to need a van)
I drive to and from dialysis three times per week, and to the occasional medical appointment. Which of those exactly should I be skipping?
Take the bus. Or move within walking distance to a dialysis center.
Oh, you’re just full of practical tips.
How long without dialysis before you don’t use any gasoline at all?
Remember the anti-COVID vaccination push?
Thank you for the giggle, lol. I’m actually not sure, but there was a lady who became convinced doctors were lying to her and I believe it took a couple of months before she died. So… a couple of months?
You could skip all of them if you take a bus /train/bike. This is of course if you have the option. I don’t know your situation.
Wheelchair user, too, come to that. lol
Oof. It would be hilarious to try and take the bus to the Amtrak station in the city in which I live, go up one station to the city in which the dialysis center is located, take the bus to dialysis, have my dialysis, then go back. I’m not sure I could do that in a single day. Certainly not my chair time of 6:00am. But let’s see:
Well, alright. Actually, Amtrak ticket would be $11, which is not bad. And while the ride would be 4:21am-4:20am, I wouldn’t be able to get a bus until 6:00, getting to dialysis 25 minutes late.
The first obstacle is that I would have to leave my apartment for the Amtrak station at 11:30pm the previous day, as service doesn’t run in the middle of the night.
And there is the root of the problem.
Those options are increasingly not available in American cities
Nor are they available to disabled people. But people like @[email protected] think they have the whole world figured out because they have the privilege to do so.
In some ways, it was worse - when I lived in the same city as the dialysis place, before I was driving again, I took paratransit. Although it’s a “shared ride” and sometimes I’d actually have a fellow passenger, most of the time it was just me in the van. heh.
(Although I know for a fact that during “rush hour” they would sometimes have entire groups going close enough to need a van)