While I was gone for nine days I received a letter from the electric company that I had been removed from their medical equipment registry. I had not returned their piece of paper in a timely manner.

I called and told "Theresa" I had forwarded the letter to my doctor and assume he had not yet signed and returned it. I suggested expecting a doctor to submit paperwork for a chronic condition requiring use of a night time ventilator was onerous. "Theresa" indicated people might stay on the registry for years without written documentation they needed electric to live.

The only benefit I have received from the registry is a recorded voice telling me my electric was back on and I should call if it wasn't. No wonder my doctor scoffs at the registry.

My street was one of the last streets to receive power during the last outage. We are at fault for having too many trees. Plus not having returned the medical equipment registry form. I may have to sell my Ameren U.E. stock to buy a generator. Something to ponder as I inhale/exhale through my golden years.