Vacations and Mobility aids and Guilt
Hi peeps,
I can usually walk fine, but when I get hot and walk too much, my Achilles spazzes out and gets super tight. If I continue walking (like at Disneyland last summer because, you know, rides!) both my hips and eventually both legs get sore and tight from compensating for that Achillies that just won't chill out. Eventually I am a slow and limpy-which bothers me because taking our time is not how we run our vacations (we live on Maui, we take our time the rest of the year!) and I'm not super fond of pain I can't ignore.
We're going on a trip this summer and lots of walking and possibly too much heat are on the itinerary. Barring a surprise ice age in the next month, I'm going to have some walking issues, especially at the end of the day.
I've been thinking about getting a travel wheelchair to help on those days, but to be completely honest, I don't feel "disabled enough". I can still walk, so part of me feels like I should. The mom in me worries that I'll embarrass or stress out my kids if I used a chair. And part of me feels like using a chair would be a concession to disability.
Anyone have any suggestions or thoughts? Anyone wish they waited to use a chair, or used one earlier? Any other mobility aids you'd recommend instead? Anyone travel with an Alinker?
Bonus points if you've read this far
Thanks Fabulous People!
I can usually walk fine, but when I get hot and walk too much, my Achilles spazzes out and gets super tight. If I continue walking (like at Disneyland last summer because, you know, rides!) both my hips and eventually both legs get sore and tight from compensating for that Achillies that just won't chill out. Eventually I am a slow and limpy-which bothers me because taking our time is not how we run our vacations (we live on Maui, we take our time the rest of the year!) and I'm not super fond of pain I can't ignore.
We're going on a trip this summer and lots of walking and possibly too much heat are on the itinerary. Barring a surprise ice age in the next month, I'm going to have some walking issues, especially at the end of the day.
I've been thinking about getting a travel wheelchair to help on those days, but to be completely honest, I don't feel "disabled enough". I can still walk, so part of me feels like I should. The mom in me worries that I'll embarrass or stress out my kids if I used a chair. And part of me feels like using a chair would be a concession to disability.
Anyone have any suggestions or thoughts? Anyone wish they waited to use a chair, or used one earlier? Any other mobility aids you'd recommend instead? Anyone travel with an Alinker?
Bonus points if you've read this far
Thanks Fabulous People!
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