Zimmer Frames

[chrissa1]

Can you request to borrow a zimmer frame from your local hospital? My husband has developed great weakness in his legs and indeed has just gone crashing down on his back.

[woofgang]

In the UK the local Red Cross should have them, ask your GP where they are BUT are you sure its the right thing to help? You could ask the GP for a visit from the community occupational therapist or physiotherapist for advice.
Can I ask what diagnosis your husband has?

[chrissa1]

He is having an MRI scan on Thursday and has been having intense pain all over his lumbar area. He is on morphine tabs. He just literally collapsed backwards in front of me and is now on the floor trying to get back to a chair.

[jamesnan]

The Red Cross usually have them to lend, you could find your nearest one in the phone book.

[chrissa1]

Oh thank you. he just needs something to hang on to while he walks.

[askyourgran]

The Red Cross are great, I borrowed a wheel chair from them to go to a funeral a few days after my hip replacement. I left a £20 deposit and I could have kept the wheelchair for quite a while if I had wanted it, but I took it back soon after. I left the £20 as a donation to them. The hospital put me on to them, good service and a worthy cause, they need all the money they can get.

[chrissa1]

Thanks pinkilady. I'll give our local hospital a ring tomorrow and if they can't help I'll try the Red Cross. That means a trip down to Newcastle so the local hospital would be easier.

[anneasquith]

try social work department, they will give you telephone numbers in your area, if you explain your circum,stances they may even deliver.

[karenmac60]

Shouldn't you help him up?

[karenmac60]

I got a feeling you were thinking along those lines Pinki :)

[karenmac60]

;)

[anneasquith]

chrissa^s husband has been quite unwell recently., im sure she didnt post while he was still on the floor!

[karenmac60]

It was unfortunate wording Anne,
<He just literally collapsed backwards in front of me and is now on the floor trying to get back to a chair.>
I wasn't being unsympathetic to Chrissa or her husband - but sometimes people seem to post on here when they really should be dealing with more practical matters. I'm sure that wasn't the case here and it was just the way it was worded.

[anneasquith]

i know karen, i agree but id hate chrissa to feel silly as she is having a rough time at the moment re her husband.

[chrissa1]

Lol. I know where you are coming from but he weighs about 20 stone so apart from moving the furniture to help get some support there's not a lot I can do. It's taken an hour but he's on the settee now and is blurry well going to sleep down here tonight.
Going to ask for a doctors visit in the morning.

[anneasquith]

i think you should chrissa, i hope you both get settled and are warm and have a good nights sleep.....ie i meant get your gp to visit.