{"id":1149,"date":"2018-11-01T02:17:28","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T07:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journey.jayctheriot.com\/?p=1149"},"modified":"2018-11-01T02:17:28","modified_gmt":"2018-11-01T07:17:28","slug":"two-contradictory-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jayscafe.net\/?p=1149","title":{"rendered":"Two contradictory goals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>#KennedysDisease #SBMA #Success #ExtremeSpasticity #AcceptanceWithoutSurrender<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two contradictory\ngoals I am failing to remove from contradictory stances:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1) Lower, manageable\nelectric bills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2) Medical necessity\nto have a very cool environment. (65 degrees.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Background:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1) Lower, manageable\nelectric bills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, our\nelectric bill hovers around $300. This is up from $125 before I\ninstalled a window unit to keep my room cool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2) My condition,\nsimilar to multiple sclerosis, is exacerbated by higher temperatures.\n I have found that temperatures close to 65 degrees is my best\noperating temperature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional\ninformation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1) Lower, manageable\nelectric bills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\nThe central\n\tHVAC would need to be set into the 60s to get the house at a more\n\tlivable state for me.  This would considerably raise the monthly\n\telectric bill.  Even with payment averaging, the dramatic rise would\n\tcontinue to be so.  In South Louisiana, our winters are like other\u2019s\n\tsummers.\n\t<\/li><li>\nVisitors to\n\tthe house would need to be provided blankets.\n\t<\/li><li>\nOther\n\toccupants of the home would need to use electric blankets at night\n\tso they could sleep comfortable.\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>2) Medical necessity\nto have a very cool environment. (65 degrees.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\nMy muscles\n\tcontract in temperatures above 68.  They contract all the time, but\n\tabove 68, considerable pain is noted.\n\t<\/li><li>\nMy ability to\n\tbreath is impacted.  My chest tightens and I feel like I can\u2019t\n\tfill my lungs.  It is more than a feeling.  My vital capacity is\n\tlowered, however O2 levels remain between 86% to 97%.  It follows\n\tthe traditional bell-curve, centered on 94% VO2.\n\t<\/li><li>\nFunctioning\n\toutside of my room is problematic.  However, if I don\u2019t want to be\n\tin a 14\u2019 x 14\u2019 prison, I spend as much time out of my room. \n\tRetreating to it only when I can no longer perform at any level.  \n\t\n\t<\/li><li>\nMy room is a\n\tmess. Largely because when I am in it, my ability is marginalized. \n\tI spend most of my time in my room, as my ability is marginalize\n\tabout 95% of the day.\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Contradiction<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Experiments have\nshown decreasing the overall temperature of the house provides me\nwith a greater amount of freedom of mobility and overall quality of\nlife.  However, the impact on the electric bill is dramatic.  I tried\nit one time and the bill spiked to almost $400.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How can these two opposing goals be rectified? I\u2019m at a loss.\u00a0 I ask for comments and suggestions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Christ,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jay C. \u201cJazzy_J\u201d Theriot<br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jay C. Theriot can usually be found as \u201cJazzy_J\u201d on the IRC Channel #ExtremeSpasticity on Freenode.net \u2013&gt; see: <a href=\"irc:\/\/irc.freenode.net\/ExtremeSpasticity\">irc:\/\/irc.freenode.net\/ExtremeSpasticity<\/a>. You will need an IRC Client such as HexChat to connect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two contradictory goals I am failing to remove from contradictory stances: 1) Lower, manageable electric bills. 2) Medical necessity to have a very cool environment. (65 degrees.) Background: 1) Lower, manageable electric bills. Currently, our electric bill hovers around $300. This is up from $125 before I installed a window unit to keep my room [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jayscafe.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jayscafe.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jayscafe.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jayscafe.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jayscafe.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jayscafe.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1149\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jayscafe.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jayscafe.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jayscafe.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}