<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hello Deborah,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thank you for the details! It sounds very promising. I'm looking forward to seeing how it works for me when it gets here on Tuesday.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">Take care, </div><div class="">Tony</div></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Oct 28, 2021, at 9:34 AM, <<a href="mailto:kendrick.deborah@gmail.com" class="">kendrick.deborah@gmail.com</a>> <<a href="mailto:kendrick.deborah@gmail.com" class="">kendrick.deborah@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta charset="UTF-8" class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial-Black; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Hello Tony,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">My situation is different from some others, but I am working with the hemi walker, so am adding what I can.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">I don’t have vertigo. I do have complete blindness, severe hearing loss in both ears, and a mobility problem rooted in cancer, radiation, and multiple breaks of one bone (left femur.)<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">After using a walker exclusively for three years, and thus being unable to use a white cane or guide dog for that time, discovering the hemi walker a couple months ago has been the most joyful news on my radar for some time.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Because my leg injury requires the hemi walker to be on my dominant side, I’m having to learn to use the long cane in my nondominant hand, which is kind of tricky, but it feels wonderful, and the support is amazingly good. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Be sure always to check that the walker is fully open, and the the correct side of it faces your body.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Walking and not connecting with the hemi walker’s feet takes a little practice, but you can do it. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">I’d love to hear how it goes for you.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">I bought mine on Amazon for around $30.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Best,<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Deborah<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>NFB-DB <<a href="mailto:nfb-db-bounces@nfbnet.org" class="">nfb-db-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>kg 6sxy (kg6sxy) via NFB-DB<br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thursday, October 28, 2021 1:22 AM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>NFB DeafBlind Division <<a href="mailto:nfb-db@nfbnet.org" class="">nfb-db@nfbnet.org</a>><br class=""><b class="">Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>kg 6sxy (kg6sxy) <<a href="mailto:kg6sxy@gmail.com" class="">kg6sxy@gmail.com</a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[NFB-DB] Side Walkers<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Still exploring ways to manage my vertigo while being able to still use a long white cane. <span style="" class="">I came across a hemi walker for one armed use that I'm going to try out which should allow me to keep using my white cane with more balance than a single tipped support cane. Might be a little slower but hopefully more stable. Anything to reduce the number of dents I keep accumulating on my body every week.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""><br class=""><br class=""></span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">Has anyone else tried something like this?</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""><br class=""><br class=""></span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B002VWK064/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Drive Medical Side Style Hemi One Arm Walker, Chrome, Adult</a><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">Take care, <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">Tony</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>