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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.

<strong> This past week was the worst</strong> of the pandemic so far for me.<strong> I live in Texas and our power went out last Sunday night and didn't come back on until Thursday evening. We had to evacuate</strong> our home after the situation became untenable. We went to my roommate's sister's house. She had a gas fireplace and we sat in front of it for days. <strong> I sat in a recliner chair for days</strong> and<strong> my manual wheelchair wouldn't fit in the narrow hall to the bathroom so I had to walk a lot more than my knees are really capable of.</strong> The resulting pain is intense. Thankfully we are back home but the fear of another power outage looms large. My body will take a couple of weeks to recover and I am in another colitis flare, probably from the stress and also limited diet during the outage.<strong> We're discussing measures to be taken to be more prepared because I expect that it will happen again. I am very grateful to have heat, water and a safe place to live right now.</strong>