a week away…
17Jan07
It’s going to be significantly harder than I’d initially anticipated to be without my chair for a week. I’m heading out of town for a week starting tomorrow, and as I’m very new to wheeling, it’s staying at home while I head out (it’ll be quite awhile before I’m confident enough for air travel with it, I think!). I’d thought, originally, “hmm, that’ll probably be a bit hard, having to leave shortly after receiving it”. As with most chair-related-things, I’m finding my emotions around it are significantly stronger than expected. It’s going to be somewhat of a rough week, in that respect.
I’ll survive. It’ll be here when I get back :)
I hope your trip went well and that your new chair greeted you well when you returned!
Have you gone with your crutches?
I hope you keep informing us about your life as a pretender. How have you explained your need for crutches to your friends?
I use my forearm crutch(es) full-time, so yes they came with. I do have a balance problem, which is how I explain my need for them. It’s partially true, too, maybe 30/70 balance/pretender. Those who I don’t know personally generally get told I have MS, which causes a scary split in my life between the two groups. I’d like to remove the split, but for various reasons it’s not really reasonable to do so right now.
To clarify, I identify a lot more on the wannabe side than the pretender side, the latter is just something I do to be able to deal with the pain of the former.
*hugs and smiles*