Hi, sorry to hear your disappointing news. As a survivor with a field cut in my vision and I still struggle with Left side neglect. I was taught in rehab to adapt and compensate. I compensate for the left side neglect by turning my head to the left so my right eye sees the whole field of vision. But it took alot of repetion to automatically turn my head and compensate. Maybe before the next seating clinic, you both can practice the compensating. It won't happen overnight that he will remember to turn his head and use the other eye, but at this point it is worth a shot.

Lots of luck to you both,

Pam

That really is royal disappointment! I have a prescription for a power chair for Don but I keep putting off making an appointment to go through the process of getting one because I feel like it will turn out like yours. He'll get his hopes up just to be dashed and I'll have wasted a lot of time.

I wouldn't be so quick to turn your family's offer down. They probably feel badly that they can't help more as it is and used power chairs aren't as expensive as you might think. Often times people just want to see them go to a good home. We got a used one given to us. It worked good for two years, but now needs some major work.

The best thing we did since the stroke was move to a house with no ramps. When I weighed our freedom to be on the go up against a house I'd lived in for decades, the house had to go.

Jean

You mean those ads I see on TV are wrong? They practically promise a chair.

Why don't you suggest the therapist push and lift a chair where there are no ramps. Most of all (and I'm putting my foot in my mouth----_I blame the Stroke Association. They will not stand on their own and hide behind the Heart Association. I know people who have had heart problems and automatically get chairs if needed, and parking permits when it is a known fact that some people with heart conditions are to have simple "exercise" like walking. The Stroke Association does not fully look out for us. Also, while they are good to give warning signals, what about those who are beyond that? Or simple put "What have you done for me lately?"

I think the situation stinks!

Phyllis