[nagdu] carrying white cane

Fri Jul 15 19:42:43 UTC 2011

I've used that pencil thin cane from ambutech in the same way and ended
up really loving it as a carry cane -- as I call it -- even to use
around the dog park while Mitz plays. So naturally I lost it and keep
not gettting around to getting a new one. /lol/ The telescoping NFB cane
also works well for the same purpose, but of course I haven't gotten
around to ordering a new one. Too much time hopping in the truck with
DD, who will also serve as a carry cane if I need one wherever we're
going, I guess.  I always have a folding cane in the truck, just in
case, but they're full-length, full weight working canes, so a bit
awkarard to just carry around or try to fit in my small purse. Oh, well.
One of these days I'll remember to work getting a new lightweight
folding or telescoping cane into my budget and remember to order the
cane while I have the cash. The pencil cane is great for indoors because
it is so very light and thin for moving along above the ground locating
furniture without whanging it, something I always fear I will do with a
more robust working cane. /smile/ I have the mushroom tips on my folding
canes, except for one Advantage cane with a hiking tip, so they always
seem a bit noisy and clumsy for delicate indoor work. I love my straight
NFB white cane, but of course don't use it when I'm using the dog, so...
I feel like a klutz indoors, especially when we're visint people's homes
and I'm using the folding rollerball cane to orient around the house and
furniture. Mitzi on leash or off -- depending on whom we're visiting --
is surprisingly talented and clever at showing me the main points of
interest, but I like getting a more detailed feel for the furniture and
other decorative, breakable objects with the cane. /grin/

Tami

On Thu, 2011-07-14 at 16:54 -0400, Albert J Rizzi wrote:
> Gary,
> 
> I am so loving that idea of a cane for the bathroom. I have a pencil thin
> cane that I use for formal events and for when I am in the office. It is
> less cumbersome and folds up nicely and could possibly fit in a carry bag
> like you speak of. I hate having to touch all over a men's room and am now
> going to consider bringing my cane in with me going forward. I use my indoor
> cane, the very thin one, around the office and use my guide when traveling
> throughout the building or outside. Having a cane with me is not only
> practical  but allows me to determine which works best for each particular
> circumstance.
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of GARY STEEVES
> Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 4:36 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: [nagdu] carrying white cane
> 
> Hello:
> 
> This is slightly related to  the email I'm responding to. :) I like to have
> a cane with me even when I have Bogart for several reasons. The most notable
> I've come across is having to use public washrooms. Really need a cane to
> find things rather than ones hands or feet.
> 
> Has anyone rigged up a way of carrying a cane on the harness? I was thinking
> of getting a longish ID cane so it would be light and thin but would serve
> in case of emergency. I was hoping I could fit it in his harness pouch but I
> think even my short ID cane is too long. Has anyone thought up something
> ingenious that they would like to share?
> 
> Thanks
> Gary
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tami Kinney <tamara.8024 at comcast.net>
> Date: Thursday, July 14, 2011 11:06 am
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] attachment or anxiety separation
> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
> 
> > Bibi,
> > 
> > Wow. You sure have beeen through a lot recently. That alone, or 
> > so it
> > seems to me, would make anyone more prone to anxiety in general. As
> > would being without a white cane! I did once go for a time 
> > without a
> > white cane after I lost my very first one somehow, so now I have a
> > zillion canes and need to get to ordering a spare straight cane, 
> > as well
> > as a new pocket cane, whether it's a telescoping nfb cane or a light
> > foldup ambutech. /lol/ I trust my guide now and use her 
> > exclusively for
> > nearly everything, but I don't want to get stuck without a dog 
> > or cane
> > ever again! /lol/
> > 
> > I haven't yet had to find out how I will cope with my guide's
> > retirement, and I plan not to for another 5 or 6 years at the very
> > least. Still... I feel very sad and get a twinge of separation anxiety
> > just thinking about it. Heck, I get separation anxiety just 
> > leaving her
> > at the groomers. Sad, but true. /smile/
> > 
> > Hope your new cane arrives soon, and good on Dale for being your 
> > eyes in
> > the meantime. My then-husband was, well, useless and also made a big
> > deal about expressing the extent to which he just didn't know 
> > what my
> > problem was and that I should just not go to work until a new cane
> > arrived, but it was no hurry, there was some reason he was interfering
> > with my attempts to acquire a new one, I can't even remember 
> > what it
> > was. Thus, he is now the ex-husband. Argh! I did manage to get 
> > my hands
> > on a support cane, which was better than nothing but not at all 
> > the same
> > and it was too short, so it actually made life more difficult,
> > especially since there was snow on the ground at the time, all nicely
> > packed down even on the sidewalks and all icy and limpy, so... Well,
> > having friends with brains around helped many times but I am 
> > glad you
> > also have a cooperative , even helpful partner to assit in 
> > covering the
> > gap. /smile/
> > 
> > Best to you both, and to Odie as well.
> > 
> > Tami
> > 
> > On Tue, 2011-07-12 at 07:55 -0600, Criminal Justice Major 
> > Extraordinairewrote:
> > > Hi, all,
> > > Have any of you felt that big attachment toward your retired 
> > guide dog and 
> > > experienced anxiety separation?
> > > It seems like I've been experiencing that lately and was 
> > hoping I wouldn't 
> > > be the only one.
> > > I've found myself feeling all of that, especially when Odie is 
> > left at home.
> > > On Saturday, Dale and I went to see a Cinderrella play live 
> > that my step 
> > > sister Sarah was in.
> > > It was held in the theater inside the King Center on Auraria 
> > campus and 
> > > total amount of people was probably four hundred.
> > > There was no way that Odie was probably going to handle it, so 
> > the hard 
> > > decision was to leave him at home for me at least.
> > > While Dale and I were out with family, that's when it all hit me.
> > > Yesterday was a different story however.
> > > Odie was in his medical alert service dog vest walking with my 
> > husband.> I was using my support cane and walking ahead of the 
> > two men slowly and 
> > > carefully.
> > > Odie began to move faster upon trying to bolt out in front of me.
> > > I think he still felt that he needed to be my eyes and was 
> > concerned that I 
> > > was going to get hurt.
> > > I'm in the process of getting a new fold up white cane through 
> > Ambutech.> unfortunately I had lost my current one, especially 
> > after the convulsive 
> > > grandmal seizures I dealt with two months in a row.
> > > Thankfully, my husband told me he'd happily be my eyes until I 
> > can get my 
> > > replacement folding cane and be matched with a successor partner.
> > > Bibi 
> > > 
> > > 
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