OMG! Yes Dave...man up...you are being a wimpy whiny cry baby.

Now for the reality check...

There is absolutely nothing wrong with what you are feeling and how you are struggling. Remember that you have no control over the symptoms you experience as you are doing everything you can to help yourself with medications, procedures and taking care of you body.

If you need a handicapped sticker for your car---go get one. In my state, my doc filled out the form that I got from the DMV. I took it back to the DMV and they issued my tags. I am handicapped parking until 2015 right now.

I will tell you the same thing my doc told me when I got my stickers. If you feel you can..park where you want to and walk when you can. If you don't feel like you can walk far--use the sticker. That was three years ago when I was able to walk much more..after the ambulance had to pull me out of the car and take me to the ER. Now...I always use my sticker.

Go get a sticker David...

HUGS!

my GF always tells me to get a handicapped sticker and my excuse is "i could not imagine taking a spot and someone who really needs it misses out ...etc" i think my ego has taken a hit with eveything else "LMAO" so if i can hold on to this for a bit then i will... " I AM MAN " i totally understand David.

Yes, when I'm having a good day I won't take up space at the front. I often will push a little harder if there is only one space and someone might need it more than me. Then some days I turn around and go home if there isn't a HC spot available.

I wouldn't even think of measuring whether your injuries "deserve" your feeling of frustration. You are so respectful and caring of everyone else all the time. Finding something difficult that didn't used to be difficult is maddening and often scary. We don't know the future and can't pretend we are immortal anymore.

Hey David. No, you are not a wimp. A goof sometimes, but not a wimp! Use the sticker when you need to without guilt.

Giggly hugs,
Theresa

David, You are such a wonderful guy! You have "manned up".
You are couragous and now it is time to get the handicapped sticker. Love you! Pauli

David,

You should have your Doc give you a handicap letter for the DMV, here in Fla. we do it every 5 years, and I just hang the placard from my rear view mirror. And no, you have manned up enough already, so go get the letter, OK?

Hugs,

In NC they have a form that you bring to your doctor and it's a thing you hang on the mirror, also good for 5 years.

I would never use it unless I had to. When my wife and I go shopping she drives. It's not the walking as much as the carrying.

David! i've been having the same problem!!!!! your not a wimp at all. each time i go to my theripist or my doctor it gets more difficult by the week to walk across the parking lot. i don't have alot of problems carrying i'm just not that strong. but the parking lot each time i go reminds me that i'm getting worse. i've thought about handicap plates or somehting but i don't think i'm there yet. with my canes i can now get across the parking lot. but like you i have those thoughts like "there are people way worse off than me and they need the spots"
its completly normal to have these thoughts and feelings. if you need it you need it.

big big hugs
rachel

I have passed on tags for quite awhile now but as the years go by I get closer to asking for them. Do what you have to, too make your life easier.

Yes david do what makes it easyer for you your not wimp. hugs minnie

David, I didn't mean you need it all the time I just meant you would have it when you need it. I understand about the carrying things. That is the same thing I have.

That you are working with your pain range already shows that you don't abuse any system but in fact push yourself yourself everyday dispite what you are feeling. Sometimes you need to give yourself a break and getting the tags is just a small accommedation for days when it is just too much. I hope you do it. Hugs, Barbara

Hi Dave!!! lt seems that the concensus says to get the tag. lt's good to have especially when U have conditions beyond ur control (rain, snow hi-wind). Dont deny urself when u need it. l got manly 1 day & was so worn out l dint see & fell on the step going into a store!! So... JUST get the dang thing!! Peace out
God Bless

I think you should go for the tag and use it when you need to. It's not wimping out. Gentle Hugs.

I just got the placard last fall. With my RA I have good days and bad days. But then I got sidelined with the neuropathy and balance issues, and then threw in my knee stuff that really sent me over the edge - my neuro doc signed for them! And Permanent ones at that! Of course he checked off permanent but it expires in 2012, I'm sure he'll renew them.

And like others have stated here, on good days, I don't use it. At least if you HAVE them, you have a CHOICE whether to use it that day or not!!

Go get some!!