[Blindtlk] maneuveriability around a kittchen

[S L Johnson]

Hi,

Due to physical limitations I have been experimenting with this problem for 
years.  I have tried the office chair with extra pillows and found that to 
be very unstable.  I have not found a rolling chair or stool high enough to 
reach my counters, sink and stove.  However, I did get a very attractive 
wooden bar stool that is the perfect height for me to reach.  You can find 
them in all kinds of department and home goods stores.  They usually come in 
two heights, one for use at a tall breakfast bar high and the shorter one 
that is good to be at your kitchen counters, stove and sink.  The one I got 
has a nice high back to offer good support when sitting.  Mine also swivels 
so I can move from side to side reaching the stove and counters easily. The 
stool is light enough that I can push it from one side of my kitchen to the 
other as needed.  It is not the perfect solution you are looking for but it 
might help for now.  I know for me, with my MS causing me to fall a lot I am 
very glad that stool is there when I need it.  When I am getting ready to 
prepare food I get everything out and place it on the counter where I can 
reach it from the stool without having to keep getting up.  When I am using 
the burners on the stove I place the stool in front of the stove and I can 
reach to do what is necessary to prepare foods safely at the stove.  As I 
was typing this message I had a thought of possibly putting wheels onto the 
legs of my stool.  I do not know if that would make it too unstable or not. 
I guess I will not know unless I give it a try.  Good luck to you and I will 
be interested to see what others suggest for this situation.

Sandra Johnson
SLJohnson25 at comcast.net

-----Original Message----- 
From: Julie Johnson via blindtlk
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2017 5:07 PM
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Cc: Julie Johnson
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] maneuveriability around a kittchen

When I broke my foot, I used an office chair quite a bit around the house.
In the kitchen I would rest my knee on it or sit in between doing things.
I don't think it would be high enough to work comfortably at the kitchen
counters while sitting .  There are wheelchairs specifically designed for
activities that require more height.   I've read about people using them for
kitchen activities, but I don't know any more than that.

A couple other ideas would be to use a table for prep work instead of the
higher counters.  Or use a large cutting board in the lap to do the prep
work, depending on what exactly needs to be done.

HTH
Julie
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-----Original Message----- 
From: Justin Williams via blindtlk
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2017 2:54 PM
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Cc: Justin Williams
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] maneuveriability around a kittchen

for someone else; we're just tapped out of places to look, so I just stabbed
out into the dark when I aske you guys and hoped for the best.

-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Cindy Ray
via blindtlk
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2017 1:52 PM
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Cc: Cindy Ray <cindyray at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] maneuveriability around a kittchen

You could use a wheelchair. Many office chairs might work for it, too, but I
don't know what precipitates the need.

Cindy


-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Justin
Williams via blindtlk
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2017 12:19 PM
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Cc: Justin Williams <justin.williams2 at gmail.com>
Subject: [Blindtlk] maneuveriability around a kittchen

Does anyone know of anything which will allow someone to maneuver around a
kitchen and reach the height of an average kittchen counter without having
to walk, like some sort of chair easy to role or something?
Justin
Justin


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