# My wheelchair thinks it' a tortoise **URL:** \ **Category:** Primary progressive MS\ **Created:** [23 February 2018 19:04 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/my-wheelchair-thinks-it-a-tortoise/12200 "2018-02-23T19:04:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![shellyonthebeach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@shellyonthebeach](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/shellyonthebeach)\ **Post date:** [23 February 2018 19:04 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/my-wheelchair-thinks-it-a-tortoise/12200/1 "2018-02-23T19:04:37Z")
Ive just come back from a fantastic day in Chester. I met my sister and my nephews with my girls and their friends and Rochelle and the twins and of course Frazer. But my chair decided to throw a wobble. Ive only had new batteries since September and they are already playing up. Anyone with a power chair will know the panic you feel when it starts flashing red. My nephew pushed me to the station and then it seemed to recover a bit on the journey back to Frodsham …well it was okay going down hill but Molly and her friend had to take turns pushing me up the hill back home … As I said in my title it thinks it’s a tortoise. Maybe it’s just protesting I did have my twin granddaughters on my knee for most of the day. But apart from that we had a fantastic day playing on the park and smelling all the soaps and bath bombs in Lush . And eating fish and chips in blackstocks . Even Frazer was happy… Naomi and Laura dropped the odd chip on the floor, he was just a bit shocked by the sour taste of the lemon slice that Laura dropped the on the floor , his face was a picture. Any way we are back safely…exhausted but happy I’m just relaxing under my heated throw and Frazers curled up in front of the fire. Michelle and Frazer xx ---
**Author:** ![skippysprite](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/mssociety/user_avatar/forum.mssociety.org.uk/skippysprite/32/912_2.png) [@skippysprite](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/skippysprite)\ **Post date:** [23 February 2018 19:56 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/my-wheelchair-thinks-it-a-tortoise/12200/2 "2018-02-23T19:56:08Z")
Hi Michelle Glad you had a lovely day in Chester, just a shame your chair has chosen today to be a pain, but glad between them they managed to get you home. I know from experience the feeling of that panic when your chair plays up, last time (luckily) I was quite close to home, and hubby was home, so came and rescued me. If I were you, first thing Monday morning ring WCS and ask them for a visit as a matter of urgency, as these things can knock your confidence. Take care, woof from Alfie to Fraser. Pam x ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Snore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Steve\_Snore](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Steve_Snore)\ **Post date:** [24 February 2018 00:49 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/my-wheelchair-thinks-it-a-tortoise/12200/3 "2018-02-24T00:49:02Z")
hello Michelle Nice to hear about a good day. Well done to the family for getting you home. Would you believe sometimes I cycled to Froddy from Wallasey. i always ensured that my first piano pupil was the highest up the hill and the next was always lower. On Thursdays however, I had to finish at the top of Carriage Drive. Oh how life has changed. Woof, xx Steve. ---
**Author:** ![shellyonthebeach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@shellyonthebeach](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/shellyonthebeach)\ **Post date:** [24 February 2018 13:39 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/my-wheelchair-thinks-it-a-tortoise/12200/4 "2018-02-24T13:39:26Z")
Thanks Pam , I’ll ring them on Monday , it’s covered by Ross care because it’s a nhs chair I’m a bit disappointed because I’ve only had it a year and the batteries were paying up in September. I don’t think they should wear out that quickly. I charge it every night it shouldn’t be running out after a day in Chester. My other chair was a lot older I’d had it over 3 years before the batteries needed replacing. Michelle and Frazer xx ---
**Author:** ![shellyonthebeach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@shellyonthebeach](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/shellyonthebeach)\ **Post date:** [24 February 2018 13:49 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/my-wheelchair-thinks-it-a-tortoise/12200/5 "2018-02-24T13:49:44Z")
Steve that’s a memory I bet you were tired. Lee always loved cycling he used to come all the way from Bolton to Hyde where I lived on his bike , he could do it in an hour and it was about 25 miles. That was many years ago before we got married . He still loves his bike but hardly gets out now . Work and famiy commitments and then he’s older so not as energetic. We went to delamere forest recently I was in my chair with Frazer it was good but i couldnt keep up . Michelle and Frazer xx ---
**Author:** ![hoppity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8e8cbc/32.png) [@hoppity](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/hoppity)\ **Post date:** [24 February 2018 16:56 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/my-wheelchair-thinks-it-a-tortoise/12200/6 "2018-02-24T16:56:34Z")
XX Glad you got home okay Michelle. My chair went slow when I first got it but its okay now.It was me I had tipped it back to far and it goes at half speed then tipped it straight and it went fast again but I had forgotten those instructions …silly me ---
**Author:** ![shellyonthebeach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@shellyonthebeach](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/shellyonthebeach)\ **Post date:** [28 February 2018 23:45 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/my-wheelchair-thinks-it-a-tortoise/12200/7 "2018-02-28T23:45:22Z")
Thanks Don , I did wonder if it was something like that . My little granddaughters are monkeys and will touch all the buttons on my chair. I think it is the batteries though, the last time Ross care came out the engineer said that some of the batteries werent great because they’d been on the shelf for a long time. I’m going to call them out when the snow clears up, I’m not going very far in this weather, its so cold i just want to stay close to the fire. Frazer agrees with me he likes being curled up warm in front of the fire. Michelle and Frazer xx