I am getting a new wheelchair. The ot from Halton wheelchairs came to an assessment and he’s ordering me a Salsa mini 2 it’s a central drive indoor/outdoor chair although I have to use it indoors first until we have made a level assess and ramp down the side of the house and then he will sign it off for outside too. I am sooo excited! I was so worried that they might say no and then I’d have had to have bought one, my existing chair is on its last legs I’m scared of it breaking down every time I go out. It takes 6 weeks to order so it will probably be in the new year. Frazer is so excited too he feels embarrassed walking next to my old tatty chair. It will be brilliant for getting on the bus because the turning circle is very good. Michelle and Frazerxx send from my phone
Thats great to hear Michelle happy new chair…!!! it will make things much easier for you.
J x
Yah thats fantastic news I hope you and Frazer soon get to grips with it. My Salsa Quickie is brilliant so I know you will enjoy it. XXX Don
Fab news! You and Fraser will be the smartest duo when out and about!
Pollx
Hello Michelle.
I have always eyed the central drive chairs with a sense of envy. I have a rear wheel drive portable and a front wheel drive indoor chair which goes up and down making the kitchen more accessible. Maybe I should go for the complete set? (No Stephen, you DO NOT need another chair.) It should be great for the bus.
Best wishes, Steve. x
Hi Michelle
Brilliant news, so pleased for you and Fraser, bet you can’t wait.
Pam x
Thanks everyone for all of your lovely messages I’m really looking forward to getting it, my current one is so tatty and the gearbox is going and the batteries need replacing. Is weird but I’m really happy but also sad at the same time I still feel like I should be snapping out of this and getting better, I fall everyday inside my home but outside I fell last week trying to get from the chair up to the path I really hurt myself. I wish I could turn back the clock. Will I ever adjust to this 3 and a half years and I still long to walk again. Michelle x sent from my phone
Oh Shelly. I can only sympathise with you. Only yesterday I said to hubby I think it would be easier for me to accept if I’d had my right leg amputated. I would learn to walk with a prosthesis probably, but would know this is where I am with it. This is it. How it is. Learn how to walk again but with a prosthetic leg. As it is, with MS I awake every morning wondering if today will bring another “fail”. Another deterioration. Another loss of something or other.
I’m glad you’ve got your new chair.
Thanks Poppy, I’m daft I’ve just been crying about it. I feel so happy but so mixed up. I was so worried that I wouldn’t meet NHS criteria and when the ot said i could have one I was delighted. But I somehow feel I don’t deserve it I can still furniture walk I wish I could turn the clock back. Michelle x
You and me both me dear. x
I had a visit from my OT during the week. She brought me sock aids (to help me put the flipping things on my numb feet). It was her suggestion that I was put forward for a Helium. She is good at her job obviously saw what I didn’t. Like you I didn’t think I’d meet the criteria. I did.
She told me I was at the top of her list that she handed to her manager, to take to the monthly meeting the day before. She has no final say herself. There they discuss budgets and prioritise who gets a wheelchair. I’ve been waiting for a Quickie Helium since the spring. I’ll get to hear the outcome next week when she promised to let me know.
Like you, I shuffle around using furniture and hobble to the car, the hubby pushes the “light” chair we bought. I never really realised just how my mobility has deteriorated on such tiny journeys.
We are caring for my friends cats and hens next door while she is away. Yesterday, I thought I’d visit and let the cats indoors as it was bitterly cold. Told hubby I’d be fine with the rollator. It’s about 30 yards to her house down the lane. I was very slow going there, but could hardly make it back! My foot was dragging along the ground and I was struggling. I almost fell in the door and promptly burst into tears. I had NO idea just how bad my walking has become. The realisation was shocking.