Clever fella! I sometimes have to use a walking stick...first week, I hated it...felt very, very vulnerable when out and about. Then I realised, without it...no out and about! I think of it now as an aid to independence...I haven't had to use it for some months now, which is great, but I know I shall be dusting it off again sometime. I just don't feel so bad about it, when I see it propped near my side of the bed.