Recently I read a post which said: “We delayed the wheelchair as long as possible”.
OK, first of all: everybody has to find his own way and I don’t criticize anyone else for his decision.
Yes, also for me it was a surrender before this disease when my boss visited me in the university and insisted to take the walker with me to the evening mobilization to the cocoa machine. The nurse of the station had put him to me. I appreciated him with no look. That went to me everything clearly too fast. Until my boss came and meant we take this now with us. Oh nooo, must be that? It had to be probably, she is there little talk ready!
Hardly I was dismissed and with my GP I got a prescription about speech therapy, physiotherapy and about a walker! Well, I think he can be placed anywhere. At some point I need one!
So let’s go to the sanitary house! It must be red and suitable for off-road use! My health insurance company gives 70 Euro in addition! Wow! After 39 min trial with three different models came a Dietz Walker Taima XC, color red-metallic. He got a cup holder, an umbrella (of course in red), an Effzeh bell, Effzeh stickers, a Hennes (mascot of the “effzeh”) and a lock! It has a weight of 9.1 kg and with the pneumatic tyres it is suitable for outdoor use!
Now it was placed in the hallway, always somehow in way! Until it was somehow so far again that the blood pressure was just a little over 60 – ok, he was in the right place!
During the following walks around the Geissbockheim, Alex and of course my boss insisted that the thing come along. That’s how we approached each other!
I’m still not his biggest fan but he makes it possible for me to go out alone. I am not dependent on additional help. I drive downtown, go to the stadium and meet up with friends. He makes for a better gait pattern, which of course helps me when I’m on the road without him! God knows it’s not as it used to be but it’s still possible! Only differently!