Hi Carol thanks for asking well I was in a wheelchair for six months, I had to do a lot of hard work to get out of it, but I still suffer, my left leg is very weak and my foot drags a bit when I walk, I am always falling down because of the weakness in my legs but of course I have to keep going,otherwise I could not keep the dog, last year I fell and broke three fingers I was using a walking stick I thought it would stop me from falling but of course I went down and because the handle of the stick was still in my hand I smacked my hand on the ground and snapped my fingers so now I have three bent fingers as they were not set properly and now nothing can be done about it, I can't close my fist or straighten my fingers so I can't hold the stick so I have to be very careful when I am on rough ground some people would say I should take more water with it, lots of love from Jenny