Handicapped plaque

[Rockporter]

To get or not to get one is the question?

I have always parked in the outer section of the parking lot because I couldn't stand all the cars so close together that you can't get into your own vehicle without hitting the mirrors on other peoples cars. Or, the wind is so strong here most of the time you have to hold your door close to get out so it doesn't get whiplash and smash the car next to you in a strong wind.

Now that I have been having problems with breathing and my heart, I have been parking next to the cart storage so I don't have to walk far from my truck to put the cart away. Of course I have been parking like this for years because I was having trouble breathing and needed to be as close to the store as possible.

But I am now considering asking my doctor for a handicapped plaque for my truck. I can't walk far without getting out of breath. I am okay if I just go to one store and get parked close enough to the front of the store by the cart storage racks. But if I need to go to big town 28 miles away then it means going to numerous places in the same day.

Today I wanted to go to big town for mothers day dinner but decided against it because I was tired from working with hubby on the compost cage. I did not want to go to all the other places I needed to go to also, so I skipped it. I'll go this week instead. We just went to walmart and I am exhausted, just walking in the store.

So, to get a handicapped parking plaque or not to?

Would you? I have fought against having one for so long I just wonder if it is in fact time to get one. I have three forms of arthritis on top of the lung and heart problem. So, I have reason to get one, I just don't "look sick" if you know what I mean.