I'm in that spot also. But my needing days is far less and I have a husband that will take anything up and down the stairs when I need it. I don't let him most of the time because I want to enjoy the new family room we made and I also don't want to totally not go down there. But we live in a bi-level. So where ever I go it's 7 steps. Our next door neighbor worked at the company that would install one and he said he would give us a discount but he up and retired!!!! The nerve of him. LOL If my Mom were alive I probbaly would get one earlier just because of the fact that we live in a bilevel. But she is gone now.