When last we saw our intrepid heroine. . .
Friday, August 16th, 2019 10:16 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rolanni. . .she was waiting for the delivery of her Command Chair.
The chair arrived just past 10 am on Wednesday, which you can't get much more "between 8 am and noon" than that. It was promptly tested by human and cat -- Trooper taking the lead, as he so often does. There's a little futzing to be done with the computer table, pretty much we're set there.
After the chair delivery on Wednesday, Steve and I went to Kennebec Pharmacy and Home Care in Augusta to view knee scooters and other necessary items. There were no scooters on the floor, nor could we view one. We were told by the breezy clerk that scooters are very popular, that no, there wasn't one on the floor, that all the scooters were all the same, and that, when someone came in who wanted to rent a scooter (at $120/month, charged by the full month), the guy in the warehouse would put one together and bring it over. We were also told that Medicare would not cover the scooter rental -- which was Actually Good to learn.
Speaking as someone who has managed to arrive at this point in her life without having to interact much with the medical service establishment, I wish that the customer service people would not Just Breeze Through Things, like we've all done this before, and not meet newbie questions with impatience or non-answers. From my perspective, it would make a difficult situation a little less fraught. I realize that it's no one's job to make my life easier or less fraught, but, still...
Anyhow, I was -- how to say this gently? -- NOT IMPRESSED with the cavalier supposed customer service, so Steve and I left. On the way home, we stopped at BagelMainea for -- bagels! Fifteen bagels. I feel wealthy. And very glad to have a freezer.
We also stopped at Home Depot and bought one of the two remaining canopies to install on our deck. When our neighbors decided to build an addition to their house, they chopped down their Big Tree, which coincidentally shaded our deck. Without the tree, it was too hot to sit on the deck many days, and the canopy is the solution to that problem.
After we got home, and, since Medicare won't pay to rent a knee scooter, I decided to please myself, and purchased a KneeRover Quad All-Terrain, which will be here at the middle of next week, giving me lots of time to become proficient in its use.
Yesterday, Steve and I (with Scrabble's supervision) erected the canopy, tested it and found it good. Today, it is of course, raining, but that's OK, too. After a 'way too wet spring, we've been having a too-dry summer, so, Rain Good.
As reported elsewhere, I have been going through the manuscript line-by-line and as soon as I post this blog entry, I'll get back with that.
Y'all have a good weekend.
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Date: 2019-08-17 06:01 am (UTC)Knee walker posture
Date: 2019-08-16 11:52 pm (UTC)As someone who has used a knee walker multiple times over the past 20 years, I recommend you set the handlebars high enough so you don't hunch over them when using the device. The kneeling pad should be set so that your weight is equally distributed on both legs when in use.
You don't or shouldn't walk hunched over. So you shouldn't use a knee walker hunched over. It throws you off balance. After all, it is supposed to substitute for the lower leg and allow you to move around as if actually walking.
I was very lucky that I rented my knee walker from a business with very GOOD customer service. She stress the above points to me and showed me pictures of her sister using a knee walker while changing the sheets of a king size bed by herself. Very impressive.
I loved mine.
Ginni Morgan
Medical Equipment
Date: 2019-08-17 12:00 am (UTC)Also, thanks for talking about the Bose Hearphones. My husband got a pair after your blog post. He is very pleased with his.