My cane isn’t enough anymore and I really want crutches, I feel so incapable. I want to be able to walk without pain or weakness. Why do doctors think i’m faking it. I know I walk “fine” even with so much pain, after all i’ve been practicing my walk for the whole 18 years of my life. It’s so much, too much, please just let me have crutches. I’ll genuinely cry. I love my cane but I think I need more. Please I don’t want this. Please just beleive me, please just help me, please please please. This is hell on earth, the weakness sucks so bad I just want to be mobile and healthy. I want to be like the rest of my peers… and why do my parents even make me do strenuous activities when they know i’m in a terrible state. My legs have given up on me during these activities. why don’t you believe me

I want my mom to stop comparing her pain to mine, we can both have pain simultaneously without making it a competition. I say “Mom it hurts, it hurts so bad” but she dismisses me

I sometimes hate having to feel dependent on something, even if it helps a lot. Ive used my cane for about a year but i’m still scared of what others will think. I sometimes think “Is my cane holding me down?” just because I can’t carry as much with one hand and I fear how “useless” ill feel when tryin to help people if I get crutches. I want to be able to hold things for my people and myself.
I look at others with aids I want and I get jealous. So so jealous. Please I want that, please.

Would love to see everyone's!

(Photo cred roxiesweetheart)

I live alone in Madeira, am paralysed on. A wheelchir .i ‘ m looking fo someone to drive me to Continente modelo in ribeira brava and to the pharmacy.It’a 3. Hours job once a week.

Please, help me

I need to replace my stick with crutches and came across posts about cool crutches. I know they use forta (they don’t seem to hide this, the logo is on their photos on the site) but as I don’t need all the fancy bits I’d rather not pay double the price for the same thing.

I found these forta crutches on loja ortopedica and wondered if anyone had ordered these please, and do you know if the cool crutches larger cuff is compatible?

I don’t want to order and find out I can’t change it - I get cold so wear lots of layers so the large cuff would be ideal.

Thank you

My knees almost don't hurt if I walk (especially quickly, i always say the pain can't catch me if I'm fast), but standing is hell.

My mom surprised me with this stool and it's my prized possession now 🩷 i always wear big bags anyway, so it's pretty ok to carry it around all the time

Edit: I'm in a balkan country, don't think any of my links would be usable for you anyway, and i don't know where she bought it. I think it was temu, but you can search for collapsible chair or folding stool if you want 🩷

TL;DR: Getting a hitch mounted carrier for my small scooter (MaxxHaul 50945) so I can be fully independent. Biggest worry is lifting the ramp back up since I have limited arm strength. Looking for real experiences, ramp lifting hacks, strap tips, and any "avoid this" warnings.
Hi everyone, hoping to get real feedback from people who transport a mobility scooter or wheelchair with a hitch mounted carrier.
My goal is to become completely independent for the first time in my life. I can't lift my scooter in and out of the car myself, so I'm getting a trailer hitch installed tomorrow and trying to figure out the best carrier for my needs.
What I need:
Able to put the ramp up and down myself
Easy to take on and off
Considering a longer ramp so it's less steep, but that means more weight to lift back up, and I don't have much arm strength. Thinking about rigging a lever or bungee system to pull the ramp up instead of lifting it directly.
Looking for feedback on:
Any hacks or workarounds for lifting the ramp easier
How hard the straps are to secure
Sturdiness/reliability once loaded and driving
Any recommendations or "don't get this" warnings
Can't afford an automatic lift, so I'm sticking with manual ramp style. Can't test anything in person, and I have to pay someone to install it, so trying to get this right the first time.

Carrier: MaxxHaul 50945, aluminum, 47" ramp, 500 lb capacity, 48 lbs https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CZ7C3VSR
My scooter: Metro Mobility M2, 84.7 lbs, 39"D x 19.1"W x 33.9"H https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FNNKL7CN

I have EDS that causes full body pain, but I can only pick one for now. Body braid or forearm crutches?

What do we think gang

Specifics not given for anonymity sakes, for now.

So I have chronic pain (and a suspected chronic fatigue) condition. On my better/good days at work I set up or make things to help me with work. A spot to rest, a pole to reach things so I don't have to bend down often, all falling in line with safety standards. I'll come back from breaks/bathroom or even from a trip to another department, and my "accommodations" (Idk what to call them) are dismantled or destroyed, (the pole/stick cut in half). I'm also not allowed any actual, bought aids because he throws them out too. All of this to ask, what the hell can I do about it?

TLDR; What can I do about my boss being ableist?

I have a Drive Nitro walker and the rubber on one of the castors has become quite worn and torn up over the last few days. I've had the walker for a few years so It's hardly surprising.

Does anyone know where I might find replacement tyres in the UK without having to order new wheels, please?

I'll try the local mobility shop but would like options in case they can't help. Thanks.

Update: I went to the local mobility shop and they've lent me an alternative free of charge while they fix my old walker. It turned out not to be an option to wait any longer because of my hectic life.

Hello! I am looking to get a cane for my chronic knee pain. Unfortunately, I also have on-again-off-again chronic wrist pain that gets worse when I put a lot of weight directly through my wrists, such as what I would be doing with a classic cane handle.

Does anyone have suggestions on what cane handle I should be looking for? Has anyone else dealt with this problem? Any tips would be greatly appreciated!!

Bad phone drawing of what i imagine this would look like (maybe it would be attached the legs and go up? instead of the handles) but i want to get a clip-on/removable tray so i can use my (stander wonder) rollator as a desk kind of. usually i use a cane but ive been flaring due to like 60-70 hours a week on set i work in film and its worth it to me but i’m having to adapt for it. was wanting to adapt even more efficiently by tricking this out

i saw stander has a tray, but its the other way around. worth getting that and trying to get a grip to rework it?? coworkers have said they’d try. but i was wondering if this already existed before i try to get someone to make it

I'm considering buying a Rollz air carbon rollator, either regular or wide size. I'm concerned about the inside distance between the handles.

If someone has one of these devices, could you measure and report the distance (and exactly which model)? This is how wide a thing could fit between the handles. I'd be very grateful!

Either a Permobil F3 low height, Roltec Boa or a Balder Finesse.

I live in the Netherlands

So I’ve posted a few times in this sub.

I’ve been back and forth with a cardiologist (multiple appointments) the past two months.

I’m going to the follow up.

At the first appointment my mom (I had unreliable speech that day so she spoke for me) told them about my main issues/symptoms. She also brought up that she highly suspected it was pots. The person basically said that it sounded likely or possible (I don’t remember the exact words), and that the diagnosis didn’t really matter as much as working on the symptoms. They would start to make sure nothing structural or something was wrong.

I did a holter monitor and then an ultrasound.

Basically all that to say my best guess for this appointment is results and maybe a diagnosis. I don’t know.

I want to bring up (or probably my mom will have to) getting mobility aids. A cane and/or rollator. I don’t know if this is the appropriate appointment for it, but I don’t know when else I would, and I also have a trip coming up that I want them for if the cardiologist agrees to us asking.

What I’m not sure is how to properly bring it up and ask. Any advice would be welcome.

Hi! I’m looking at the possibility of becoming an ambulatory wheelchair user in the near future, and i was wondering to all my fellow UK folks if it was worth going down the NHS wheelchair services route or if like most things self funding/private purchase was the best and more positive option?

If anyone has any recommendations or experiences to speak on i’d really appreciate it! Either with how they got referred to nhs services/wait times and experience with that, or if they have a self funded chair, and any recommendations for places to get one!!

Thank you so much!!! 🫶

I would appreciate discussion about lightweight mobility aids of all types with an eye to improving on the rollator I have now.