Pinkalicious New Cane

I went back to therapy for my last visit and they had no luck finding a cane in my size. I was not surprised. I've spent a lifetime hunting for things in "my size" only to conclude they simply do not exist. The next day I got a call from a local number I didn't recognize and sent it to voice mail, assuming it was something stressful that could wait. When I listened to the message it was the lady from PT explaining that she had found me a cane. I simply needed to go pick it up. She described it as "pinkish purple" and gave the impression she'd paid for it out of her own pocket.

This afternoon I went to pick it up. Low and behold it was the right size!

Test Drive

After I had given it a spin I called and left her a message thanking her. Do you like it? It's not bad looking. Pink wouldn't have been my first choice but I like it. We may spruce it up a bit more actually. It's super light and you know THE CORRECT FREAKING HEIGHT!! On the walk back to my car my sister was using my old crutch and she started complaining about her shoulder! Moving on, my friends. There's still a lot of work to be done on my shoulders to avoid shoulder surgery, but this feels like a good place. I know what's wrong and what I have to do to fix it (even if that's a ton of work).

New Crutches

Remember how I lost one of my crutches this summer? I Lost It! Well, I went went on using one crutch and holding Riley's hand, using the future to get around, etc for moths. When I had surgery I thought it'd be a good opportunity to ask the physical therapist to help me replace it. I wasn't in a rush though.

recently though I've become fed up with how limiting and cumbersome the damn walker is. Case in point, me on Christmas Day:

Unfortunately somewhere down the line someone abused their mobility device upgrades so now they have this iron clad rule about only replacing them every 5yrs. No exceptions, even when you loose one like a moron. Obviously, I can't do anything with one crutch in my current condition. I pressed my physical therapist to press the insurance, but we were getting no where.

After some dark thoughts about what would happen if I fell at the wedding and other disability related anxiety I was on a mission to find some crutches. A new pair is $139 if you pay out of pocket and you have to buy the pair. That would be fine normally but not post Christmas pre Wedding, no way. I started Googling and found some beautiful emerald green crutches which got my wheels turning. My current lone crutch is standard silver.

In the end Mike was the hero of the day. He found a pair on Craigslist that a nice lady who is about 5'2" old used for a brief period of time and was selling for $25. To me! They're white with pink tribal designs, but the designs peel off (stickers) and we can paint anything over the white.

I'm a little torn between going discreet (black, etc) or decorative and pretty (sparkly even?!?) We'll see. Mike's gonna pick them up Monday on his way home. I can't wait to try them out.