Sometimes All It Takes Is Something Small

[CrazyCatWom]

I usually try to be positive about this screwed up brain and body I have. I always refuse to curl up and cry.

But every once in a while, there'll be something small that is a slap in my face, reminding me my world is really, really different now.

Tonight I was hobbling around in my kitchen, and I heard scraping on the tile floor. Then my cane slipped! Just one of those slight butterfly feelings in my stomach with that because I was still standing. Again as I was moving around, I heard that scraping sound.

So I flipped my cane over and saw what was causing the scraping noise.

I have worn out the hard rubber foot of my cane!

Not that big a deal (though I have no clue where to find a replacement), except it really depressed me. I've used a cane so much I wore it out! I remember when I used to wear out the the heels) of my boots. That was because I WALKED, unaided, all over the place!

Now I just hobble around.

[carolek572 CommunityAmbassador]

It looks like there's a smile there, CrazyCatWom

I am not sure where to find a replacement rubber tip for your cane, but I would try your local pharmacy, or where you bought your cane. Let us know where you end up finding one, okay? Keep Smiling

[CrazyCatWom in reply to carolek572]

Oh, I know I'm whining about something so small. But that thing was supposed to go away, not wear out! :::sigh::: Anyway, I didn't directly buy it. Blue Cross Blue Sheild paid for it when a doctor at the UNMH/Lovelace Rehab Hospital said I would need it and a walker. I chose a rollalator--which I refuse to use now, because I got the left wheel caught on the metal strip under my front door when I was coming home after 3 1/2 months of being hospitalized. I fell backward, sprained my ankle, messed up my calf that developed a DVT that moved to better real estate-- created a "buterfly" PE (it covered both lungs)--and landed me right back into the Univeristy of New Mexico Hospital for another month and a half.

[carolek572 CommunityAmbassador in reply to CrazyCatWom]

That's not a small thing to whine about, CrazyCatWom You need your equipment to be there when you need it, correct? Can you request that your doctor write a script to replace your cane? Or can you contact that rehab hospital to se how you can go about replacing your cane tip? Do be careful, okay?

[CrazyCatWom in reply to carolek572]

Oh, I'm OK. I'm using my "upstairs cane". A few months ago, I splurged and bought a new cane from Amazon because it is a beautiful royal blue marble-like cane with rhinestones . I needed a second cane, and this one I thought, just had more style than this gray metal and rubber hospital cane which is what I was going to keep upstairs. But my partner is hyper sensitive to sound, and when my new cane would slide down the wall (because it doesn't have a rubber hand grip). So I'm using the new one until I can get a new foot.

[Hidden in reply to CrazyCatWom]

Wow 😳

Rhinestones! May I should put Rhinestones on my new walker???

Falalalala—-I bet you have ideas for this?

[carolek572 CommunityAmbassador in reply to CrazyCatWom]

Wow, I understand your upstairs cane and your downstairs cane explanation, CrazyCatWom ! Along the same thoughts ~ thinking that I was the only one that had an outdoor crutch, and an indoor crutch so that I could keep the 'germies' at bay. But now I need both crutches to venture outdoors!

[falalalala]

You are moving enough to wear out your cane!

I think that shows how tough you are.

[greaterexp]

I think all of us can understand your feelings. There are those "little" things that can whack us pretty hard from time to time, no matter how positive we are in general.

I hope that you keep moving so much that you wear out your next cane tip quickly.

[twooldcrows]

you wouldn't think you could wear it out wow ....i think you should call the maker of the cane ...or just call the doctor and ask who to contact for the replacement ....i got mine at the drug store so they should be able to have the replacement oh also the rehab place should also hav ethem or who to get them that is where i got the attachment for the cane for when snow and ice are on the ground so i figure they will have them also ....sorry but a good way to look at it is your really going around and use it alot ....hope you get a new one ...ha would the table leg covers to keep them from scratching the floor work ...good luck ...love and much more happiness....giggle laugh smile...

[CrazyCatWom in reply to twooldcrows]

Thanks for the ideas as to whom to call! It is kinda hard to believe as it isn't even 3 years old, yet.. Fortunately, I don't have wood floors, just baked tile. I'm thinking, until I can get a new cane or a new foot for this cane, I'd jam a tennis ball on the bottom?

[mrsmike9 in reply to CrazyCatWom]

I've seen replacement tips at the pharmacy. They are right next to the canes.

[twooldcrows]

i bet that would work is it hard to put on ??? go ...keep on going ...

[CrazyCatWom in reply to twooldcrows]

don't think it would be that hard to put on. I'm just trying to figure out how to get the worn out foot off.

[twooldcrows in reply to CrazyCatWom]

can't you just slice it off with a knife sharp one ...

[twooldcrows in reply to twooldcrows]

did ya get it off sure hope so then do you slice the ball to put it on right ...be careful don't want to loose any fingers on this ....take care and be safe ...

[CrazyCatWom in reply to twooldcrows]

Well, that is the challenge, isn't it? Actually, I will hunt in my garage for my little jigsaw. That might be safer for me, maybe?

[twooldcrows in reply to CrazyCatWom]

so you have a bench vise to clamp it in so it won't move on you ???

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CrazyCatWoman—-

I understand 😧

I broke the slider off my walker, the other day...trying to move in the snow ❄️.

Hang in there 🙏

[Frances_B]

Hardware stores often have a wide range of sizes of replacement tips for all sorts of things and quite likely a fair bit cheaper than pharmacies or disabled equipment stores. While you're there buy a couple of extra spares because they will always be wearing out as floors and footpaths etc are abrasive - if you use a cane for much of the time I'm surprised it lasted as long as three years - they must have bred them tough in the factory where yours was made