Comments on: The Runaway Wheelchair http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/2009/08/the-runaway-wheelchair/ Adventures of a superhero on his journey through chronic pain and debilitating inflammation Sat, 29 Jun 2013 14:09:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: jdfwood http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/2009/08/the-runaway-wheelchair/#comment-968 jdfwood Fri, 07 Aug 2009 06:49:49 +0000 http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/?p=5591#comment-968 Oh my, that was so good I could see the whole thing play out in my mind!!!! I have had a few adventures in my power chair, but yours was a good one!!!!

]]> By: lisa http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/2009/08/the-runaway-wheelchair/#comment-960 lisa Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:23:47 +0000 http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/?p=5591#comment-960 that’s awesome….thanks…beware of small children who run in front of scooters……………they are relentless

]]> By: Laurie http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/2009/08/the-runaway-wheelchair/#comment-937 Laurie Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:03:10 +0000 http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/?p=5591#comment-937 I go to the Altamonte Mall regularly, and that parking lot is nowhere near level. Can’t imagine rolling myself in a wheelchair there, plus it is always such a zoo inside there!
My husband is disabled, he broke his back at work in 2000, had surgery to fuse t7-l4 with rods. It took him until 2006 to be able to walk with a quad cane.In fall 2007 he could finally drive again. Last year he had cervial fusions, ended up with Guillan-Barre and spent 8 weeks in ICU and another 6 in rehab. He is back with a rolling walker, has minimal arm strength and is very weak. Had PT 6 months, only had minor improvement. The neurologist says that he will not improve beyond the walker and in fact, will probably end up in a nursing home (he is 51) He can no longer live by himself (we had been separated at the time of his surgery) so he is now living at my house. We asked for a prescription for a scooter for him since he tires so easily, it would improve his quality of life and with me having RA I can’t push him in a wheelchair; and both the neurologist and primary doc said no…not until he is wheelchair bound. Ticks me off because between our insurance and medicare it would be paid for.

]]> By: Vicki C http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/2009/08/the-runaway-wheelchair/#comment-936 Vicki C Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:11:30 +0000 http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/?p=5591#comment-936 OMG that was great! Any RA morning I can start with a laugh is a good morning! Tell her thanks so much for letting you share!

Vicki C. in VT

]]> By: MissDazey http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/2009/08/the-runaway-wheelchair/#comment-935 MissDazey Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:11:24 +0000 http://www.rheumatoidarthritisguy.com/?p=5591#comment-935 Thanks for sharing this, so funny and such real life adventure.

I have looked at the transport chairs, I liked the fact they are lighter for Bruce to put in and out of the trunk. However, we thought if the fact they are not make for people to wheel themselves around.

By the way, how do you guys get doctors to say not to walk and get wheels?

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