Hi, Ardith...   
      
    DS>  I saw a T-shirt once that noted "I'm here to save your   
    DS>  butt, not kiss it"!!   
      
    AH@>           Good one... [chuckle].   
      
     I thought you'd like that one. :)   
      
    DS>  To medical people, nudity means nothing to them. So, when   
    DS>  they tell me to get naked, I used to reply "how fast??".   
      
    AH@>           Uh-huh.  I'll ask if it's really necessary to remove xxx   
    AH@> and/or warn them that it could take me awhile, but I don't object....   
    AH@> :-)   
      
     I'd rather go ahead and get totally nude before the procedure, then   
   for them to stop so I could remove a piece of clothing.    
      
    AH@>           We have similar problems WRT our daughter... no, she can't   
    AH@> "just hop up" onto the examining table.  When the patient arrives with   
    AH@> a cane, a walker, or a wheelchair you might think they'd have a clue.   
      
     Reminds me of the time where the nurse was asking for a stool sample, yet   
   they hadn't fed me in 3 days, because they thought they'd have to do an   
   appendectomy...if only she had read the chart (sigh!).   
      
    AH@> Evidently my assignment is to make clear to others what our needs   
    AH@> are....  :-)   
      
     And, yet...even with an explanation, as clear as you can make it, they   
   still have the "deer in the headlights" look on their faces. Go figure.   
      
    AH@>           I know many people who use one or another, depending on how   
    AH@> far they are going.  If you have difficulty getting up onto an   
    AH@> examining table & you're concerned about falling I think you'd be a lot   
    AH@> happier with a power chair than with a scooter.  I'll gladly share with   
    AH@> you the various reasons we decided the former was preferable in our   
    AH@> daughter's case at such time as the bean counters would like you to use   
    AH@> a "shoprider" because the $$$ is considerably less.  ;-)   
      
     My late wife, Janice, had a scooter, that our dachshund loved to ride on.   
   She let me try working with it once, and I nearly wrecked it!! That was the   
   end of that!! I've used the manual chairs at times over the years, and they   
   really are a workout!!   
      
   Daryl   
      
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