[nagdu] Guide dogs and Rolling book bags

[Tamara Smith-Kinney]

Julie,

No, unless you can afford to get the cause of the back pain treated!  Or
invent an anti-gravity backpack and school books and laptops and...  All of
which I am certainly for and would pay quite a bit to have!  /grin/

All I can say is to make the best choice for you.  Preferably one that
doesn't involve your falling the down the stairs on top of your pack and/or
your dog.  I played around with carrying options quite a bit when I found
myself trying to live with injuries while trying to get treatment, then
carry on my life without making things worse so that treatment got more
expensive and less effective...  Honestly, I never came up with one that
truly worked for me, then I ended up moving in with a driver so could get
away with not having to carry stuff while I finished getting better...  Now
I'm back to being spoiled, only I have a ton of backpacks, carryalls,
rolling bags and purses or belly packs with all sorts of handle and strap
styles falling out of my closet or poppying out from wherever it was I put
them when they just didn't work. /lol/  Now that it's summer and I don't
have coat pockets to put stuff in when I go outside, I suppose I'll wear out
a few more using them to carry all those things I seem to need to have on me
to go out with the dogs...  /lol/  Right now, I'm entertaining myself with
my usual spring game of "where did I put it *this* time?"

Good luck!

Tami Smith-Kinney

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Julie McGinnity
Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 2:29 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: [nagdu] Guide dogs and Rolling book bags

Hi guys.

I really need your help with this one.  I just recently bought a
rolling bag.  My professors and friends had been encouraging me to get
one for a couple years now because of back pain.  My bakcpack was just
far too heavy.  The problem is that now I have no free hands when I
walk.  With the bag's handle in my right hand, and the dog harness in
my left hand, I am left with no extra hands for opening doors.  I'm
also having issues getting up and down the stairs.  It is rather
awkward, with the bag balanced on one shoulder and me gripping the
dog's harness.  I'm afraid that if I become anymore unbalanced, I will
fall.  If this happens, Brie may fear the bag and create more
problems.  I can tell already that she is uncomfortable with it.  Any
suggestions?

-- 
Julie McG
 Lindbergh High School class of 2009, participating member in Opera
Theater's Artist in Training Program, and proud graduate of Guiding
Eyes for the Blind

"For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that
everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal
life."
John 3:16

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