ME/CFS
Outcome unclearIll for 10 years
ME/CFS: using a cane helped but badly hurt wrists at first
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill for
- 10 years
- Last post
- Jan 2017
In their words
- Condition: ME/CFS
it sucks that I'm so sick I have to use this now
In context ↗
Read from 1 of their posts and comments; links to the one this page draws on
Summary
A Reddit user on r/cfs who began using a cane at 17. They said the cane helped them a lot and they never regretted starting it, though leaning on it heavily at first left their wrists badly hurt. They were 27 when they wrote this. They lived in a small town and often got hostile looks from older people for using a cane young.
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What they tried
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- cane · Helped
I'm 27 now and I don't regret it at all because it's helped me so much.
In context ↗
Their path
They say too little about how ill they were at each step to draw it on the severity scale, so the steps are listed as they describe them. Dates are when they posted.
| When | What happened | Where they were |
|---|---|---|
| age 17 | started using a cane to get aroundI started using a cane when I was seventeen, too.In context ↗ | Mild |
| 2017-01-28 | still using the cane, which they say helped a lotI'm 27 now and I don't regret it at all because it's helped me so much.In context ↗ | Mild |
Adverse events
- Cane / walking stick“I screwed up my wrists pretty badly at first by doing this.” In context ↗ Other