Neat column, thanks. Not news to methat there are better chairs out there -- um, hello, guys: marathons? wheelchair basketball? clue? -- but neat to see your perspective.
FWIW, the people I know well locally who are stuck in wheelchairs (no, wait) are stuck (and I do mean stuck) in the hospital / airport / don't work terribly well models. And yes, that's after PT. It may be a shame and a scandal, but there it is. Neither has the disposable income to privately acquire something that would convey, I dunno, mobility? So at the lower end of the income scale -- not where any of these characters live, but that's another issue -- using one of those clunkers would not be unrealistic.
But really, I was mostly reading because I have been developing a very strong interest in wheelchairs lately due to not being able to stand up worth a damn anymore. I have dysautonomia (well, and back and knee and foot and ankle injuries) and am having trouble getting from the car to the doctor's office with the rollator. Increasingly finding myself using it as a really bad wheelchair.
A wheelchair would actually improve my mobility, a lot, and might let me get more exercise. But they weigh more, and I still would have to get the thing in and out of the car. And I don't know how/where I would carry stuff. And‡ ... argh! Anyway, thanks many. *goes off to think*
(‡ And $$. And if my shoulder can't be fixed, all this is irrelevant anyway. And, and. But still, cool posting.)
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Date: 2012-10-31 01:30 pm (UTC)FWIW, the people I know well locally who are stuck in wheelchairs (no, wait) are stuck (and I do mean stuck) in the hospital / airport / don't work terribly well models. And yes, that's after PT. It may be a shame and a scandal, but there it is. Neither has the disposable income to privately acquire something that would convey, I dunno, mobility? So at the lower end of the income scale -- not where any of these characters live, but that's another issue -- using one of those clunkers would not be unrealistic.
But really, I was mostly reading because I have been developing a very strong interest in wheelchairs lately due to not being able to stand up worth a damn anymore. I have dysautonomia (well, and back and knee and foot and ankle injuries) and am having trouble getting from the car to the doctor's office with the rollator. Increasingly finding myself using it as a really bad wheelchair.
A wheelchair would actually improve my mobility, a lot, and might let me get more exercise. But they weigh more, and I still would have to get the thing in and out of the car. And I don't know how/where I would carry stuff. And‡ ... argh! Anyway, thanks many. *goes off to think*
(‡ And $$. And if my shoulder can't be fixed, all this is irrelevant anyway. And, and. But still, cool posting.)