I have 2 canes at my disposal ...1) The one on the left was made by my sister using a hardwood dowel and a curtain rod end. It was given to me along with a cape and tophat (I still have them). 2) The one on the right I purchased in Germany when Kira was a baby ... it scared her. Anyway, it's a good cane for present usage. But this walking around with a cane is no longer fun or interesting. necessary. but not fun. I want to "Poof!" be better ... but I still hurt. I'm the passenger in the car ... not the driver. And we don't go anyplace where I have to walk very far. I don't know what it is about muscle usage ... but just slightly bending forward at the waist ... to wash my hands in the sink ... you catch your breath "Ah!" with pain in the hip. Don't even think about picking up boxes and looking through them. Do not lean. Lift and bend the left leg when trying to hunch down to pick up the newspaper. No leaning. If little things drop on the floor, you just look at them and say, "Oh well." and hope your spouse picks them up sometime. I can't imagine trying to fuel a truck or climb inside one at this point.
