DIXZELAND Posted November 30, 2010 Report Share Posted November 30, 2010 Just curious how many people are having to use wheelchairs because of their POTS. I sometimes feel I would get around better using a wheelchair. My legs become so weak and heavy not to mention when I stand up my heart rate and pulse start like the beat of a drum.Bless Everyone!DixieSorry guys, I tried to work the POLL thingy but I don't know how. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sallysblooms Posted November 30, 2010 Report Share Posted November 30, 2010 Wheelchairs are a great tool just like heart rate monitors. Whatever helps us to feel better, do more and heal is great. Just like supplements, we need to use all that is available. I also have a folding stool to use. I don't always need my w.chairs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tilly Posted December 3, 2010 Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 Wheelchairs are there to help you, use them selectivly, even use the ones in stores to help you sustain the activiy of shopping, I struggled with the idea of using a chair but at the same time i was not going anywhere or able to stay in a shop because of the need to sit down, I gradually got used to the idea, i dont use it constantly just to help in certain situations ... like covering distance and such .. you can even get up and walk a litle, just plan how it would benefit you, will it add some quality to your life !!.... if it make life easier for you then go for it ... tilly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sj75 Posted December 3, 2010 Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 i agree Tilly. My mum has been in a wheelchair from when i was a toddler due to failed spinal surgery so ive grown up with a full time wheelchair user and seen both the positive and negative sides for my mum. Ironically i ended up having to get a wheelchair after a particularly bad flare up at around the same age my mum became wheelchair bound and after having looked after my mum for most of my child/adulthood it caused me huge issues. I refused to use it and feared losing my independance. After spending weeks indoors because i couldnt get out and didnt want to have to use a wheelchair i realised that the thing i feared (loss of independance)had already happened and that actually using a wheelchair gave me some of it back.I think we should always fight against using wheelchairs if we dont need to but sometimes its a means to an end and if i need mine i think of it as a temporary measure until i have the strength to manage without it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tilly Posted January 15, 2011 Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 I think the key word is use them "selectively" they can give some independance back, I am currently doing an article on wheelchairs and the perseptions of disability .... I fought against it for a very long time, but then looking at the bigger picture i was never able to go out anywhere, ( missing out on so much )there was a lot of selfconsiousness to overcome, after being a very mobile and independant working person, sadly some people have to use them 24/7, so looking at their plight mine is not so bad !!!. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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