[Blind-rollers] broken down power chair

[Danielle Antoine]

Hi Bibi and all,

I'd like to know how you all went about getting your chairs and paying
for them power or otherwise? While I can walk, I do tire easily
especially when standing for 10 minutes or more in one place or about
after an hour of walking. And I do experience pain in my hips and
knees as well. So much so that I go home and sleep for hours. I went
to a local dealer of scooters and wheelchairs and they wouldn't even
sit me down and give me measurements, saying something about being
processed. I'd have no problem buying my own equipment though it would
take a while as I am unemployed. I hope you get your chair back soon.
Also, are there any totals using scooters and if so how and what kind?
Is it even possible for a total to use a manual chair independently?

TIA,
Danielle

On 8/7/14, Criminal Justice Major Extraordinaire via Blind-rollers
<blind-rollers at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hi, all,
> Sub says it all.
> I know it's been a while since I last wrote, but felt I didn't have a lot to
> contribute to the group.
> Well... My power chair broke down on me while I was out and about
> yesterday.
> I knew for a fact I had the batteries fully charged and they were good.
> The mechanic had to come to the location I was broken down out and quickly
> spoted the problem.
> I ended up having a falty motor wire that was coming apart.
> He put some tape on it for the time being until I was able to get home.
> So tomorrow, the mechanic will be picking up my power wheelchair to take to
> the shop for immediately repair and hopefully, they will have a loaner one
> for me to use.
> I'll miss my quantum 610 for a while as I really enjoy using it for stayin
> independent.
> Still, I'm thankful it will be getting fixed and eventually, I'll have it
> back soon.
> One thing I do hope is that my gel batteries don't get removed as they are
> way better than the ones that end up being put into the chair as battery
> replacements.
> I hope I don't sound like a whiner, just really needed to bent so the
> frustration would leave me.
> I ended up taking a good nap earlier this evening, but hope I can get back
> to sleep so I will be ready for tomorrow.
> I will need some aditional instructions with the loaner chair so I know what
> to do and where things are.
> Bibi and MAR son Odie
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