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I was continuously tripping and I didn't
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know why and it was actually neuropathy
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in my left foot and it came to the point
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where I tripped and I didn't get back up
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and I ended up in the hospital they
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diagnosed me with wrapped in my life
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neuropathy arm vascular it was a mixed
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bag I fell I didn't and I have a dent
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right in my chin and a duck on my head
What were your fears
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very uncertain very uncertain how I was
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going to be able to get to places a
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wheelchair isn't exactly easy to fold up
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and put in a trunk and it was very
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difficult um I felt scared uncertain
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that I didn't have control of everything
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and not that I wanted to control it but
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a lot of my choices were taking away
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from me very fearful very unsure of
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myself um not sure when my life was
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going to go there wasn't much control
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over your life people decided when you
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ate what you ate um where you could go
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where you couldn't go help Bayview um do
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your physical rehab and there was only
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so far you could go in the building so
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it made you feel isolated and my fear
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was never being able to bring my
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children home or not being able to live
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in a home due to my disabilities and
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only being able to take my Joe in a
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couple of days at a time
What did you do
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February of 2014 I started my housing
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search and I applied for a housing
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voucher and they were very difficult to
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get I left out because there were six
2:30
people from when housing that did not
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submit for an extension on their
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vouchers and they lost them and B CIL
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contacted me the very day they found out
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they faxed me the housing application
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and I filled it out within 10 minutes
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and faxed it right back and it took
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about a month and July 3rd 2013 I found
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I got my house without Jeff and I'd be
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able to home going out on your own
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having a lot of a long time it's
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frightening it's frightening because I
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was very very unsure of myself and
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exactly what my limitations would be
3:20
when I went back out into the community
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you have to be an individual at times
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and you have to sit there and think what
3:30
is the safest not what do I want and how
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am I going to look but how am I going to
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keep myself safe so that I can remain my
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home and not need to go back into the
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nursing we have I have my scooter which
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enables me to get to these places it
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enables me to have freedom that I can't
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walk a block in with the scooter I can
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access the beach the aides are with me
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so that's my passion the beach and I see
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what I can do and that I look at things
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and say okay I can do this but I just
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need a little help