[Blind-rollers] weird about feet

Thu May 9 09:44:29 UTC 2019

Hi,
I have decided that I can have my feet on the floor when I'm using the chair
by myself and feet on footrest when someone is helping me, just as I do with
the manual chair. The physical therapist is saying that I should always put
my feet on the footrest but she does not understand the better info we get
with feet on ground.  

Same for being at home. I go barefoot most of the time at home because that
gives me more info.  Especially with cats.  

One of the pt-s came and was so negative it put me in a funk Tuesday
evening.  She gave this long list of terrible, drastic, dangerous, unsafe,
things that could happen to someone using a motorized chair without sight. I
finally asked her if any of those things had happened to me and she backed
off a litt.e 

She said I was "borderline" and she recommended my going back to the manual
chair. They don't understand how exhausting using that chair is.  

Right now I am doing a little better in the hallways but I'm still getting
lost downstairs which I didn't do as much with the manual chair.  

My most difficult thing right now is the elevator. Any tips on motorized
chairs and elevators would be helpful. I've decided not to travel with
others in the elevator until I get it better. But sometimes I end up taking
the scenic route up to the next floor when I mean to be down on main. Then
people come in so I can't turn around to get out very well. So I still have
to work on that one.
Thanks,
Lauren

"Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity. Be worthy of the
trust of thy neighbor, and look upon him with a bright and friendly face. Be
a treasure to the poor, an admonisher to the rich, an answerer to the cry of
the needy, a preserver of the sanctity of thy pledge. Be fair in thy
judgment, and guarded in thy speech. Be unjust to no man, and show all
meekness to all men. Be as a lamp unto them that walk in darkness, a joy to
the sorrowful, a sea for the thirsty, a haven for the distressed, an
upholder and defender of the victim of oppression. Let integrity and
uprightness distinguish all thine acts. Be a home for the stranger, a balm
to the suffering, a tower of strength for the fugitive. Be eyes to the
blind, and a guiding light unto the feet of the erring. Be an ornament to
the countenance of truth, a crown to the brow of fidelity, a pillar of the
temple of righteousness, a breath of life to the body of mankind, an ensign
of the hosts of justice, a luminary above the horizon of virtue, a dew to
the soil of the human heart, an ark on the ocean of knowledge, a sun in the
heaven of bounty, a gem on the diadem of wisdom, a shining light in the
firmament of thy generation, a fruit upon the tree of humility. We pray God
to protect thee from the heat of jealousy and the cold of hatred."
--Baha'u'llah
May God bless you and, as my cats would say:"Meow when you feel like it!"

-----Original Message-----
From: Blind-Rollers <blind-rollers-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Becky
Frankeberger via Blind-Rollers
Sent: Wednesday, May 8, 2019 2:54 PM
To: 'Blind wheelchair users list' <blind-rollers at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Becky Frankeberger <b.butterfly at comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [Blind-rollers] weird about feet

Howdy do I ever agree with you about touching the floor. I thought the foot
rest fold up to the side, at least the manual chairs do. But thank you
Lauren about keeping the feet on the ground when I need to understand where
I am tip, warm smile. Then when I am sitting resting, the foot rest would be
a blessing.
Becky  

-----Original Message-----
From: Blind-Rollers <blind-rollers-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Lauren
Merryfield via Blind-Rollers
Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2019 5:24 AM
To: 'Blind wheelchair users list' <blind-rollers at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Lauren Merryfield <lauren at catlines.com>
Subject: [Blind-rollers] weird about feet

Hi,

When I have my feet on the footrest, I can't tell very well where I am. When
I use my cane, I can't always identify what I am touching.  When I have my
feet on the floor, I have much more of a sense of where I am and what my
cane is touching. I didn't know where my feet were would make such a
difference. 

Another physical therapist came out yesterday and she said I was
"borderline" and wasn't sure I could use the power chair safely. She listed
all kinds of things that could happen. I told her they hadn't happened yet
so why have that list as a

Means of glass half empty in my case? 

I certainly need practice and I do run into things sometimes but I haven't
broken anything yet or killed anyone yet.  I do not want to go back to the
manual chair as she suggested. 

Thanks,

Lauren

"Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity. Be worthy of the
trust of thy neighbor, and look upon him with a bright and friendly face. Be
a treasure to the poor, an admonisher to the rich, an answerer to the cry of
the needy, a preserver of the sanctity of thy pledge. Be fair in thy
judgment, and guarded in thy speech. Be unjust to no man, and show all
meekness to all men. Be as a lamp unto them that walk in darkness, a joy to
the sorrowful, a sea for the thirsty, a haven for the distressed, an
upholder and defender of the victim of oppression. Let integrity and
uprightness distinguish all thine acts. Be a home for the stranger, a balm
to the suffering, a tower of strength for the fugitive. Be eyes to the
blind, and a guiding light unto the feet of the erring. Be an ornament to
the countenance of truth, a crown to the brow of fidelity, a pillar of the
temple of righteousness, a breath of life to the body of mankind, an ensign
of the hosts of justice, a luminary above the horizon of virtue, a dew to
the soil of the human heart, an ark on the ocean of knowledge, a sun in the
heaven of bounty, a gem on the diadem of wisdom, a shining light in the
firmament of thy generation, a fruit upon the tree of humility. We pray God
to protect thee from the heat of jealousy and the cold of hatred."

--Baha'u'llah

May God bless you and, as my cats would say:"Meow when you feel like it!"

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