Getting used to a power chair, after having used a manually operated chair

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Nukhet's (thank you for your kind wishes, Nukhet!) post got me tothinking. I do not think of myself as a person who avoids, ignores,or delays acting, when needed.Wrong! That is exactly what I did until my neurologist and my internist practically forced me to consider a power chair because ofmy peripheral neuropathy (feet to knees), spinal stenosis, intermittend sciatica and latent effects of my having had poliomyelitis whenI was 12 years old.So now, I have the old manually operated chair, originally given to mebecause of my serious back problems and my having had R.S.D.(Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy) in both shoulders, arms and hands,a "Quickie," and my new Power Chair, named Jeff Gordon (famousracing car driver in the

U.S.).I know; I should be grateful that I did not use any mobility chair until1990, and that I did not need Jeff until now. I am working on this,but as I do, my admiration soars for you, Nukhet, and for each of youwho uses any form of mobility assistance (I can no longer use thoseamazing Lofstrand crutches because I have calcified tendonitis fromleaning on my hands when I used them!http://www.walkingequipment.com/lofstrand.htmOne does not have to buy these; they can be prescribed undermost insurances. The name sure looks Swedish to me, though Isuppose that it could be Norwegian!Love to you all,n