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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / May 2005loos
had my first whole day out on Sunday since the installation of all my granny flat equipment, it was our 34th aniversary I decided I fancied a day down in the Rye area since seeing it on the box a couple of weeks ago. Well we had a nice day weather was kind BUT, i have now found I am obsessed by public loos in little chef or such places fine use the disabled one it has rails and lots of room, but what happens elsewhere???? panic nothing to hold onto oh my god big risk of peeing oneself cos I do not want to go in anymore help does anyone know how to obtain a key??? Also when in a wheelchair is everybody always so nice to you such pleasantries i have not heard in years, then there is the next BUT do you get used to everything being on a different level. Jayne do not remember if i thanked you when you suggested I contact social services about this equipment but after doing so all was in place within 2 weeks wow. Hope everyone is doing ok Hev x > Jayne do not remember if i thanked you when you suggested I contact social > services about this equipment but after doing so all was in place within 2 > weeks wow. > > Hope everyone is doing ok > Hev x Sorry to hear about your troubles with the loos Hev, but I am so pleased that you have had success with your equipment! That is really wonderful for you! Could you perhaps ask social services about who to contact for a key for the disabled loos? They may not give them out, but I bet they know how you can get one. Jayne >> Jayne do not remember if i thanked you when you suggested I contact >> social [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Jayne Contact Rador or Radar they cost about £5.00 i got one through the internet. 5 Thanks the site is Radar key duly ordered then hopefully a better day out in the future Hev x >>> Jayne do not remember if i thanked you when you suggested I contact >>> social [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > internet. > 5 >but what happens elsewhere???? panic nothing to hold onto >oh my god big risk of peeing oneself cos I do not want to go in anymore help >does anyone know how to obtain a key??? Try here for a Radar key: http://www.radar.org.uk/RANE/Templates/Article1.asp?lHeaderID=177 This will get you into most public disabled loos in the UK. Incidentally, some tourist information offices have them too, at the same cost, something I discovered whilst in Wales. >Also when in a wheelchair is everybody always so nice to you such >pleasantries i have not heard in years, then there is the next BUT do you >get used to everything being on a different level. You get used to it pretty soon, and you have the advantage of never being short of a seat when others have to stand - great in queues ;-) And don't be afraid to holler for assistance when you can't reach something, ordinary folks in shops are every bit as helpful (sometimes more so) as shop assistants. Personally, I've come to regard my chair as my own, safe environment; like a kind of limb extension almost. One word of advice, if you haven't already got one, and you're spending any time in it, invest in a decent cushion, preferably with a cotton cover. Makes a big difference in hot weather. I hope you enjoy the extended range that the chair will allow you, just remember, no passengers ;-) Anne thanks wondered about the cushion, I only have the one it came with sort of plasticky and it did get a bit uncomfortable after a while. I am now looking forward to some good weather to get out and about a bit. Comes as a bit of a shock when suddenly you cannot even potter round the garden or pop to the local shop. People keep saying you'll be a new woman when you get your hips done but then there's the knees and all the other places that hurt like hell is'nt there. Just having a bit of a downer today gets you like that somedays do you find? When you have a couple of good ones then you get up and wow **** can't move, today my hips feel as if they are bending round trying to meet each other have not done a thing indoors but i do not worry about that like I used to. oh well ta for listening am off to hospital tomorrow for med review lets hope thee is a new miracle drug haha bye Hev x >>but what happens elsewhere???? panic nothing to hold onto >>oh my god big risk of peeing oneself cos I do not want to go in anymore [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > Anne |
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