tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7786963816895631219.post6673550106124412132..comments2023-09-25T05:51:39.963-07:00Comments on The Gifts of MS: Normal = triumph?Robert Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00861491569742630629noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7786963816895631219.post-26964876286358195912011-07-02T07:42:14.463-07:002011-07-02T07:42:14.463-07:00This whole walking thing... I don't like it, a...<i>This whole walking thing... I don't like it, any more, I get really tired, really easily. I could, I suppose, move to full-on wheelchair-bound, but I'm positive that'd be even more inconvenient than being walker-bound, so I keep walking.</i><br /><br />Honestly? I don't know anybody with MS or another progressive disease that affects walking who, after switching to a wheelchair or scooter, hasn't said, "I wish I had done this earlier."<br /><br />Instead of using all your energy to get where you're going, a wheelchair (and I'm talking here about an appropriate, properly fitted chair, not some piece of junk depot chair) lets you save that energy to do whatever it is you went there to do.<br /><br />And using a wheelchair isn't binary. If you have one, you can decide when to roll, and when to walk.Katjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14146656003138371520noreply@blogger.com