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

@TheHorse (205240)

• 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 (205240)

• 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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Hanni Harel

@Hannihar (129379)

• Israel

18 Feb 19

@TheHorse Yes I know what you mean.

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Jessica

@JESSY3236 (18886)

• 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 (205240)

• Walnut Creek, California

7 Dec 18

Can you walk "normally" now?

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@TheHorse (205240)

• Walnut Creek, California

11 Dec 18

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

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Jessica

@JESSY3236 (18886)

• United States

11 Dec 18

@TheHorse I sometimes limp when I get tired.

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Always smiling

@allknowing (130067)

• 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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Always smiling

@allknowing (130067)

• 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 (205240)

• 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 (205240)

• 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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Four Walls

@FourWalls (61949)

• 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 (205240)

• Walnut Creek, California

7 Dec 18

Can you walk OK now?

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Four Walls

@FourWalls (61949)

• 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 (205240)

• Walnut Creek, California

7 Dec 18

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

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25812)

• Pikeville, North Carolina

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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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25812)

• Pikeville, North Carolina

7 Dec 18

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

@TheHorse (205240)

• 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

@Karenmm (881)

• Nairobi, Kenya

7 Dec 18

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

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@TheHorse (205240)

• Walnut Creek, California

7 Dec 18

So did my Aunte in her later years.

@TheHorse (205240)

• Walnut Creek, California

18 Feb 19

@Karenmm She passed away this year at 95.

Mugure Karen Wanjiru

@Karenmm (881)

• Nairobi, Kenya

7 Dec 18

Oooh ok

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scarlet_woman

@scarlet_woman (23465)

• 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

@scarlet_woman (23465)

• United States

21 Feb 19

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

@TheHorse (205240)

• 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

@allen0187 (58438)

• Philippines

7 Dec 18

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

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@TheHorse (205240)

• 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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Anna

@LadyDuck (457413)

• 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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Anna

@LadyDuck (457413)

• 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 (205240)

• 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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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (94780)

• Marion, Ohio

7 Dec 18

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

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@TheHorse (205240)

• 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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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (57723)

• 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 (205240)

• 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.

Judy Evans

@JudyEv (325348)

• 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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