The cost of being a loner

[Warpy]

2. You live in a city

so look through the Yellow Pages, call Elder Services or even call your doctor's office. A lot of us are in the same boat (I am, old and sick, family all gone, friends moved away) so I take a cab to surgeries and a specialty van home. I think the difference is the van driver knows enough to take you back to the hospital if you're not conscious when you get home.

You have a lot of company out there. That's why those services are in business. The cab there is cheaper, but they will release you to the medical transport vans to get you home.

My parents lived out in the sticks in Florida. I don't know how the hell they managed. I live in the inner city so I know services are there when I need them.

Getting old sucks.