ARGH the wheels!! Like I mentioned in a past article, I thought I was being really smart by purchasing a wheeled office chair to scoot myself about the condo…And it worked really good, sorta, for the first two weeks…then a wheel fell off! So then I bought another chair. But although the wheels were faster, they refused to go straight!! For every 10 inches of forward motion, I would have to make an adjustment in my direction! It was going to make me lose my marbles, so I finally bought another transport chair. The wheels are silent and I know that makes my downstairs neighbor happy. And without having to correct my path, I can wheel into the other rooms very fast. Am still stuck with the super irritating front wheel drive, which means for every inch forward, if you want to suddenly go back the big 7inch wheels have to do a reverse, and they bump into everything in their path!!!! All stuff that adds to my already unstable mindset!!!
And don’t talk to me about trying to wash your hands in a wheelchair…water running down your arms to your armpits…super argh!!!!!! Putting your food or coffee in the microwave?? Have to stand up to do it! Cooking on the range is the same trouble…have to lift up the shoulders to do any of this stuff, which makes the shoulders scream at night when you want to sleep on your side.
Well, this is just me Bitching and moaning, which I am really adept at! I know that all of you other Charcot sufferer’s can totally understand what I am talking about!! The good news is that hopefully your condition is temporary, and you can move on to greener pastures! So hang in there with all this wheel crap!!
-Cassandra, Charcotchacha copyright 2015