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In reply to the discussion: The physical therapists took away my walker! [View all]MiddleFingerMom
(25,163 posts)18. Following a REALLY bad motorcycle accident in 1981, I was in a full-leg cast and on crutches...
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... for 7 months. The doctor took me out of the cast and said I could use a
cane. They gave me this dorky thick wooden old-dude hospital cane.
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I went straight to a tobacco shop and bought a black-enameled pewter-headed
cane with 5 spring-loaded test tubes inside. I traveled a LOT by train in those
days and 4 of the tubes would have peppermint schnapps in them (the 5th would
have some herbal curative that I can't remember now).
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They STILL go for as cheap as $20 at this website.
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http://www.thegreenhead.com/2010/03/brandy-smuggler-walking-cane-flask.php
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I made LOTS of friends during my train trips!!!
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Yeah. My favorite one has butterflies all over it. It's an aluminum adjustable.
HopeHoops
Jun 2012
#4
My shillelagh is cedar and would make a nice weapon if necessary, however,...
HopeHoops
Jun 2012
#20
About 25 years ago my mom went to England and brought back a walking stick ... lovely antique ...
Flaxbee
Jun 2012
#2
Following a REALLY bad motorcycle accident in 1981, I was in a full-leg cast and on crutches...
MiddleFingerMom
Jun 2012
#18
Before I left the rehab hospital I made them show me how to properly use a cane
csziggy
Jun 2012
#25
I think it just feels natural if you're right handed to carry the cane with the right hand.
sarge43
Jun 2012
#26
Also gives a certain sense of physical security in a place that isn't so familiar.
sarge43
Jun 2012
#31