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

This past week was the worst of the pandemic so far for me. 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 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. I sat in a recliner chair for days and 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. 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. 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.