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<blockquote data-quote="dreamer" data-source="post: 14648" data-attributes="member: 1697"><p>I have to agree with Marg- stay active. I also used an electric scooter for several years- and yes, I used it to keep up with my kids. LOL- I chased them in it, gave them rides, "carried" some of their stuff....ran all around the amusement park with them, and the zoo......I used a wheeled walker, too, depending on how I felt and what our plans for the day were etc. </p><p>It is not as easy to slip into depression if you can stay busy and use your imagination to find ways to keep on with your activities. </p><p>I did not fall often, mostly I could not stand to begin with- and my hands also gave me great problems. AT first i would sob when I could not hold my toothbrush. Or hairbrush........but then I involved the kids and we made it a game or a joke. </p><p>My girls remember me ----mom in the tunnels and tubes at chuckee chese etc.....and chasing them all over, crawling on the floor etc, but my son, nope. BUT he does remember hitching rides on my scooter and me chasing him down in it playing tag in it......and he remembers making a mess with me while we brushed MY teeth......they remember us all trying to figure out how to drain the pot of pasta when I was too afraid they were too young, little, not strong enough and my hands could not do it......so we had watery pasta while we brainstormed to figure it out. each week we would try again....made it a game.....</p><p>made it a game, made it a challenge,</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dreamer, post: 14648, member: 1697"] I have to agree with Marg- stay active. I also used an electric scooter for several years- and yes, I used it to keep up with my kids. LOL- I chased them in it, gave them rides, "carried" some of their stuff....ran all around the amusement park with them, and the zoo......I used a wheeled walker, too, depending on how I felt and what our plans for the day were etc. It is not as easy to slip into depression if you can stay busy and use your imagination to find ways to keep on with your activities. I did not fall often, mostly I could not stand to begin with- and my hands also gave me great problems. AT first i would sob when I could not hold my toothbrush. Or hairbrush........but then I involved the kids and we made it a game or a joke. My girls remember me ----mom in the tunnels and tubes at chuckee chese etc.....and chasing them all over, crawling on the floor etc, but my son, nope. BUT he does remember hitching rides on my scooter and me chasing him down in it playing tag in it......and he remembers making a mess with me while we brushed MY teeth......they remember us all trying to figure out how to drain the pot of pasta when I was too afraid they were too young, little, not strong enough and my hands could not do it......so we had watery pasta while we brainstormed to figure it out. each week we would try again....made it a game..... made it a game, made it a challenge, [/QUOTE]
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