Re: Re: I want to walk more than 3 minutes..

[Guest guest]

Same here i couldn't walk went to the walker the kind you are talking about

with a seat on it, it was great when i couldn't do alot. I took it shopping

and was able to sit and rest. Then went to a cane and now nothing.

Jolene

In a message dated 10/6/2008 10:31:37 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

queenstitcher@... writes:

When I couldn't walk with the RA, I asked both my Rheumatologist and

Podiatrist about a cane/walker and they both said that they didn't want me to

use

one because you become dependent on them. I would ask your doctor's. You have a

different situation than be because you have osteoarthtritis, so I'd ask

them. They do have really nice walkers out now that have a basket on them and

also a seat that you can use when you have to stand for a long time (like

waiting in line). That's what I would've gotten, LOL! But now I can walk

alright,

much better now that I'm on the Humira. I think that people use a cane when

they have a weakness on one side of their body and a walker is used when

people are weak on both sides of the body. My sister had to use one when she

had a

couple of disks blow in her back, which caused nerve damage. After she got

out of the wheelchair, she then progressed to a walker and then to the cane.

One of her legs had more damage than the other and she had to use it for quite

a period of time before she was weaned off of it.

Lori

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[Guest guest]

When I couldn't walk with the RA, I asked both my Rheumatologist and Podiatrist

about a cane/walker and they both said that they didn't want me to use one

because you become dependent on them. I would ask your doctor's. You have a

different situation than be because you have osteoarthtritis, so I'd ask them.

They do have really nice walkers out now that have a basket on them and also a

seat that you can use when you have to stand for a long time (like waiting in

line). That's what I would've gotten, LOL! But now I can walk alright, much

better now that I'm on the Humira. I think that people use a cane when they

have a weakness on one side of their body and a walker is used when people are

weak on both sides of the body. My sister had to use one when she had a couple

of disks blow in her back, which caused nerve damage. After she got out of the

wheelchair, she then progressed to a walker and then to the cane. One of her

legs had more damage than the other and she had to use it for quite a period of

time before she was weaned off of it.

Lori

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[Guest guest]

I guess I was fortunate. My doctor was willing to write a prescription for

a scooter (I told her I was only going to be using it for times when I had

to do a lot of walking) and a lift. Now, my insurance wouldn't cover it,

and she warned me, she hadn't seen an insurance company yet that covered it

unless you couldn't walk 3' without it, but having the prescription did keep

me from having to pay sales tax on those two items.

Darcy