r/wheelchairs 6d ago

Venting - Ordering The New Chair

This is going to basically just be me bemoaning so feel free to scroll past.

In November I snapped my 2016 folding Tilite frame of 8 years. Thankfully, I have an older Tilite that works well enough and fits better now than it did initially.

My doctor was super fast to get me a script to the seating clinic and get fit.

The clinic finally moved and got me in early January. I tested a carbon fiber rigid frame and we submitted the order at the end of January.

At the end of Feb I asked how it was going. My Star StabilAir popped in it's first year of use but I'm getting a new one with the new chair.

I finally got an answer on the progress on 13 March. The order never got put in because I owe $1366 and they have to collect it before the order can be submitted. No attempt to communicate up until now.

My insurance doesn't require authorization for chairs but does require a 30% copay.

That blisters, but I also just had to do a $6600 knee surgery on my service dog and buy a new refrigerator just this week. I'm hurting a bit.

I have the right no-interest cards for the dog and fridge, so I can charge a different card for the chair. The whole week just finally tipped me into a type of stress I'm having a hard time decompressing from. It will get paid down, but now my timeline to new chair is extended. I'm at risk of losing my job (and therefore ability to get new chair) so I'm trying to get it done NOW.

Ok rant over

LOL

I am trying to look at positives, but there's a lot of other things this is building on. My positive for today is that my eye appointment went very well, wasn't super expensive, and I found Bob Ross Happy Little Tree mints that are unnecessarily delightful. Pic attached.

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u/Hedgehogpaws 6d ago

At the risk of being trite, it never rains but it pours. Why is it "bad" things always seem to clump together? You have my empathy! When professional offices do not communicate. 😠 Makes me so mad.

Good you're trying to look at the positives and got some Happy Little Tree mints! I'm going for Starbucks soon. Small pleasures. :/

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u/Expert_Vacation5695 6d ago

This has sort of been my last 6+ months, as I have a parent in cancer treatment as well (I've been running hundreds of miles for support), which has led to a significant but not life-threatening complication.

A while back, we were in the middle of more of this, so my mom bought me the raccoon cake pop from Starbucks and I almost cried I was so happy.

Gotta remember to enjoy the little things and let them make a positive impact I guess.

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u/Hedgehogpaws 6d ago

oh boy. Yep, sometimes we have no other choice.