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yes! I use a 3 wheel rollator (120-189.) I put 2 32 ounce Gatorades and ensure in the 'buggy' part of my walker which makes walking alot easier for me. The buggy part is the pouch that is in the lower center of the walker. Body weight and strength plays a part in the amount of lbs. used ?? Weight is 120 and 5'5"/ 46 yrs.old. Moderate-severe fatigue and/or syncope with repetitive movements or when changing positions , ect. Happy to see u use a walker! u probably look better without the stitches too! <smile> nancy m Sue Weiler wrote: >Seems like there's a lot of us falling these days. Of late, I have fallen >so many times that my husband is saying things like "Keep this up and you'll >never need tattoos". I usually fall to the left so I am bruised from top to >bottom on the left side. What I want to tell you is that I have the U-step >walker that was mentioned and I recommend it except for the price - around >$600. > > > >I have only fallen twice in the four or five weeks > >that I've had it and those were times I was not > >holding on to it. I AM NOT SELLING OR ENDORSING IT FOR THE SELLER. I had >to add some weight to the basket to counter my bulk. I used 25lbs of hand >weights that were laying around unused. And one of the two times that I >fell, I had been standing next to it and fell against a rough bolt on the >side of it digging a foot long trench in my back. So, it's not perfect, >but it turns on a dime and it's taken me from falling every day (some days >twice) bruises, blood, stitches, scrapes, broken glasses 3 or 4 times (no >broken bones yet) to something, not perfect, but a lot better. > > > >Sue in Wisconsin > > > >-------Original Message------- > > > >From: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network > >Date: 04/09/05 01:04:33 > >To: [log in to unmask] > >Subject: Re: the art of falling Mary Ann > > > >"but wouldn't it be great to have a > >stand-up walker that prevented falling?? Where are the engineers to > >develop > >such a thing?" > > > >There is something that at least is an approximation of what you are > >looking for. > >This walker is supposed to have better than average stability. It is > >called a > >U-Step. http://www.ustep.com/. Carline uses the old fashioned Aluminum > >walker. > >But she can only use it only for balance standing still; she cannot walk > >unassisted anymore. > > > >K. F. Etzold cg Carline > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] >In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn >In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn