I’m sort of coping with the slow recovery from septic arthritis in my left knee, I can put a little weight on it if absolutely necessary as I learned today. I had a box of recycling to take out to the wheelie bin, so I balanced it precariously on the rollator walker. It got away from me while negotiating the short ramp at the front door. I was left standing on the doorstep with a box of rubbish on the ramp and the walker two metres away lying on its side on the footpath. I shuffled sideways down the ramp until I could grasp the grab handle on the porch post with both hands. Next I stepped down (sideways again) and managed to grab one of the rear wheels of the walker and set it upright again. There is one other activity I just can’t do yet: move a heavy rubbish bin 50 metres out to the road. Lighter loads are workable, I can carefully hoist the bin onto a rack on the back of the mobility scooter and transport it that way.