Life With ALS.com

+    Diagnosed Aug 2005

+     Bipap March 2007

+     PEG July 2007

+     Trache and Vent July 2008

Still Living, Loving & Laughing

There are many different,and good, makes of power wheelchairs.

They can cost as little as $3000.00 for a Quickie up to $45,000 for a Permobil  

I have a Quantum 600 that works great and was provided on loan from our provincial ALS Association. We are extremely thankful for all the help they have provided.

I really like the centre drive wheels as it is highly manoeuvrable. It will literally turn on a dime. This is great because it makes it easy to navigate tight spaces in crowded stores.

We had an interesting experience the last few months of 2009. Our wheelchair developed electrical problems and had to go to the shop for repairs. In the meantime we got an Invacare TDX5 as a loaner. It did not go well. They should be the ones forced to sit in this piece of junk for 14 hours a day.

We tried everything imaginable to make it comfortable but the design of the chair is not right for me.

If anyone is considering an Invacare wheelchair I would encourage you to take a second look before ordering one. I would not give you 2 cents for one.

We had an interesting experience with this demon possessed chair. One night, twice it took off on its own and seriously pinned us against the wall. The second time this happened I was out of the chair, my wife was putting me in bed, when the chair (all on its own) came at us and knocked me out of my sling and drove over us both, wheels spinning. My wife reached for the controls and tried to back it off but all it was doing was oscillating back and forth driving over my feet. Finally she got it off me but I was now flat on the floor with battle wounds and major charlie horses in both legs.

So she had to call for help to get me off the floor and in bed. It was 11:00 PM by now. This was the second time the chair did this that day. We even had it turned off when these unexplainable events took place.

Like I said - demon possessed chair.

We both had battle wounds, but we were eventually victorious over the chair! I now do not trust it at all!

I want my old chair back! LOL

We found out the electronics are affected by radio waves like cell phones. ??? How stupid is that?

They could not fix the electrical problems on the Quantum 600 and were going to write it off. I asked for it back and we would fix it so they gave it to us and we did fix it and gave the Invacare back. I am extremely happy to have my Quantum 600 back! It is such a superior chair.