Comments on: My Essential Aids to Living https://www.smilingclare.co.uk/2014/05/13/my-essential-aids-to-living/ Living Life, Within the Limits of Chronic Illness Thu, 26 Mar 2020 15:02:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: Clare Wood https://www.smilingclare.co.uk/2014/05/13/my-essential-aids-to-living/#comment-290 Thu, 18 Jul 2019 14:33:08 +0000 https://www.smilingclare.co.uk/2014/05/13/my-essential-aids-to-living/#comment-290 In reply to Claire Morland.

You’re very welcome, thank you for reading it. It all depends on your wheelchair I think – I’ve recently got a new one (Currently still unnamed) and unfortunately there is nowhere to mount the crutch holders my Dad created for ‘Bob’ on it, so I know exactly what you mean. Without the “sticky out bits” used for an attendant to aid tipping the chair to get up kerbs, there is nowhere to clip the pipe clips which are bolted to the cups that hold the feet of the crutches. So I’m having the same trouble with holding them during the long waits at my recent hospital appointments, if I find a solution I’ll be sure to blog about it! I hope you are able to enjoy yourself at your nephew’s wedding.

]]> By: Clare Wood https://www.smilingclare.co.uk/2014/05/13/my-essential-aids-to-living/#comment-289 Thu, 18 Jul 2019 14:25:09 +0000 https://www.smilingclare.co.uk/2014/05/13/my-essential-aids-to-living/#comment-289 In reply to Pam Day.

You’re very welcome Pam, it was written a few years ago now and there’s a few things I now need to add to it, so will have to start working on an updated version when I have the energy. Creativity has saved my bacon a few times over the years, the most recent creative idea my family have had is to put a doorbell in the shower, so if I need help I only need to press it and they’ll know to come running! We haven’t got one yet but I’ll be sure to blog about how it goes when we eventually get round to it.
Best wishes,
Clare

]]> By: Claire Morland https://www.smilingclare.co.uk/2014/05/13/my-essential-aids-to-living/#comment-288 Wed, 17 Jul 2019 21:04:04 +0000 https://www.smilingclare.co.uk/2014/05/13/my-essential-aids-to-living/#comment-288 Thanks so much for your brillant blog that I have just finished reading. You explain everything so well and yet is so easy to read. I have all the pieces of equipment that you mentioned and my wheelchair is called Wilfred. I can’t manage to balance or even walk round my bungalow any more without my crutches. My dad has been trying to come up with something to hold my crutches on the back of my wheelchair and despite all these wonderful ideas my dad has kept coming up with nothing has held them in place for very long when someone starts pushing me in my wheelchair. In just over 2weeks time my eldest nephew gets married and I will be in my wheelchair most of the time.,There will be time when I need my crutches and it would be great if my crutches could in some way be held at the back of my wheelchair so either I have to or my mum has to carry my crutches around all day . I am really look forward to your next blog

]]> By: Pam Day https://www.smilingclare.co.uk/2014/05/13/my-essential-aids-to-living/#comment-285 Wed, 17 Jul 2019 10:06:14 +0000 https://www.smilingclare.co.uk/2014/05/13/my-essential-aids-to-living/#comment-285 Thank you so much for this blog Clare. I found it very interesting and informative. It is surprising how creative we can be when we can’t get exactly what we want exactly for our needs elsewhere. I hadn’t come across your bloggs before but will definitely look out for them in future.
Best wishes
Pam Day

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