Comments on: Mobility Scooters, Obesity and Wall E…what is happening to our health?

By: Scooter

Scooter — Sun, 09 Feb 2020 11:51:47 +0000

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By: John Gatesby

John Gatesby — Tue, 30 Jul 2019 11:21:02 +0000

Reading this insightful blog made me feel extremely guilty, I am also one of those culprits. Actually, I do not rent the scooter, I own one of them and use them even to buy grocery from the neighborhood market, never realized its implications. Thanks for waking me up 🙂

By: pp

pp — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 20:27:28 +0000

I am overweight and use a scooter. People look at me like they are horrified that someone my size is riding a scooter and older people are walking around. The fact is I have Rheumatoid Arthritis. I have had four knee surgeries and still need crutches to walk. Sometimes it takes all I have to get to the store because of extreme stiffness. On days when I can get to say Walmart, which is no more than once a week, I am confronted by hate. My one day out of the house for sometimes two to three weeks. I cannot believe the cruelty. Yes, obesity is out of control but so are hate and judgment. Sometimes I can only sit in the car. I watch people walking around and I wonder if they know how really lucky they are. I use to have a life. I am not what I look like to the public. I traveled all over the United States for my job, which I loved. Bit by bit my illness took over. I no longer could rent a car because I could not lift my luggage. I could not be still for more than 15 minutes or I would stiffen. I always had to sit in window seat on a plane because of my stiffness. Finally the day came that I could no longer get off the plane. I lost the job I loved and lost my ability to control my life. I was at the mercy of a disease that had no mercy. Now I am easy prey to the judemental, the haters. All I can say is hopefully you will never be struck down and left to merciless.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Sat, 01 Sep 2018 03:05:07 +0000

Currently at Disney world (from England, first time visiting Florida). Absolutely horrified by the scale of the obesity crisis here. It’s utterly harrowing that people are over eating themselves into disability. It’s very upsetting to see how many people are in this state and how it is so normalised here. No one bats an eyelid. I have never seen anything close to this in the UK / Europe. It’s very sad that obesity has become commonplace and completely accepted — even encouraged! in Florida / US. Why are so many people allowed to be in these electric scooters with no medically registered disability. What it going on. Why do people using these contraptions get priority on the Disney buses, getting on first and taking up 3+ seat spaces when they are not registered disabled. Just don’t want to walk. Stop with the excuses, the majority of these people have eaten themselves into this situation and continues to do so. Where’s the self respect and respect for those around. What can possibly be done! A massive wake up call is needed. It’s insane and I wouldn’t come to Disney world ever again.

By: Anthony Lynch

Anthony Lynch — Fri, 08 Jun 2018 18:08:30 +0000

Wal E was a frightening look at what this society is becoming as we eat considerably worse and get less exercise. The more we can do to combat this the less likely that future will be for us and our kids.

By: Robert Chase

Robert Chase — Thu, 31 May 2018 09:32:00 +0000

Great ideas you are added. This is a very helpful post for my little daughter. Her needs this Mobility Scooters for this entertaining. I like your concept to learn this use a scooter. Thanks for sharing your great experience.

By: Laura Ivansons

Laura Ivansons — Sun, 26 Nov 2017 13:01:12 +0000

I pray you are never struck down with an invisible illness. You have no idea what it is like to suddenly lose your mobility. All you see is FAT people being LAZY. What you fail to realize is that the list of INVISIBLE ILLNESSES outweighs the list of visible ones.

Those “fat and lazy” people you seem to despise so have always existed. But before present technology, they would have been bedridden like I was, and still am , some days. 1.5 years of misdiagnosis and improper medications caused me to gain 30 lbs while barely eating. I kept fighting and found a good cardiologist who believed me and my self-diagnosis of Dysautonomia and Hyperandrenic POTS. I am now on more appropriate medications, 3 times a day, and can get out of bed many days. But I also take a medication that must be taken with food or it releases 40% more medication and stop my heart.

I suggest you have some compassion and research instead of judge. If you think we relish the idea of using a mobility aids to avoid walking, you are deluded. I would happily build a time machine and go back to the unbroken body that carried 10 children, cooked from scratch, sailed, swam, walked miles without worrying about tachycardia, chest pain, dizziness or shortness of breath…

https://invisibledisabilities.org/ida-books-pamphlets/accessibleparking/dontjudgebyappearances/

By: Pj

Pj — Wed, 09 Aug 2017 12:39:43 +0000

Where I live in Florida there are way too many obese people on scooters (and obese people not on scooters) in stores by me and other surrounding towns I’ve visited for it to be mainly medical related. there’s no way all these people have side effects from medication, and they get on and off their scooters fine so their legs work as well.
Most of these people eat too much, don’t want to walk, and with a scooter available they don’t have to. I think store and amusement park scooters should only be available to people with a medical pass and that would help stop this nonsense.

By: NATE

NATE — Wed, 04 May 2016 22:22:18 +0000

“We also were shocked to see many people in their early 60s, who seemed healthy, of average weight, using the scooters as an easy way to get around the park. ”

Please do be careful wiht this. I look like a totally healthy 50 year old person. I am trim, normal weight, etc…. However I have a rare form of muscular dystrophy with an onset of 40 to 50 years old that is continuing to weaken my muscles to where I cannot walk long distance or do stairs, but going to a ride off or on I am fine.

By: E-mobility

E-mobility — Thu, 01 Jan 2015 13:43:54 +0000

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