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Stick or no stick
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I suffer from a lot of joint and muscular pain, which hasn't yet been diagnosed properly (I'm in the referral stage), but it's possibly fibromyalgia. My balance is also not great as well, partly due to the meds I take for the pain and dyspraxia.
A few weeks ago I went into town with a friend and I borrowed my mum's stick and it did help, I also felt people gave me a little more space as well. But my dr hasn't said yes or no to a stick, and my ma seems to think that is just going to reinforce ideas of me being a "sick" person and it's going to demoralise me.
I'm not planning on using it everyday, and I might look at a folding one so I can pack it away if I don't feel I need it but I can still carry it around.
I do feel a bit stupid being 22 and considering the possibility of using a stick, but if it gives me a bit more independence surely that's a good thing?
Any ideas?
A few weeks ago I went into town with a friend and I borrowed my mum's stick and it did help, I also felt people gave me a little more space as well. But my dr hasn't said yes or no to a stick, and my ma seems to think that is just going to reinforce ideas of me being a "sick" person and it's going to demoralise me.
I'm not planning on using it everyday, and I might look at a folding one so I can pack it away if I don't feel I need it but I can still carry it around.
I do feel a bit stupid being 22 and considering the possibility of using a stick, but if it gives me a bit more independence surely that's a good thing?
Any ideas?
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What I have found is that there is a huge gap in the market for funky sticks!
I might wait til I get a physio referal and talk to them about it, unless I decide otherwise before hand...
I have just had the realisation that if I have a stick I am going to be seen by everyone as disabled. I'm not keen on that, purely because people are going to think that I am not capable, and when I don't use the stick they'll think I'm a fraud.