The Philippines, especially Dumaguete or any similarly/smaller sized city, is not somewhere you want to be if your mobility is limited (unless you have a lot of money and can afford all the helpers/drivers/caretakers you are going to need). Access for the disabled is not a priority in the country. Sounds like this disability is only going to make her spew more venom as she becomes even more bitter with how the Philippines treats disabled people. From what you have said here it also sounds like her medical situation is only going to get worse (and more expensive). Sorry life has thrown this at you. Best of luck to ya.
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Perhaps this is cold, I don't know, but I read it on the wall of a fellow student's digs back in 1970: The brevity of life is the greatest boon in preventing the intolerable from becoming interminable.- Like x 2
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First-hand personal experience here.....my late husband was wheelchair-bound and we lived in Dumaguete and in Manila for a short while. It is not very wheelchair friendly at all; we had to pick and choose where we went. The malls were always good. Getting around on the streets was not good. Your ex may fair a bit better since she can get around somewhat without a wheelchair, meaning, she may be able to get out of the wheelchair to navigate some areas that are not so wheelchair friendly, and this is assuming she has someone with her at all times to assist her.
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It might sound cold, but the reality is, if she suffers another stroke or brain bleed, it's doubtful she will survive it. Even if she's here in the USA, the Dr's seemed iffy at best, about survivability of another episode. They had to drain 600 ml of blood from her last bleed.- Informative x 2
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Depends where in Gusa she want to go. According to google map does the Robinsons Supermarket in Gusa have a wheelchair ramp. I assume that the Capitol University Medical Center in Gusa will have also some wheelchair ramps. Rose Pharmacy seems wheelchair accessible also. Mercury Drug Store is not clearly visible on the map because someone parked in the front of the store.
I hope that will be a little help for you.- Like x 2