Wanted: Pair of crutches to borrow for two weeks

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#1

Hi everyone. Could I have / borrow 1 or 2 crutches for a couple of weeks?
It would be very helpful.
TIA Dona

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#2

Any joy yet?

I may be able to come across a set in around a week’s time if you don’t have any luck beforehand :slight_smile:

Let me know if that helps :+1:

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#3

Hi Pauline,
That would be brilliant. I will need them on 23rd for my son’s surgery.
Please do let me know if you get them. I will post here if I find a pair somewhere else.
Cheers

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#4

Don’t want interrupt a local lend-a-crutch enterprise but if your son should be on crutches after surgery then it is best these are supplied by a physio. Is this operation on the NHS? If so, I would expect that he would get some to borrow if they are needed.

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#5

It’s not on the NHS, unfortunately :sweat: Thanks Brett. :blush:

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#6

I can lend you a pair.

I will drop them into Pauline for you to collect on Saturday if you want.

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#7

That’d be brilliant John!
I can collect them Saturday afternoon.

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#8

I have a new pair that Lewisham hospital won’t take back ,iam in Kemble Rd

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#9

That’s great! When could I collect?

Dona

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#10

Any time at home all weekend,it’s 8 Kemble Rd forest hill ,today if you like

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#11

That’s very kind. I can come down around 6 pm?

Dona

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#12

Yes have them ready buy the door :+1:

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#13

Brilliant. I’ll be there just after 6.
Thank you so much.

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#14

Am i the only one that finds this horrific? In a first world country a parent feels they have to beg for an essential aid for their ill child?.. as a society can’t we do better?

#15

Not sure I’d call it horrific. As the surgery is not being performed by the NHS, I assume the hospital performing the surgery would charge for the loan of crutches. Borrowing some makes sense. In that context, I find it rather heartwarming that there have been not one but two offers of crutches to borrow.

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#17

Yep. Don’t want to get into a fight about this … but really? … this doesn’t feel strange? A kid needs crutches and you go on a local forum to find them ? It feels like the thin edge of a potentially very thick wedge… " Any one local got a kidney to spare" ?

#18

a) She said it was her son, not a child (although it may be);
b) If it is private surgery, you pay for everything.

This is a very specific context in a commercial market (which is what private healthcare is), not a general reflection on the state of our society.

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#19

Hi John,
Thank you for offering. I have now got a pair

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#20

Hi Pauline,
I have got a pair of crutches now. Thank you for offering :blush:

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#21

@RachaelDunlop I stand corrected re status of “son”… A presumption on my part … does not detract from my point however. … I do find the concept of beging for medical resources very worrying given the current social/ economic/political climate. First our library… then our medical aids … what is next ?