[nabs-l] Support Canes (was Help! Philosophy Question)

[Jewel S.]

Ok, I'll bring this up with my instructor Monday. Hopefully she'll get
me one, because I am getting to where I *really* need it. On the way
home today, because I didn't have my wooden support cane (too bulky
for the morning's breakfast fundraiser event), I stumbled every few
moments on the way home from the bus stop. I nearly fell over twice.
This was becaus I was very exhausted from a long night of inability to
sleep due to back and knee pain, as well as an early morning at a
local NFB fundraiser (that went great, by the way), and a continuation
of the severe back and knee pain. I was very afraid I'd fall on my
back and injure myself, and actually sat down on the side of the
sidewalk once to catch my energy back up and try to get over the poor
balance and lack of strength.

My condition is only worsening, but hopefully the chiropractor will
help too. I'll see if I can get him to write a note to my instructor
saying that I really would benefit greatly from a support cane of
lighter weight and more ease of use than the one I have (which is
bulky, heavy, and hard to travel with). Maybe a note from the doctor
will convince my instructor to get the cane for me. It's so
frustrating.

~Jewel

On 4/24/10, Jessica <jess28 at samobile.net> wrote:
> Jewel,
> The support canes aren't all that long to begin with. By the way, you
> don't need to be measured for the support cane because like I said last
> night in my message they are one size fits all. So the O&M instructor
> is correct that he/she won't need to measure you. I just asked my
> fiancee and he basically said that the O&M instructor just essentially
> bought the support cane for him. He was given a support cane that
> didn't fold up. And, then the one that they bought for him was a
> folding support cane.
> Jessica
>
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