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Now my landlady's car is having a problem. We already can barely pay for petrol, I've had to make a mutual aid post for help with the repairs. Another wonder of being disabled - if I could walk more than a few minutes it wouldn't be an issue, I could just walk or get the bus. But the nearest bus stop is half a mile away. When you're disabled every problem is magnified.
Have you considered changing your name to Job?
Also could a walker or a wheelchair or any other kind of mobility aid do anything for you (Ignoring the issue of the cost of a suitable wheelchair for the moment)?
I've looked into a mobility scooter. You have to pay for that, even to use one temporarily, so no. I don't think I'd even be considered disabled enough for a wheelchair on the NHS and even if I was, you often have to pay towards that anyway. I have been lent crutches on the NHS for free but it's hard getting around on them, I don't have much upper body strength.
Hmm. Sometimes you can find a cheap wheelchair for sale but its always one of those unmotorised ones and that may not be a solution if you don't have the upper body strength, and they're a nightmare to get into busses if you don't have someone to set up the ramp. I wish I had a solution for you. All I can say is hang in there and I hope it gets better.