when i was still using the uplift seat and was visiting my mom, it was getting too warm in the house so i leaned over to open casement window near me....wrong!!!!!...out of the chair i shot, onto the floor..my poor mother, 89 and herself with limited ability due to severe osteoporosis, looked on in horror as i collapsed onto the floor...fortunately i was not seriously hurt..but couldn't get husband so had to track down son and his wife to get me up..i hate that....

i now have a power chair, and we got an adapted van..i am enjoying the mobility the chair gives me and with the van that i ride right up into, i'm more comfortable getting out and it's easier on ken..i don't use the uplift seat anymore, as there is no place i can get up from on my own...bummer...my powerchair does have an uplift feature that takes me almost to standing... that makes it much easier for ken to get me to a standing position...