Lena Kowalska
Lena Kowalska voted up PJ Stein's answer
Let's try this again. I have several medical issues, walk with a cane and have a hard time getting up! How do you handle people that are overly helpful to the point they don't understand no thank you, I can do it?

I have friends and relatives that have similar issues. I have had to tell people to back off for them. My mother-in-law has macular degeneration. My brother-in-law, his wife, my husband and I took her out to dinner. She needed someone to read the menu for her. Her sons decided they just needed to order … Read more

Lena Kowalska
Lena Kowalska voted up Danae Hitch's answer
Let's try this again. I have several medical issues, walk with a cane and have a hard time getting up! How do you handle people that are overly helpful to the point they don't understand no thank you, I can do it?

I'm with Bikergirl. I generally don't offer to help unless I see them looking around, as if they are looking for help. I go to a Village Inn restaurant located near a retirement home. There are many elderly folks that come in. I'm the first person that jumps up to help open doors for them … Read more