[Blind-Rollers] Struggling with cerebral palsy from the past and having difficulty walking and wanted to talk to people about possibly using a electric wheelchair with a cane

[maureensmusic at comcast.net]

Hello Joseph
I have been using a power chair and a cane since 1996. I actually got my
chair in 1993 and could walk short distances then used the chair on campus
or for long distances but then had a car accident in 1996 with a spinal cord
injury and since then haven't walked. Anyway it's definitely possible. For
me I find that I need the following things.
* a longer cane than I had when walking with one so that when the cane hits
something you have time to stop.
* A cane that doesn't fold so it stays straight
* a joy stick with a goal post type handle so I can rest my wrist on the joy
stick and still drive. This makes it possible to carry lightweight things in
my right hand, drive and can at the same time. 
Please let me know what questions you have.
Maureen

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Subject: [Blind-Rollers] Struggling with cerebral palsy from the past and
having difficulty walking and wanted to talk to people about possibly using
a electric wheelchair with a cane

Hello, my name is josephhudson. I'm a new member to this list but some of
you might know me from other groups that I participated in regarding the
NFB. I come to you guys oday, because I have some questions that I need
answers to and I think that you guys might be just the place to di mind you,
I was born at birth blind. The doctors told my parents that no longer be
able to walk soon as I was born. My mom prove them wrong. And I was able to
walk but not very far. I was younger they were able to push me in a manual
wheelchair. Now I'm barely over 30, and my parents are older now and I have
gained much more weight than what I used to weigh whenever I was younger.
And I'm having issues with my leg once again. I started out in September
troubleshooting with my doctor in the biomed department. Which gave me some
meds that have helped tremendously with the pain. But here in recent weeks,
because I got concerned about my liver levels, they told me that I needed to
cut the pill in half. So I reached out to the orthopedic surgeon before
this, and I got him to do an MRI of my leg. And it goes to show that I have
a bruised Bone. Whenever I went to him on 28 November. He was able to tell
me that I had a bruised bone but he didn't know what to do next. He told me
to go back to him in January if the issue continues to arise. So I reached
out to him yesterday and put a message into his team, letting them know what
was going on. Thanking oh no, they will go ahead and ask him about me going
back to this other medication that I was taking that was helping. No they
want me to come in, so I'm going in in January. Now to my question, I'm
thinking about purchasing a wheelchair, and for that point and electric one
what are y'all's recommendations for somebody who is blind, as far as this
issue. Has there been anybody that has been able to use an electric
wheelchair and use a cane? I surely wouldn't want to be holding onto my
mother father and using the chair at the same time today I wouldn't want to
run them over. So thoughts please?
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