>>>>BTW: I showed him the HC plate, and he pronounced it a fake. Everybody knows that motorcycles cannnot be handicapped!
Know the feeling. I drive a Competition Yellow Mica Pearl tricoat 1993 Honda Del Sol. It was hit by a deer and instead of using OEM replacement parts, I used an after market body kit to put it back together. I just topped 164K miles but it loooks goood. I had both fascia removed from the bottom of my feet, due to plantar fibromatosis, so I am basically walking on bones with no padding other than a bit of skin.On top of that, when they did the surgery they messed up two nerves digging the lump out. Imagine walking on hot coal, all the time.
You should see the nasty looks I get when I use my permit. Then I think of how many hours its going to take to recover from this short trip to radio shack and how many narcotic analgesics and say F’em. I dont use a wheelchair yet and won’t until it is required. If there is a non HC space nearby thats not taken I do try and leave a spot open for the “vans” and such but if none are available within 50’ or so I will jump in the HC spot in a heartbeat. Come walk in my shoes.
I am walking in your shoes. And I have the same strategy - if there’s a space, leave the HC’s alone, if not, then it’s OK.
My main issue today is Stenosis where the holes in the backbone for the nerves are too small, causing the nerve to grate on the bone. not comfortable. I also have a bad ankle from a MC accident awhile back, but the stenosis thing is major at this time.
It always hurts, but some days are worse than others. sometimes I walk like a ‘normal’ person, but it still hurts with each step.
I’ve had flareups commence in mid stride, and no warning until I’m writhing on the floor in agony. Takes a week or so to be able to stand again, and it never gets completely better...