Now, it appears you got out of bed and into the fancy chair. You said you “crawled back into my new powerchair.” How did you do that? Surely, you didn't “throw” yourself off the bed onto the floor, then pull yourself up into the chair. Let's talk. You have your knees, can you actually crawl? How did you get in that chair?
Thank you very much, Marcella. No knees. Both legs amputated above the knee. I transfer from bed to chair by waddling like a duck on my stumps. With bed raised slightly higher than chair and chair facing bed and me sitting up on stumps and turned toward chair, I lean as far as I can to one side, then move the opposite stump forward as far as I can (not far at this stage). Then lean the other way and move the opposite stump. After I get all the way on to chair, I turn myself around. Takes me about 5-10 minutes to get completely transferred and ready to go, but I git ‘er done. Will get faster as fresh stump heals and I get stronger. Similar procedure gets me to and from commode or shower bench and hopefully to and from driver’s seat.
I believe that Jim was using a figure a speech and not to take his comment literally. He is able to transfer in and out of his wheelchair.