avnl
Distinguished member
- Joined
- Sep 6, 2011
- Messages
- 162
- Reason
- CALS
- Diagnosis
- 02/2005
- Country
- US
- State
- RI
- City
- warren
For the past 8 months my husband and I have planned to visit friends in Singapore, Cambodia, and Western Australia. MG’s PLS has progressed. He is walker dependent and extremely slow, and has resisted getting a wheelchair. He can eat but swallowing is slow. His speech varies but has been declining. We thought we would travel with a scooter but it is just to cumbersome to assemble and reassemble and takes up to much space in a car. A travel transport chair is an option but this puts him at the mercy of the pusher. At this point we are going to rent a wheelchair or mobility aid when we get to Singapore. We are intrigued with a new product The Zinger which is sort of a hybrid scooter wheelchair. One of the medical supply places in Singapore has one we can try. (Zingerchair.com is the website if people are curious). Anybody have an experience with this chair? We are taking a travel bed cane, repair kit for his Nitro Walker and have all our flights keyed into wheelchair conveyance. Given his progression, we have discussed whether we should be undertaking this trip at all. He still very much wants to go but knows that I will be doing the work. I want to go but also want him safe and able to enjoy himself. I as most caretakers, do the worrying for the both of us. I have picked places where friends can help and in Cambodia he will have an attendant and a wheelchair at the ready. I am just expressing my anxiety. So wish me luck and I will post a followup as our journey progresses