1. Before every flight/between every offload & onload: take pictures of your wheelchair from all angles and make sure you can see the airport in the background!
— this is KEY to have evidence in case something gets broken and you have to open a case.
2. Add a luggage tag to your wheelchair so it is identifiable.
3. If you have layovers/if your wheelchair needs to be returned to aircraft door; you have to make it so clear a toddler could understand.
• Example: extra label on your physical wheelchair saying so, ask at gate, ask flight attendant beginning of flight for it to return, remind attendant when landing to call for it to for sure return.
— the orange wheelchair tag has not proven enough for many people, making me lose my wheelchair twice in one trip even though my label was TRIPLE CHECKED at the gates. Write it on a strip of ducttape onto your chair I don’t care; mark it clear and loud.
4. If you have removable foot rests: take👏🏻them👏🏻off👏🏻
— these can get lost. Learned the hard way. Take them onto the plane with you. I’ve never been refused to bring these onto my flight along with carry-on/personal item.
5. Get those get push rim covers!!
You can get them for +- 20 bucks on Aliexpress/Amazon. Your push rims will slide across that storage space and it will get scuffed or even splinter.
BONUS: makes it an identifiable wheelchair! I can always clarify with mine ‘the red wheel one with all the stickers’
Reblog to save someone’s right footrest from ending up in some random Californian airport!
can you reblog a two-part post in the correct order?
I’ve been in debilitating pain lately. I don’t talk a lot about my chronic pain online here. But I think it’s worthy of talking about.
People don’t realize just the effects of chronic pain. What it does to you, and how it affects you. Yes, I’m in pain ALWAYS. And yes, sometimes it’s worse than others. But just because my pain is worse one day, doesn’t mean my pain is gone the next. I want people to realize the extent and life with chronic pain that’s debilitating.
I use my wheelchair everyday now, and most of the time, all day, everyday. My laundry is STACKED cause I haven’t been able to do it. Mountains of clothes in my room. I don’t shower often cause it causes me even more pain and is exhausting, so I have gotten sores. From using my wheelchair so much, I’ve also started to develop mild pressure sores. It sucks!
I’m out of my pain medication currently, just took my last dose, and I’m still suffering. Every day of my life, I’m suffering. And now, more than ever. My pain has continued yk get worse, with no end in sight, and it’s sad. It’s so sad.
I hate being in pain, and I wish more people talked about debilitating pain that’s makes you stuck in bed all day.
eat your welshcakes
The birds are mocking me, they curse my return
(american) normies’ opinions on nudity are so funny like wdym you think other human bodies are an innately traumatic thing to witness that we need to protect the innocent from. everyone has one everyones seen one unless u dont own mirrors and never shower I guess. ppl get so weird about it I really do not understand