Need to hire a wheelchair due to spd - how and where?

[ejt1764]

Basically, thread title says it all ...

How and where can I get hold of a wheelchair?

have you akdsed your midwife, gp?

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no, it feels like I'm in between fields - I see a physio once a week, but she says she can't authorise one for me - my GP has no idea (she has told me I'm not allowed to take anything more than paracetemol for the pain) - and I'm about to see a consultant midwife this afternoon about my desire for a normal birth (vbac) ... should I ask her about the possibility of a chair do you think?

We borrowed one for my dad when he had a stroke. We got it from the red cross. I think they just like you to make a donation.

not a permanent solution I know but if you need to get out and do shopping for the baby I know many of the large shopping centres hire them out for the day. eg Bluewater

Talk to the midwife, but in the meantime, you can hire one cheaply from mobility shops. Just have a look at Yellow Pages under mobility and give them a call - my local one does one for 3 quid a day. As barba says, you can hire one from all big shops / shopping centres, they won't ask for 'proof' of the disability, at B&Q they let me have one for my dh and even let me ride it back to the car for him, was great fun!

EJT - I had the same problem and the British Red Cross sorted me out - no charge either, just a donation!!! Lovely lovely people!!

Have a look www.redcross.org.uk/yourarea.asp?id=40058&cachefixer= for your local branch!

I had my chair for over five months!

red cross hire them in my area you leave a £15.00 depoist which you get back when chair is returned

thanks very much for the information - I've contacted the red cross in my area, and they've pointed me in the right direction!

Ask on your local freecycle.

I had one in a shed ehre and naswered a request for a wheelchair. Someone in your local freecycle group probably has one you can have for free

thanks for that, pixie - hadn't thought of that!

Perhaps your local Social Services dept could arrange a loan of a chair?