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jmcquown wrote:

>
> A few years ago after my brother had surgery he wanted to go to the
> grocery store. He wasn't *obviously* impaired but the doctor told him
> to stay off his feet for a few days. He wanted to stock up on food on
> the way home from the hospital. He used one of those motarized carts
> because the doctor told him not to walk. I'm sure lots of people would
> have looked at him and assumed "lazy" rather than "doctor's orders".
> Not everyone who needs those carts is old (or fat).


When I was 14 I was ordered off my feet to recover. I was in pretty good
shape. I was on the high school football team. I had a series of
blisters on the soles of my feet. One (or more) got infected and I ended
up with blood poisoning and phlebitis. It was bed rest for me for a
week. I could walk fine, but I wasn't supposed to.