[Blind-rollers] intro & request 4 suggestions

[Jackie McBride]

Hay, Peter, thanks.  My walker is a 4-wheeled variety.  It's dad gum
near impossible to hold onto the handlebars while attempting to wield
a white cane.  & it's not the dropoff that gets ya--it's the sudden
stop, if u catch my drift.

Thanks for replying.

On 9/14/07, Michael Russillo <petlonann at samobile.net> wrote:
> Hi Jackie, Peter Russillo from Stuart, Florida here.  Is your walker a
> wheeled one or the kind with rubber feet?  Depending on what kind you
> have, if you need to carry things you could attach a tray of some sort
> to it.  As for myself, I use a walker at home, and when at work or out
> and about, I use one of those light wheelchairs called a transport
> chair.  Since I can use my feet at least, I take the footrests off the
> light chair and push myself around with my feet.  This leaves my hands
> free to use a white cane along with the chair, or open a door, or
> whatever.  Just thought I'd give you an idea of how I do things.  This
> one-arm drive they're talking about has to do with wheelchairs, if I'm
> correct, namely the motorized ones.
>
> Peter
>
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