11-06-2020, 07:53 AM
Escaped from a nursing home. It might not be as good a story as you folks think. I have lots of better ones. But here goes. Two years ago I was dealing with all sorts of falling, shaking, dizziness etc. related to my benign brain tumor and I got scared. It was after the wife left me and I was alone couldn’t keep up with the lawn and other work work around home. My minor seizures were so frequent that I wasn’t supposed to drive anymore. so I signed myself into an old folks home. They wanted me to use their doctor, and There pharmacy, and tell me what to do and when to do it. I was stubborn went back to my own doctor had to pay extra to get a ride there but it worked out. He put me on some new medicine adjusted everything around and when my one year contract ran out with the facility I walked out. Got my drivers license back and I lived in a one room apartment in a dumpy end of town for about six months until I could buy and outfit a van to live in. I still have a very hard time walking, I use either two canes or a walker depending on how far I’m going. And I have times when I have no energy at all. I’m not gonna go into all the details but I am having to live with all sorts of medical problems. I was in reagular Contact Bob Wells Before and during my time in the nursing home. I told him he should do a video on somebody who wanted to be a van dweller and waited till too late. He thought I would be the one to do that with because I was so depressed in the home I knew I would never get out and realize my dream of full timing. I mixed up my timing with KC about the video and it never got done. So I made up my mind that I’m getting out of this place and full timing in a van. Downsizing was easy because I had to get rid of everything to go in that *$##@ home. I got rid of all my camping equipment, tools, swivel seats and stuff I saved for a new van and tons of stuff that I could use right now. I thought it was over. Now I’m struggling along dealing with a lot of problems but I’m out on my own and I’m free and heading to Florida in a few weeks. If things get bad and I have to go into a nursing home again they’re going to have to shoot me and drag me in there.
Told you watch that great of a story. And as for reading every link in that thread I ain’t that nuts. Maybe someday when I have nothing else to do, if I was sitting in a nursing home, God forbid. So maybe I just need to tell you a joke you haven’t heard. I have a couple related to us Amish and Mennonites That might work.
Told you watch that great of a story. And as for reading every link in that thread I ain’t that nuts. Maybe someday when I have nothing else to do, if I was sitting in a nursing home, God forbid. So maybe I just need to tell you a joke you haven’t heard. I have a couple related to us Amish and Mennonites That might work.
Escaped from a nursing home. Full time since June 1, 2020. 1998 dodge conversion van. East coast Snowbird. From near Hershey PA. It’s nice to be important but it’s more important to be nice. God bless the nomads, all of us!