personally, as a cripple who has taken way to much of this sort of shit, I can't agree more. a cane, even if you don't really need it, that you can ask your boyfriend to carry if it gets to tiring, is really vital when getting around with selfish fat people on the sidewalk. it's not even just the shame, nothing is more effective then a weapon you can brandish at them should they get to fucking close. better to be the crazy angry cripple who threatened to hit a guy then that cripple who got bumped over and had to get saved by a fucking ambulance hours later. Good luck and Give time it's due with your recovery. I wish you good mobility OP.