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arctic-hands · 1 year ago

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Has anyone gotten the Cane Buddy to actually stay put on their cane? It's "secured" to the cane by wrapping Velcro around the body of the cane, but like I think the makers forgot that canes are in general pretty damn smooth so no matter how tightly I pull the Velcro it keeps sliding down to the very bottom, which a) poses a dangerous trip hazard if you don't constantly readjust it, and b) the act of readjusting it either means bending my back the act of which has been declared verboten by both my rheumatologist and my physical therapist or lifting my cane off the ground which defeats the purpose of using a cane both for balance reason and for not putting pressure on my fucked knee

#cane #cane user #cane buddy #cripplepunk #cpunk #in the Before Times i carried a backpack for my Emergency Crohn's Kit but then i was forbidden from carrying things #then i got a lightweight rolling suitcase to lug things around on #*in #but while effective was an ordeal because complete strangers were always snidely asking if i was going on vacation #which is annoying just as a one-off but i heard it CONSTANTLY and i don't know why? it barely looked any different from a rolling backpack #the ableds are not okay #it was to the point i almost got a bumper sticker to put on it telling them to get off my dick #anyway i can't walk very well with both hands occupied because i need an arm to swing for balance #so i can't use the cane and drag along the rolly bag at the same time very easily #so that's where the cane buddy and various funky fanny packs come in #which still isn't perfect because neither has room for a spare change of clothes but i can carry most everything else i need in both #in theory #cane bag

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