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Mobility Scooters

Hi everyone,
My mum suggested to me and my fiance to buy a mobility scooter for me as I cannot walk long distances anymore due to my asthma and problems with walking due to twisting my left knee whilst out for a walk with my brother and brother-in-law (they hadn't been together long at the time) as I had gone over on my left ankle and I thought I had just twinged my foot, but come the following Monday I could hardly walk as my left knee was really really painful, so I went to the doctors and managed to get an appointment the same day as the receptionist could see that I was in a lot of pain, so she managed to squeeze me in with a lady doctor, who told me that I had twisted my left knee and that I would have problems with it for either a few months or for years after, but it has been getting steadily worse and more difficult to walk even though I am currently using my walking stick to get around when I have to walk any further than my local Morrisons, which is only about a ten minute walk from where me n my fiance live.
I have also been having problems walking as I keep getting pain in my left foot as I broke my little toe when walking to the job center in my hometown with my dad as my foot starts hurting when I ha e done too much walking.
I was wondering if anyone knows the best places to look for second hand mobility scooters as myself and my fiance cannot afford to buy a brand new one as they are too expensive for us to buy. Plus I have been refused PIP before as I applied for it for my depression and they said that I didn't score enough points even though I had taken my tablets with me. My fiance even told them what I'm like when I have run out of tablets or when I forget to take them, but the person we saw wouldn't listen to either of us. The annoying thing that the woman did was trying to trick us by rephrasing her questions, but my fiance worked out what she was trying to do.
My mum suggested to me and my fiance to buy a mobility scooter for me as I cannot walk long distances anymore due to my asthma and problems with walking due to twisting my left knee whilst out for a walk with my brother and brother-in-law (they hadn't been together long at the time) as I had gone over on my left ankle and I thought I had just twinged my foot, but come the following Monday I could hardly walk as my left knee was really really painful, so I went to the doctors and managed to get an appointment the same day as the receptionist could see that I was in a lot of pain, so she managed to squeeze me in with a lady doctor, who told me that I had twisted my left knee and that I would have problems with it for either a few months or for years after, but it has been getting steadily worse and more difficult to walk even though I am currently using my walking stick to get around when I have to walk any further than my local Morrisons, which is only about a ten minute walk from where me n my fiance live.
I have also been having problems walking as I keep getting pain in my left foot as I broke my little toe when walking to the job center in my hometown with my dad as my foot starts hurting when I ha e done too much walking.
I was wondering if anyone knows the best places to look for second hand mobility scooters as myself and my fiance cannot afford to buy a brand new one as they are too expensive for us to buy. Plus I have been refused PIP before as I applied for it for my depression and they said that I didn't score enough points even though I had taken my tablets with me. My fiance even told them what I'm like when I have run out of tablets or when I forget to take them, but the person we saw wouldn't listen to either of us. The annoying thing that the woman did was trying to trick us by rephrasing her questions, but my fiance worked out what she was trying to do.
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