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From: Pandora.Nigh@f3.n157.z1.fidonet.org (Pandora Nigh)
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Subject: Re: wheelchair use
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Date: 8 Jan 91 19:00:54 GMT
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    Hi Andy, that is a big concern for some. For me when the time came I 
was so run down and tired and missed doing a lot of things because the 
severly limited amount I could walk with my braces stop me from doing or 
going almost everywhere. Once I got my chair I could understand how I 
ever do with out it. I had a manual first but that lasted functionally 
only a short time for me. I didn't have the upper torso strength to 
really move far in that so that I had to again fall into a rely on other 
source to get around. Now I have a tricart and am getting my permobile. 
and the freedom I have gained is tremendous. I can with my braces on 
take about 3 steps. That is with great difficulty and pain. It does come 
in handy sometimes to make a restroom more accessable espesially with a 
tricart. I'm at the opposite end from your first feelings now. I hope 
with ADA and my new chair I will never have to wear those braces again.
                                    Pandora

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