When I was a power ranger

Ok this one is super niche.

If, like me, you were a child in the 90s you’ll know the power rangers were a huge phenomenon especially if you were lucky enough to have sky or cable tv.

5 teenagers fighting intergalactic monsters and every episode culminated with the teenagers controlling robotics to fight a super sized monster. The individual robots (zords) could combine into one surprisingly human shaped mega robot (mega zord) for the final show down; each time there was a variance in the zords I would love it, engrossed aalongside my cousin Andrew. At one point the megazords had become so large and cumbersome it gained an additional robot base to carry it around.

During hospital three, early rehab days once I’d mastered core strength and sitting upright we moved onto standing. Once I was deemed stable enough to stand it was decided I no longer needed hoisting via a crane style device to get me out of bed. In came the patient moving device: Sarah steady, excellent drag name fyi.

It was essentially a platform on wheels I could stand on, plates folded in behind me to stop me falling backwards and I could then be wheeled to whichever location I needed (usually the toilet).

It reminded me of the mega zord carrier and I spent one night messaging my afore mentioned cousin saying I felt like a power ranger.

The carrier wheels at the bottom of the mega zord
The Sara steady in use (nB: This is not me just an image from google)

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