It is an honor and challenge to maintain the Merely Me's Question of the Week feature. I hope to come up with questions as thought-provoking as hers, and that shouldn't be too hard because Lisa Emrich and Amy Gurowitz will be contributing as well. I am also always open to suggestions.
Now, for this week's topic.
I remember when I... Read more
Nothing says disability like a wheelchair, and the wheelchair is one of the greatest fears of MSers. But MSers are not alone in this fear. Last year a Disaboom survey asked: "Would you rather be disabled or dead?" 52% of the respondents said they would rather die. There are more than 54 million Americans -- many of them MSers -- who might... Read more
In this series of articles about mobility aids, I have already covered walking aids. Now it is time to delve into the scary stuff — wheelchairs. The question of wheelchairs is with you from the beginning. When diagnosed with MS, one of the first questions that comes to mind is, "Will I be in a wheelchair?" Chances are your doctor did not... Read more
Many types of walking aids do a good job of helping those of us who need it. Research has been responsible for many new advances to the long-lived foot braces, canes, crutches and walkers. Corporations and individual inventors continue to develop new and improved walking aids. The Twenty-first Century brought with it promises of an exciting... Read more
According to the National MS Society, about 2/3 of people with MS have walking difficulties, and many of those use walkers at least some of the time. In the previous article on mobility aids, I talked about foot braces and crutches and introduced walkers. Today, I am talking more about walkers. Walkers are like canes in that there is more to them... Read more
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