Jun 30
Ok, that is no fun! I'm sitting there then all of a sudden a strange
hiss of air. Looked down and my tire is flat. Ok, yeah I know tires
go flat, but there is something unsettling about a tire going flat in
your wheelchair. Tire goes flat on your bike and you can walk it
home. Goes flat on the road...well you can still sit in your car
comfortably till help arrives. When it goes flat on your chair you
can't sit in it, you can't move as easily as you could 2 minutes ago.
It's hard for me to use other chairs to sit in, transferring is
extremely painful on my knees and hips. I have great difficulty
getting out of any chair, but with my trusty wheelchair I can push the
chair towards my legs as I'm trying to stand so my legs don't wobble so
much which reduces the pain and stabilizes my legs which reduces the
risk of collapse. Wow...when a tire goes flat you really do realize
just how much that piece of equipment has helped you and how totally
lost you are without it. Amy set me up with her office chair...I can't
move the chair! My legs can't push the chair backwards or pull it
forward. My insurance payment bounced this month, yet again I planned
on money that didn't come in so now I have late fees, we are eating
ramen and veggies till payday and now my freaking tire blows out on
me! I did not need this.
