Tommy Maker's Rolling Walker History

Tommy Maker: Sex: M; Data Quality: 3 stars; ALS: 5 yrs; Bi-Pap Wheelchair; Bulbar: mild; Arms: moderate; Chest: mild; Legs: moderate

Treatment charts require Flash. If you have problems installing Flash, visit the FAQ for help.

Tommy Maker's Rolling Walker is for:

Tommy Maker has not reported any side effects for Rolling Walker.

Tommy Maker's Rolling Walker History (Ongoing)
Rolling Walker (walker)
Weekly Mar 29, 2010 - Last Update

Evaluations
Date	Dosage	Fatigue Perceived effectiveness	Side Effects	Adherence	Burden
Feb 07, 2011	Weekly
Apr 25, 2010	Weekly

Date: Feb 07, 2011
Advice & Tips: I found it difficult to use because the public are not used to seeing this sort of equipment used by a young man (of 50!), it also promps people to ask whats wrong and sometimes I'm not too much in the mood to go into the ins and outs of ALS with a stranger in the street. I used it initially to avoid falling but the seat is fantastic, my falls used to be as a consequence of tripping but I am too slow for that now. But I now fall because my legs fold, probably because of fatigue, the rollator helps enormously in this regard. If I feel tired I sit down. Terrific!
Cost: < $25 monthly

Date: Apr 25, 2010
Advice & Tips: It is difficult as a 48 year old man to get used to using a walker which is normaally associated with elderly OAP's. However, I realised that this is all in my head and and caan be banished by concentrating on the more ppositive effects of getting further and being more independent. Well worth it, and it keeps the wheelchair at bay for a wee bit longer. It is difficult for my children when they see me on it, and it saddens me that I can do little about that.
Cost: < $25 monthly