Feb. 13th, 2015

davidgillon: A pair of crutches, hanging from coat hooks, reflected in a mirror (Default)
Spent yesterday using the chair around the house again, my pelvis is a little better, but I still can't stand up for longer than a couple of minutes, so again very useful to have for things like prepping meals. I had planned on going into Rochester, but decided combination of clunky chair, touristy streets complete with occasional cobbles, minimal skills and inability to stand was probably a bad one. If I go in tomorrow instead (which I normally do - though all my Saturday friends are away on holiday at the moment), then the High Street is closed to vehicles, which will make things much easier to manage if I can't manage the pavements.

And I'm starting to realise that all those places I go that I've intellectually noted as non-wheelie-accessible in the past are now actively no-go-zones for me if I choose to use the chair....

I haven't actually made it out of the bedroom as yet today (didn't get to sleep 'til 7AM due to unhappy pelvis), so I've not done anything with the chair as yet today, and it's drizzling, so outside is out, but I've been noodling how to try out wheelie-ing/bumping up kerbs in a relatively safe indoors environment (or at least one that is softer than the road and footpath outside if I go ass-over-teakettle...). Wheelie readers, feel free to make suggestions for stuff I really need to know how to do (and stuff I should probably carry with me if out in the chair).

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