Standing, walking. Wish I could!

Just been out for lunch with an old friend at a local garden centre, and although I was walking with a stick and mentioned that I have just had a mobility scooter because I cannot walk far or stand for long we still had to walk around the pet section where she looked for ages at the many things you can buy for hamsters nowadays because she has decided to buy a hamster for her daughter as a surprise for Christmas but has not yet bought the actual hamster! She bought things for it to chew on, a ball for it to run around in etc., so hopefully she will definately buy the hamster before Christmas now! I was already struggling just walking around the small pet section and standing for too long while she cogitated on which chewy thing to buy then on the way to the till to pay she decided she needed to use the toilet and left me standing next to her basket of hamster related goods while she skipped off to take advantage of the facilities which was not the best idea for me as just standing really hurts. So there was I, swaying from one side to the other wishing she would hurry up! Its true what they say, ehlers danlos mobility syndrome is invisible, even though I use a stick and walk relatively slowly it seems to go unnoticed, and I don`t like to make a fuss and say I am struggling so I suppose its my own fault as I suffer in silence. Its not even as though we were walking around for very long, but just a few minutes is often enough for me, it certainly was today, and the arthritis in my spine was causing, and is still causing, lots of pain. Its good in one way that people treat me as they would anybody else, but on the other hand when I am struggling it would be nice if, just for once, somebody noticed!