Where to buy a cane?

[locolala]

Hey :)

So my doc is ready to diagnose me with MS, we're just waiting on the MRI results. He's about 95% certain that it's MS based on the symptoms I'm having and results of some reflext type tests. I'm wanting to get a cane now because I'm having balance problems, like listing off to one side (my dad says I need to get my alignment checked lol) and just general weakness in my legs. They can give me one from the hospital but it would take forever and would be a plain boring grey metal one. Does anyone know of a good website I could order a cane? Nothing too pricey, we're a bit short of money because we were in a car crash earlier this week and we needed a rental car. Anyhow.. back to the cane. I'm on the shorter side so I'm thinking an adjustable cane will be best. Thanks guys and gals :)

[videogal1]

Magellan.com has an assortment, including, my all-time favorite, the magic elastic band operated folding cane; handsome, durable and sure to spring out uncontrollably the minute you're walking down a crowded airplane aisle. If you get that one, watch it, it's alive....:banana: I now use a Service Dog, instead...You have to feed them, but they're easier to control and it's more difficult to leave them behind in some grocery store shopping cart...

[WheeledTraveler]

Not only are there many good online sites (kinda too many for me to list), but a lot of CVSes I've seen recently have had canes in assorted shapes, colours, and sizes. They tend to run around $20.

You might also want to do a little research into cane shapes and types of canes as some of them are better ergonomically and such, but I remember when I was looking at my first cane it was a fairly easy google search to find this information out.

[Earstou]

I now use a Service Dog, instead...You have to feed them, but they're easier to control and it's more difficult to leave them behind in some grocery store shopping cart...
I have turned so many canes into Lost and Found that were left in shopping carts. So do be careful.
Haven't found a dog yet:)
I bought an ugly gray metal one, because I wanted it quickly. But the next time I saw my doctor, he was disappointed that I hadn't bought one with four feet for better stability. Not sure I'm ready for that yet!
I plan on decorating my cane somehow, but haven't gotten around to it yet.

[VAN]

I see them for sale in the pharmacy section of my local super store.

[Piper]

See if you can get your doctor to prescribe a forearm crutch. Your insurance would pay for it---you can adjust it---it fits on your forearm, will bend when you need it to, and you don't have to put it down to open doors, etc. I protested when my doctor prescribed this, but after the PT showed me how much better than a cane it is, I gave in---and I haven't regretted it! (Plus, since they come in pairs--I always have a spare!)