Have you ever had to use crutches, a cane, or a walker?

@TheHorse (217891)

Walnut Creek, California

December 6, 2018 6:30pm CST

My Winter balcony sunflower is still blooming, but it has a strong lean, as the flower is too heavy for the stem that supports it. It has taken to leaning on the chair next to it, so it can drink up the sun's rays. This got me to thinking about the time I had ACL surgery, and had to walk with crutches for a few days. After that, I used a cane for a few more days. Have you ever had to walk using crutches, a cane, or a walker?

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@Hannihar (130218)

• Israel

17 Feb 19

@TheHorse I had to use crutches once and hated it.

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@TheHorse (217891)

• Walnut Creek, California

17 Feb 19

For me it was a challenge. Learning something new. But it was a pain.

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@TheHorse (217891)

• Walnut Creek, California

18 Feb 19

@Hannihar I enjoy challenges. But I wouldn't want to be on crutches for too long.

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@Hannihar (130218)

• Israel

18 Feb 19

@TheHorse Yes I know what you mean.

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@JESSY3236 (19855)

• United States

7 Dec 18

Yes and no. I had fallen off a cliff at a state park. I had to have stitches in my head. I also walked with a limp. My mother took me a clinic and they couldn't see any damage to my leg. They recommended me to walk with crutches. But I refused to use them. My mother had to use crutches when she broke her leg in a motorcycle accident.

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@TheHorse (217891)

• Walnut Creek, California

7 Dec 18

Can you walk "normally" now?

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@TheHorse (217891)

• Walnut Creek, California

11 Dec 18

@JESSY3236 Interesting. I wonder what the mystery injury was.

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@JESSY3236 (19855)

• United States

11 Dec 18

@TheHorse I sometimes limp when I get tired.

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@allknowing (135316)

• India

7 Dec 18

When I had that road accident thirteen years ago I had to use a walker and wheel chair until I was able to get back to my normal life.

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@allknowing (135316)

• India

7 Dec 18

@TheHorse I do not use any props but I my activity is not as boisterous as before (lol)

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@TheHorse (217891)

• Walnut Creek, California

7 Dec 18

@allknowing Well, that's kind of inevitable. I still hike and climb, but I wonder if I will play competitive softball next summer.

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@TheHorse (217891)

• Walnut Creek, California

7 Dec 18

Are you back to "normal" now? A friend of mine (a hiking partner) was run over in a crosswalk by a distracted driver. She couldn't hike for two years. She's still getting back to her previous form.

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@FourWalls (67380)

• United States

7 Dec 18

Yes to all three. I broke my ankle four years ago and needed a walker to get out of the hospital and crutches for eight weeks until the cast came off....the it was crutches to a cane.

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@TheHorse (217891)

• Walnut Creek, California

7 Dec 18

Can you walk OK now?

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@FourWalls (67380)

• United States

7 Dec 18

@TheHorse — that’s assuming I ever could walk OK.

Sure, I’m fine. I’m walking like an Egyptian!

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@TheHorse (217891)

• Walnut Creek, California

7 Dec 18

@FourWalls Walk like an Egyptian! I'm glad.

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@DWDavis (25805)

• United States

7 Dec 18

All of the above. For the first 3 weeks after my hip surgery last June I used a walker. Then for several weeks, I used a cane. Now, the cane sits in the corner covered with dust. I've had to use crutches in the past, once when I had stitches in my right leg as a teenager and again when I broke my left leg while in the Army.

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@DWDavis (25805)

• United States

7 Dec 18

@TheHorse I did notice people tended to be a lot nicer to me when I used the cane.

@TheHorse (217891)

• Walnut Creek, California

7 Dec 18

I kind of liked using a cane when I had a severe sprained ankle. I felt like "House," even though that show didn't exist yet.

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Mugure Karen Wanjiru

• Nairobi, Kenya

7 Dec 18

I have never done but my grandma did... I felt sorry for her

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@TheHorse (217891)

• Walnut Creek, California

7 Dec 18

So did my Aunte in her later years.

@TheHorse (217891)

• Walnut Creek, California

18 Feb 19

@Karenmm She passed away this year at 95.

Mugure Karen Wanjiru

• Nairobi, Kenya

7 Dec 18

Oooh ok

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@scarlet_woman (23463)

• United States

7 Dec 18

crutches for a month when i was 27.first i had a biking accident,then i got hit by a car.it wasn't a good year.

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@scarlet_woman (23463)

• United States

21 Feb 19

@TheHorse nope.i was on the bike both times.

@TheHorse (217891)

• Walnut Creek, California

18 Feb 19

That sounds like a slightly rough year. Were you a pedestrian when the car hit you?

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@allen0187 (58582)

• Philippines

7 Dec 18

Never used any of those and hopefully, the time never comes.

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@TheHorse (217891)

• Walnut Creek, California

7 Dec 18

Eh, sometimes we break or strain something. I was even in a wheelchair once, after I tore my ACL. I challenged myself and went racing down the halls. They sent me home with crutches. I had surgery several months later.

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@LadyDuck (470749)

• Switzerland

7 Dec 18

I had to use a crutch for several days when I had a bad cut under my right foot and I could not put my weight on the foot to walk.

I think I only used it for a little more than one week.

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@LadyDuck (470749)

• Switzerland

8 Dec 18

@TheHorse My mother used crutches for many weeks after she broke an ankle. She had a metal plate in her ankle.

@TheHorse (217891)

• Walnut Creek, California

7 Dec 18

I had a brace on my leg for a few weeks after ACL surgery. I think I used crutches during that time. But I still drove (manual transmission) and still went to work.

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@wolfgirl569 (105254)

• Marion, Ohio

7 Dec 18

Yes I sprained my knee one time. Crutches can be a pain.

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@TheHorse (217891)

• Walnut Creek, California

7 Dec 18

Yeppers, they can. The cane made me feel kind of like a martyr for a bit.

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@sallypup (60790)

• Centralia, Washington

7 Dec 18

I'm teaching myself to grab a cane when its icy out. I wish I were as steady on my feet as I used to be but I'm not.

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@TheHorse (217891)

• Walnut Creek, California

7 Dec 18

I enjoyed supporting my Auntie as she got older. She was a trooper, and would go over ice and snow with me in New York to see a movie.

@JudyEv (338657)

• Rockingham, Australia

7 Dec 18

Not yet thankfully and I'm touching wood all over the place now. Mum used to have to stake a lot of her plants that grew too heavy for their own good.

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@TheHorse (217891)

• Walnut Creek, California

7 Dec 18

I often wind up doing that with sunflowers. Green beans and snow peas like having something they can climb.

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@JudyEv (338657)

• Rockingham, Australia

7 Dec 18

@TheHorse And sweet peas too.

@dya80dya (36481)

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7 Dec 18

No. I don't have a cane or a walker. I needed them for a while.

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@TheHorse (217891)

• Walnut Creek, California

7 Dec 18

What happened?

@debjani1 (7202)

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12 Dec 18

No never but my mother in law uses the cane to walk after her neck fumor bone operation.

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@TheHorse (217891)

• Walnut Creek, California

18 Feb 19

Is she comfortable with it?

@rakski (120561)

• Philippines

7 Dec 18

not yet.

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@TheHorse (217891)

• Walnut Creek, California

7 Dec 18

Good to hear.

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