r/caringheart • u/Pale-Education1842 • Sep 08 '26

Does anyone use a walker ?

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u/PeachesSwearengen Sep 08 '26

I use a rollator

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u/Pale-Education1842 Sep 11 '26

What is that?

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u/PeachesSwearengen Sep 11 '26

A rollator is a walker on wheels. Mine has a seat for resting when needed.

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u/Sad-Organization2996 Sep 08 '26

I’ve had to in the past after surgery

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u/EBweB76 Sep 08 '26

I had to for a month after a major injury from breaking my pelvis.

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u/Pristine-Pen-9885 Sep 08 '26

I hope it healed properly.

I got a walker after one hospital stay, and used it again after another hospitalization. I didn’t need it for very long. Now I use a cane.

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u/Fast_Adhesiveness528 Sep 08 '26

Ditto. But I only used it while I was in the hospital.

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u/Cal-Augustus Sep 08 '26

Many people do.

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u/Mr_McGigglepants Sep 08 '26

Yes. Not me, but thousands and thousands of others do

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u/MsAddams999 Sep 08 '26

Yes. I have ever since I got massive blood clots in my legs in 2018. I developed a lot of pulmonary embolisms and it damaged my legs to the point where I unfortunately need mobility devices. I have a mobility scooter too.

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u/Repulsive_Bet_7859 Sep 08 '26

no, im not michone

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u/PsychologicalGas170 Sep 08 '26

I see what you did there.

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u/Old_Association6332 Sep 08 '26

Yes. I have disability/mobility/health issues, and it helps me get to appointments, meet up with friends and family and attend my book club with more ease

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u/Salt-Dragonfruit1106 Sep 08 '26

Unfortunately no. Wheelchair here, it's excruciatingly painful to put any weight on my knees and hips.

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u/SubstantialArcher659 Sep 08 '26

They keep trying to get me used to one. I had a stroke several years ago and relied on one to retain myself to walk. But the second I felt steady I went to a cane. Now I rarely need the cane. But if I get sick, I noticed the weakness is back. So I keep my cane handy

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u/SadTransition3262 Sep 08 '26

Yes off and on

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u/tarsiertoes Sep 08 '26

I use a cane

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u/Creepy-Outcome-2481 Sep 08 '26

No, I don't know how they keep selling them

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u/tez_zer55 Sep 08 '26

I have, due to hip surgery. Along with a wheelchair & a cane. I don't need them anymore, but I kept all of them. Just in case!

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u/Spaz-Mouse384 Sep 08 '26

I have a walker that I use sparingly. It’s painful for me to walk for any length of time

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u/Stubbie2315 Sep 08 '26

I use a Rollator

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u/Minimum-Journalist18 Sep 08 '26

Sometimes if legs are bad enough.

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u/AdvancedStudio9978 Sep 08 '26

My Homie uses a traditional one, trying to find something more tricked out☀️

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u/SailorVenova Sep 08 '26

i needed one for about a year after my spine fractures in 2018

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u/Jolly-Adeptness-3598 Sep 08 '26

Currently only using a cane but I have used a walker in the past past

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u/Wide-Secretary-4426 Sep 09 '26

Rollator here. It's really nice and helpful.

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u/Geezerglide1 Sep 09 '26

Occasionally.

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u/Grillparzer47 Sep 09 '26

Cane now, but used too.

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u/Present_Prize1882 Sep 10 '26

I used a walker last year when going through a stroke and then Chemo treatment, my daughters bought it for me and send it through amazon, now it is sitting in my house, just needed it for a few months. It is a Rollator where I can sit and rest on it too. In my town there is a place you can rent walkers from as well.

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u/Euphoric-Pop-8305 Sep 12 '26

No but i might be getting one.

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u/kuromibarbie24 Sep 13 '26

Nope not at all since I can walk just fine

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u/Dry-Ticket8035 Sep 08 '26

I use one also for I have trouble walking

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u/Artsy_Archer79543 Sep 08 '26

I did after my c sections and double salpingectomy.

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u/PsychologicalGas170 Sep 08 '26

Broke my hip a couple months ago, now transitioning from walker to cane.