[Blindtlk] Jumping on the 'Need cane Suggestion' Band Wagon!

[Jewel]

Thank you so much for the suggestions. I will definitely look into the
new NFB design. My hand slips way too much without some kind of grip,
and starts hurting to boot.

Witht he wheelchair (which I only use part-time), I could use one of
my older canes, then, I suspect. It seems as I progressed in O&M, my
cane just got longer and longer. I hear this is common, eh? I have
four canes, and since the longest broke, I've been using the second
longest one, with th e others as backups.

Thank you for the suggestions,
Jewel

On 3/11/11, Darian Smith <dsmithnfb at gmail.com> wrote:
> Jewl,
>  I have  heard of (and seen a couple) nfb  canes with  grips to them,
> however they are of a newer type, and I   am not sure if they are
> being sold  as of  yet ((I first heard they were in testing stage). I
> would see what the independence market has for canes.
>  I think the Iowa cane may be a good alternitive, as I know you can
> actually get those.   I think  though that the "grip" is basically
> just like the  nfb canes, but that     either the   handel is a little
> thicker,  the shaft is  a little thinner, or both.
>   I would suspect that in a chair, that you would use a shorter cane,
> as you are probably going only so fast, and  anything too long would
> make you use pencil grip  the majority of the time.
>    I hope that helps in some way
>
> On 3/11/11, Jewel <herekittykat2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I didn't have anything to suggest to the other person, but I would
>> like to jump on the bandwagon and ask a suggestion for myself. I'm
>> 5'2" so I know a 58" works well for me, but I am still working on
>> figuring out the right style of cane.
>>
>> I like the 50/50 can from the NFB, save one thing...there's no grip.
>> The grip on my heavier fiberglass cane is good on my hand, which makes
>> a difference for me.
>>
>> I have fibromyalgia,  so the lighter the cane the better. I've ben
>> using a rolling tip simply because I didn't have the right pointer
>> tip. I am thinking a metal tip would be good for me (pointer style)
>> because I've heard it gives better feedback, and I have learned I
>> listen as I walk quite a bit (I noticed right away when my roller tip
>> was down too far, needing replacement).
>>
>> I need something lighter, but that will stand up to abuse as I tend to
>> have a sharper swing than some, and I also walk faster these days, and
>> my cane has bent under objects before I stopped. I would alos be using
>> it with a motorized wheelchair or manual wheelchair (depending on the
>> situation...motorized at Disney, manual in stores), if that make sany
>> difference and I'm sure it does. Like, should I use the same length
>> with a wheelchair? Longer? Shorter?
>>
>> Thanks for putting up with my bandwagon jumping!
>>
>> ~Jewel
>>
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