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A simple but genius suggestion if you are at risk for falling
Blood Cancers & Disorders | Last Active: Jan 3 3:34pm | Replies (16)Comment receiving replies
@smiles1951 Thanks for your input but I am not going to use a walker until I think I cannot walk safely.
In my opinion, and it may only be mine, that is one step closer to a wheelchair and I will keep walking as long as I can.
You also assumed I am not exercising. I have a series of exercises a PT gave me for strengthening and balance.
As far as walkers go my neighbor was using hers, during the day, when she stepped on the cat and lost her balance and fell backwards, cracking her head. If her daughter had not been home, it would have been a disaster.
Unlike a cell, even one in your pocket, the watch doesn’t need to be extracted from a pocket. It’s there on your wrist and easily used regardless of pockets or if it should fall away from you if you do fall.
The suggestion about the watch is, I think, very valuable for someone like me who lives alone. And, no one knows my capabilities better than I.
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@christina3444 @smiles1951
It's a wonderful concept to not use a mobility device until we need to. That said, I know that having the little bit of security of a help-aid was really a positive for me. As it became clearer that my knee wouldn't be getting better, and that the neuropathy in the other leg meant I wasn't sure where my foot was, my mind was better equipped to handle most situations.
Exercises for balance and endurance, watching how/where we are moving, are all important. We are each different, but the same in that we don't want to fall or lose our balance! Believe me, there's no shame in using a cane, or hiking stick, walker or wheelchair if that allows us to live our lives as best we can. A positive is I get to help educate young people how to move around someone who uses a mobility aid.
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@christina3444 You took offense at a simple just "use a walker occasionally." I certainly didn't mean giving up walking. (smile) I use my husband's hunting walking sticks when climbing the steep hills behind our cabin, but does that mean I am that much closer to not being able to walk without them. NO, that would be a silly notion for this very fit myeloma patient. I will occasionally write to some. We are very very busy businesspeople. I have a Sewing Studio, piano, grandchildren, and love walking and helping others. I also have weekly doctor appointments that are necessary but steal a whole day from us due to distance traveling to Mayo Cancer Center.