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Sue - I'm so glad you found something to help. My love keeps falling to eh left, so I sent him your message (hope it's ok), so he can consider doing the same. Best to you. Jo Ann On Sat, 9 Apr 2005 06:15:59 -0500 Sue Weiler <[log in to unmask]> writes: > 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