Well that's me off my bike for a while
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thank you. I had considered them but I have issues with my left wrist and even when I was mountaineering could only use the T bone handle ones and my wrist is too unstable for that at the moment. I do have crutches, but the main problem is that the house is simply not big enough upstairs to use them and I'm actually struggling to take my weight on my left wrist has it is (old injury). There is another type of crutch that I can use if really needed but apparently they are very heavy and the private physio when I was discharged from hospital thought I would struggle even more with those.
I'm trying hard to avoid a walking frame. That just feels wrong at my age!
vickster
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I know how you feel. I'm off crutches after my knee op, but the physio has given me a walking stick to use when out if needed! I was out on Friday and reckon I was half the age of every other stick user 
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However, if you do need a walking frame to stay safe and mobile, do
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The like is for the sense of humour... At 42 I should not be this bloody useless and decrepid or however it is spelt!I know how you feel. I'm off crutches after my knee op, but the physio has given me a walking stick to use when out if needed! I was out on Friday and reckon I was half the age of every other stick user
However, if you do need a walking frame to stay safe and mobile, do
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Hi Emma, just popping in to give you a virtual 
stay strong!
stay strong!i know how you feel. i fell into using the sticks by accident with just a short wooden pole lying around one day when it was the only thing that relieved the tension a little when i had to move for the bathroom. over the next few months i found using one stick was adequate and crucially, moving around however small and however painful led to my recovery being speed up considerably. i could compare because id had relapses in the past that took way longer to recover from before the stick idea presented itself. your one good wrist could be your way out the nightmare lol.
more drastic solutions long term may mean you have to consider moving house and like i did lose the car, both exacerbated considerably my skeletal discomfort, especially city traffic where the clutch is being depressed considerably. sorry because both are not good to hear, but considering lifestyle changes made me happier in the long run now i was living with a persistent condition. im sure you know this though.
i found the t bone sticks too uncomfortable too, try the straight up and down version with a moulded hand grip and wrist loop. try out a cheap set from sports direct and use the loop that goes round your wrist because it gives some extra stability but also reduces dropping the stick while no one is around if its a hard task to recover the stick from the floor. i saw huge results within a week regarding my own condition using one stick. I also found i was adjusting the sticks height continually depending on my daily position.
http://www.sportsdirect.com/karrimo...34tvXBW6gCQjekYhsD4bkaAjZh8P8HAQ&gclsrc=aw.ds
forgot to say the hiking sticks remove the stigma of health aids because everyone who doesn't know you thinks your out for the day walking.
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You're giving me ideas for Mrs S
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Using 1 crutch on the opposite side to my current issues hurts too much sadly, so 1 stick is not going to work. I would also not be able to use it on the opposite side to the injury as you should.
The sticks with straps are not possible due to the need to rotate my wrist into a position it cannot physical do due to surgery removing that option some +10 years ago in my left wrist. I have no ability to rotate the left wrist and can not flex the wrist upwards either. The position needed to hold the type of stick you describe. The strap would the press on the old injury site as well. It is something we looked into with my mountaineering and the only solution was a T handle stick. Physio have already started they think I am too unstable on 2 walking sticks!
I have driven an automatic car for the last 20 years because of the left side paralysis and left wrist issues above. My new paralysis is down my right leg which means hand controls will be the only option if things do not improve. I do not gave the physical use of the left to be able to hold the accelerator down or meet the legal requirement of being able to perform an emergency stop. But given I can not sit up, currently driving is not a consideration. I can't even manage to be a passenger in a car! We will deal with driving and a suitable car as and when I can physical get into one again.
Sadly life is severely complicated by the fact I have existing permanent left side paralysis from an old injury and 11 operations to repair my left wrist and by the fact I can not sit up. Add that to the new right leg paralysis plus the fact i can not sit up and I'm stuck!
Moving house may have to happen long term but will have to be carefully chosen because I'm not a city person. I get very severely depressed living in cities or towns and do not cope with them at all. Even villages are hard for me and I can't see that changing.
Hopefully the recumbent trike will help me a touch when it arrives. It has had various modifications made to take into account my needs, something all of my bikes have had to have.
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well I'm slightly less depressed now, not sure why given I am now official broke with £30 left in my bank account and about £200 of bits to buy to ship to the bike shop for the Rohloff specific side of the build.
But I've just paid for my recumbent trike... ICE can ship it on Monday to the bike shop for the rest of the modifications to be made!
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But I've just paid for my recumbent trike... ICE can ship it on Monday to the bike shop for the rest of the modifications to be made!
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fossyant
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That's a good way to be broke. A new bike
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slightly more mundane, I have brought the consultant's apt forward. earliest I could get was 5th March, but at least that is 2 weeks earlier. The paralysis is not getting better, if anything it is getting very slightly worse each day and I don't recover as much over night, net result is it is getting worse not better and I need to speak with her about it....
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Thats a normal state for me in the bank account , although its kids not bikes that take all my cash .well I'm slightly less depressed now, not sure why given I am now official broke with £30 left in my bank account and about £200 of bits to buy to ship to the bike shop for the Rohloff specific side of the build.
But I've just paid for my recumbent trike... ICE can ship it on Monday to the bike shop for the rest of the modifications to be made!
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hopefully not. There are some major modifications to be made by Kevin at D Tek... in fact the build is so custom he wasn't able to use the standard form and had to use email just to order the trike.
I also need to get my OH to find enough packaging to safely get my Rohloff wheel to Kevin as well... and also then the parts from SJS Cycles need to arrive for him to do the build. Kevin also wants to hand deliver the trike to me and help with the setup, which is really generous of him!
