[blparent] Question about Crutches

[Jennifer Jackson]

Sorry to hear about your knee. I hurt my own knee a couple o years ago and
so gave some considerable thought while sitting around with ice packs as to
how I would handle crutches if it came to that. It just did not seem very
practical. I especially think it is a bad idea following a serious surgery.
I think a walker would be more stable. A walker also has the advantaged of
going in front of you and keeping you from bumping into things. You would b
e moving slowly, but at least you would be moving.

I hope it does not come to surgery.


Jennifer

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Dianna
Alley
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 2:33 PM
To: Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] Question about Crutches

I can not use them do not have the balance too.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at msn.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 2:04 PM
Subject: [blparent] Question about Crutches


>I know this is a strange question, but have any of you ever been on 
>crutches?  How did you manage it since you couldn't see where to place the 
>crutches before you took a step?  I'm asking because last Thursday night, 
>my guide dog was off leash, running around like a maniac in the snow.  She 
>loves to play in it, especially during the first good snowfall of the 
>season.  She tried to run past me and ended up slamming into my knee, 
>bending it in a way I had no idea it could even go.  By the time I went to 
>an urgent care clinic near my house on Friday afternoon, my knee was 
>swollen and hot to the touch, and it burned as if I'd set a hot pan from 
>the oven right on it, only the burning was on the inside.  The urgent care 
>tech said I probably tore my meniscus, which is a thin sheet of cartilage 
>that keeps the bones in the knee from rubbing against each other.  She gave

>me a knee brace and told me to use ice and anti-inflammatory drugs over the

>weekend.  I saw a marked improvement from Friday to Saturday, but now it's 
>kind of stalled out.  I'm hoping time and ice will do the trick, but the 
>recovery time if I have to get arthroscopic surgery to mend the tear is a 
>month to six weeks, with crutches for at least some of that time.  I can't 
>even imagine how I would navigate with crutches, even if there weren't toys

>everywhere.
>
> Thanks,
> Jo Elizabeth
>
> Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may

> kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at 
> evening.--Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
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