Comments on: Using A Wheelchair Has Helped Me To Walk https://www.lifeofpippa.co.uk/2021/09/27/using-a-wheelchair-has-helped-me-to-walk/ Theatre, books and life with chronic illness Tue, 01 Mar 2022 13:42:25 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Dawn https://www.lifeofpippa.co.uk/2021/09/27/using-a-wheelchair-has-helped-me-to-walk/#comment-3791 Thu, 30 Sep 2021 08:48:02 +0000 https://www.lifeofpippa.co.uk/?p=3658#comment-3791 I was in my 40s when I crashed with ME and as a mum with pre teen kids my mobility scooter was a game changer. It gave me back independence and some freedom as well as the ability to parent better as I could get to school functions, the park etc.
I now have a powerchair and a couple of manual chairs and they really do enable me to live independently.
Sadly a friend who had severe MS refused to get a powerchair as she wasn’t “bad enough” and spent the last year of her life trapped in her house as by that point she couldn’t cope with new things anymore.
I would far rather use the energy I have for fun things and let my chair get me there to do them.

]]> By: Pippa Stacey https://www.lifeofpippa.co.uk/2021/09/27/using-a-wheelchair-has-helped-me-to-walk/#comment-3789 Tue, 28 Sep 2021 08:38:53 +0000 https://www.lifeofpippa.co.uk/?p=3658#comment-3789 In reply to Sarah.

Thank you so much for reading, Sarah!

]]> By: Sarah https://www.lifeofpippa.co.uk/2021/09/27/using-a-wheelchair-has-helped-me-to-walk/#comment-3788 Tue, 28 Sep 2021 08:37:41 +0000 https://www.lifeofpippa.co.uk/?p=3658#comment-3788 Excellent article. Thank you so much for putting this out there.

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