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Old 05-06-2015, 09:50 PM #1
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Ill have to look into those for sure. A lot like you, around the house I still walk around, dont even use the cane 90% of the time (I know where the walls and chairs are to grab if need be) and I enjoy walking through the neighborhood in the mornings. I can generally get in about a mile or so, if I get out of bed early enough.

As the heat continues to set in, I pretty much have to do my walks before 7 am... But by about 1pm my legs are done for the day, whether I go for a walk or not. I'm still good for around the house, inside and to the front lawn, but beyond that walking is a slow and daunting task that has led to many a trip and slip even while using the cane.

Unfortunately those little slips and trips tend to shred my poor ankles and then I am stuck using the cane around the house and quite a few times I've even had to resort to bringing the chair inside to use.

But I do need a chair for grocery shopping, and such. There's just no way the legs will withstand the walking and stopping and standing in lines. I have done a few times on really REALLY good days, but then I can't get the groceries out of the car and spend about two hours on the couch dying, and at least two days to recover. The DH wanting to go to Disney....hahahaha hahahaha there's no way I can make it without a chair.
Hahah standing I line at the store....i feel you... Usually I am grabbing the corner of someone's cart in back of me or leaning on a shelf of I'm waiting too long. Wondering if I'm going to be able to get moving again after a long stand...worst feeling ever. So yes...for you and I it just makes sense to use a chair in stores and such... I just can't walk those distances anymore without my legs wanting to just lay flat in bed for the rest of the day.
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Sounds as if you want the chair for distance use but not necessarily to sit in, but what Lumia_black has said about fatigue is true for me too.

I sit in my wheelchair all the time, can't sit comfortably in anything else, even though I can walk short distances most of the time. The extra bracing I get for my back, arms, legs and feet makes me less tired. For years I tried an upholstered armchair for sitting and found that getting up and out of it or sitting in it was wearing me down.

I do core-strengthening exercises but even with them, I guess my muscles aren't doing their job very well.

Anyway, if you want the wheelchair for sitting, you probably want a sturdier chair than the lightweight ones usually are.

I got a replacement chair a year or so ago and thought I wanted a lightweight chair but soon learned that that wheelchair weight has its purpose. It keeps you more stable. My new chair turned out to be only a couple of pounds lighter than the old one, mainly because there are no legrests--just footrests.

It also has pop-off wheels and so in a way turns out to be lighter than my old one because it can be loaded into a vehicle in smaller segments. When you lift the mainframe, you don't have to lift the wheels along with it.
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