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02/3/2015 at 10:45am
Location: Derbyshire
Outfit: ElddisAvante462 Honda CRV SE2.2 i-Dtec
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Im also registered disabled with a long list of health problems including diabetes. I used to tent camp, but can no longer cope with it, EHU is essential for us, as is a fridge to keep my injections in at a constant cool tempreture. I also need to recharge my scooter, and power my c-pap machine at night, and l need a bed that l can prop myself up high to sleep, which is impossible in a tent as there are no solid walls to rest up against, so it has to be a caravan for us, otherwise we would have to give up camping for good.
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02/3/2015 at 7:25pm
Location: North Herts
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My incredible sister is quite disabled with MS but has somehow managed to continue camping, although pitching and striking requires little elves. She sleeps on a SIM on the floor, as she finds it easier to roll from onto her knees before helping herself up into a relatively sturdy metal director's chair. Her tent has two central poles (kind of a tall ridge tent)enabling her to hang onto those if required, although we do rib her about pole dancing  .
If she's badly behaved we wheel her into the middle of the field and leave her there - penance for the teasing inflicted on me a young 'un... only joking, partly. She now has an off-road mobility scooter - well, you would think it was the way she travels on it - which gives her a some freedom and independence.
Nightly trips across the grass are a thing of the past, so she makes do with personal facilities, discreetly taken to the loo the next morning.
She moved to a SIM after rolling off the airbed between it and the tent wall. Fortunately I was in the other pod, so heard her gentle curses... and could grapple her back onto the dirigible.
Now, a memory foam topper on the SIM sounds a grand idea for her, but not cheap (if you can get one for free, grab it and try it). Ditto the camping  Maybe go with friends/family and not too far from home, just for a pilot trip, and see how you get on?
Being comfy at night is a major priority and even more so if you have pain.
I wish you well with your adventures and hope you manage to enjoy the great outdoors, as you did before.
Keep us posted 
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