so… this is hard for me, but i’m starting to think it may be time to consider getting a permanent wheelchair. i have a loaner. it’s old, squeaky, judging by weight it’s apparently made of lead.
google seems lousy with enshittified ad pollution.
anyone out there have any good info/advice/love of a particular chair?
also any advice for coming to grips with this transition in my mobility would be greatly appreciated.
plz boost if you can.
@n8udd i know lots of folks love reddit. but i haven’t really found it to be helpful when the question is a matter of opinion. somehow the most upvoted replies are some angry 17yo with only wikipedia knowledge and way too much testosterone. 😝
but i’d read a link if you have one. :-)
@isaiah I've got no personal experience on the topic, but I've just been browsing r/wheelchairs for the last 10 minutes, and there seem to be a lot of extremely helpful people in the threads.
This is primarily re the chair suggestion. I don't know if it would necessarily be the most useful for info/advice on the transition.
Best of luck with your journey though.
@n8udd yes. despite my joking reply i have browsed it.
and it’s not without info and nice folks. plus there are a lot of folks talking about ways they use their chairs. it’s actually really encouraging just to normalize it for me.
but i was hoping for more education/reviews of specific products before my appointment with my PT doc about it. these things are crazy stupid expensive— best to avoid buying more than one. i know the doc will have strong opinions and i don’t want to get railroaded.
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