well after falling off the scale at the doctors office on monday, and having broken a few things falling, and throwing out my back and side coughing and not being able to stand up straight, i started using a cane to get around. Ive used crutches before but that was for a probable finite period. I find that after having read over the years of people here who had to start using a cane or wheelchair and what changes in self perception that leads to, that surprisingly it really doesnt bother me as much as i thought it would. I guess that ive been innoculated over time.