[Blindtlk] maneuveriability around a kittchen

Sat Oct 14 20:29:00 UTC 2017

Wheels on anything scares me, particularly if it doesn't have a back on it.

Sincerely,

Cory McMahon

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From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Annely Rose via blindtlk
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Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] maneuveriability around a kittchen

Hi,

Putting wheels on the bar stools really scares me.  I really don't think it will be stable for you.  I wouldn't do it for myself and I don't have MS.  Have you contacted any MS groups or gone to any MS web sites for information?  How about any OT's or PT's in your area or on the web?  What you are doing now sounds good.  Keep us updated.

Annely
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On Thu, 10/12/17, S L Johnson via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] maneuveriability around a kittchen
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 Cc: "S L Johnson" <SLJohnson25 at comcast.net>
 Date: Thursday, October 12, 2017, 10:00 PM

 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
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 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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 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.

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

 Cindy

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 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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