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I'm like alot of others here, I have total body, but refuse to use a wheelchair or walker. Currently using forearm crutches, but I HATE using them. I still work ( in an office as a hospice nurse), and I can not stand people seeing me use the crutches. I know it's a vanity issue, and I know I need them, but still......HATE THEM. Ok, now that I've vented...
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ok, ok... I KNOW I am pathetic and use a wheelchair.
If I had any choice in it I wouldn't be. But unfortunatly my entire body is f***ed. (Sorry - I know none of you mean it personally - I am just having a really bad RSD time and feeling a bit sorry for myself and fed up that everyone else at uni is normal and I'm shut in my room AGAIN - WHY??? because it's windy. And I missed out on a BBQ. Because it's windy. How pathetic is that?) xxxxxxxx |
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Oh, sorry Frogga - your turn of phrase sometimes does make me laugh out loud, though....:hug:
all the best ------------>This is for you... |
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my crps is full body too, but the statement u made there is not always a choice for some of us with crps. when u say that u refuse to use a wheelchair or walker... some of us can't refuse when we get movement disorders and weakness. is a wheelchair a sign of weakness when u cannot walk correctly not by choice? u can just refuse to use one because u don't have a movement disorder or severe weakness- just pain, but some of us do. and we have to use one even though we would also refuse to use one if we had the choice. i hate the statements that people make about crps people "giving in" because we use a wheelchair, and not by choice! we aren't giving in, and we are fighting hard and hoping much! i hope u are doing well. :grouphug: |
I Have Had To Use A Cane And Brace For Years Now. I Used To Use Those Crutches As A Child ... And They Are Nice And Sturdy. Good Idea.
I Do Not Think Anyone Gives 'in' To Wheelchairs, Etc., I Think Rsd Takes Us Where It Takes Us And We Are Just Along For The Ride. Everyone Is In A Different Stage Of The Monster Here .... I Say Good For You If You Are Still Working And Good For You If You Are Still Getting Around And Good For You If You Got Up This Morning!!! Joan |
I use a cane sometimes, and a elctric wheelchair sometimes, and when I cant use the electric I have a regular wheelchair.
It is all about not adding more pain to me. So short distances is cane, and longer the wheelchairs. |
Sorrry
For buting in but i'm one of those PRers and was a nurse for to many years
venting here is fine by me. But i hate it when i'm in my electric wheelchair,in a grocery store and somebody will walk up and say i have bla bla and they wanted me to use one of those things. But i just told them no way. Then my son said to himself oh noooo. I say bless your heart, and when they get a little ways down the aisle,i fly by them and say you will if you don't at least use a cane,your going to end up on that hard floor. I just don't nor will i understand people who feel they have to say things like that to people they don't know.. So sad :( Sue Thanks to all of you. |
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