I am just wondering who decides that you should be using a wheelchair.
Is it a personal thing or does an O.T phisio or some other professional/Doctor say you need one?
Where I live at the moment is with my mum and brother and it wouldn’t be suitable for wheel chair use but hopefully I will soon have my own ground floor flat or bungalow which would be.
I often find myself struggling to stay standing and end up sitting down to do cooking etc and because the kitchen counters are at standard height it can be a struggel.
I know that when I get my own place if the counters etc are too high they can have them lowered or wont even move you into a place that is not suitable.
My ms nurse put me directly forward for one,but I guess OT or Physio can start the ball rolling.If you dont see them then your GP.
By us you canself refer to physio so that is a quick way.
A couple of weeks ago I had my first one delivered.Today a new one came that was made to measure by the wheelchair OT who did a home visit to check what I needed the chair for eg self propel or being pushed etc. and to measure me for a good posture fit.
As I wanted mine for outdoors it is a big sturdy one but had I of wanted it purely for indoors it would of been different.
Well worth having a think about what you want the chair to do for you…especially if you get that job.
Thanks Pip, I just found out that I didn’t get the job Ah well maybe I just have to learn to accept that there is less I can do know though Im not gonna let that stop me. I am gonna go and do tempoprary XMAS work on the food tills at M&S which I love so at least thats something to get me out of the house for a bit.
I will hopefully have my own ground floor flat or bungalow soon so wont really need it until then I may need it around the house and when i DO get my own place I would like to get a dog for company and would need one to take it for walks.
I have my first appt next month with my MS nurse by which time I will hopefully have my own place and can ask the nurse then.
Hi, sorry you didn’t get the job. Try not to be disheartened, working with special needs takes a lot of skill, probably all the candidates were well experinced (yourself included), and tbh at th end of the day, there probably was not much to choose between any of you. You did very well to get an interview, take the positives from that. Temporary work at m&s sounds good, so well done on getting that. Cheryl:-)
My ms nurse, I only asked about getting properly measured as I don’t think the one I bought is right for me, she referred me to w/c services. lady came out to look at the house and arranged an apt to get meaured etc. said my electric w’c would take 6-8 weeks but got phone call to say it’s ready to be delivered, just need to ring them, so afer being told there was a 2yr waiting list (by GP and previous ms nurse) taken about 6 weeks from beginning to end/
Hi, I think the answer is a mixture of you, OT and wheelchair services. lots of people are really worried about going into a wheelie. They have all sorts of ideas of how bad it will be.
I have been a full time wheelie for 8 years. Iniitally I bought my own chairs, but ended up damaging myself, as they weren`t right for me. This is where professional help is very important.
Life on wheels is very different, but after an initial phase of getting your head round it, you`ll reap the benefits.
In the kitchen I use a saddle chair, which is at the correct height for using the worksurface and washing up etc. I bought it from a hairdressing supplies online shop, one of my better purchases.