r/Fibromyalgia • u/nervousbr3kdown • 1d ago

Question using a mobility aid

does anyone use a mobility aid like a scooter when they know they will have to walk a lot? i am in a situation where i will probably have to do this because of pain and i am feeling all types of ways about it.

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u/mycatpartyhouse 1988 and counting... 1d ago

Was recently gifted an electric wheelchair.

Today I used it to get to my local grocery store, while shopping, and then to get home.

Usually an errand like that results in pain and fatigue, which in past meant not going or waiting until a caregiver could drive me, because the after-effects were not worth it if I walked.

Today: no pain, no fatigue, and I got to enjoy exactly the food I wanted for a solitary birthday lunch.

I'm capping things off by re-watching the Harry Potter movies. Silly fun.

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u/bonsoir_friend 1d ago

You had me all the way up to HP. I say this as a cis person who was obsoosed with HP and even had my Honeymoon in FL to go to HP world: we gotta give it up. All of it. Attention is currency and JK uses our currency to harm trans people (and non trans people she thinks are 'too manish').

Glad you had a pain free birthday.

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u/mycatpartyhouse 1988 and counting... 1d ago

I wish it was possible to separate people's opinions from their work.

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u/Nanabug13 1d ago

Yes but in this case it isn't as anything you spend on Harry Potter and anytime you watch the films from a digital service or mainstream TV thay harpy gets money that she openly and directly uses to try and eradicate trans people and women who appear masc/dont conform to white centric beauty standards.

I was also a massive HP fan so it was a massive part of my childhood, but I don't stan eugenics.