Sounds crazy

I am thankful that I have learned how to fall - not with grace, but it seems without major damage....

My latest effort this morning, courtesy of a mis-step and a an uncooperative leg (that seems to collapse when I need it - due to a spinal lesion) occurred near the top of a long and beautiful marble staircase. Lucky for me, once again, just sore muscles and a few bruises - thank god my bones are still strong despite steroid use in the past. My brain seems to just tell my body to fold up and sit down - hard. So lucky - it was a loooong, hard way down. It could have been catastrophic but it wasn't thank god.

My friends would have blamed themselves - which would have been awful. It was me and only me and my stupid body, Lesson learned - without too much damage.

I have these near misses regularly, especially lately, with three falls in less than four months - anyone else???

Regards

(a somewhat battered and bruised, but not broken)

Lyn

Good for you. Were you able to get yourself up? It's a good feeling to be able to still have some control, even if it's not total.

My last fall (last Nov), caused a flare and sent me to the hospital for care and therapy.

In the old days, when still walking with a cane, I had a few falls, but was always able to get myself up. In the last five years or so, that wasn't possible. Needed EMT.

Keep up your muscle and bone strengthening exercises/therapy. Ya really do lose it when you don't use it.

Aww...so sorry sweetie!! Love your attitude!!i haven't fallen in some time (knock on wood)...sounds like somethings going on with you-that's a lot of falls in a short amount of time.
Glad you didn't break any bones...keep a journal with dates of these occurrences for your next doc visit...
Take care of your bruises

Thanks Sal and Deb

At this stage, I seem to be able to 'bounce'

After I land, I regroup, count everything, check that everything can still move ok, take a deep breath, try not to cry, because there are always bruises, grazes and/or muscle strains, check whether anyone has seen me fall (and laugh if they have - because it is better than crying in front of people).

Then I get up slowly, tell myself not to overreact and keep going.

I am just waiting for the day when it won't be that simple, and the realist in me knows that it is coming - you are right, it is happening too often. Most often, it seems to be that my otherwise healthy right leg slips, trips or stumbles, then I put my left leg down to catch me and it just folds up. There are no other necessary factors, like fatigue, heat, alcohol, or any of the other fun stuff.

I don't quite know where to take it from here, my husband, and my neuro are both aware of this happening. Yes, my attitude is good - I can't change this, so what is the point of being melancholy, but still I do worry - even though I know that worrying never solved anything.

Thanks again

Hugs

Lyn

Glad you weren't hurt, Lynn! Marble, wow, no padding there.

My own reflexes surprise me sometimes. Had such an experience just last night. BF and I went to a Halloween party in a local bar. I was sitting in a high-backed bar stool and some guy was playing with the knife that appeared to be stuck in my chest. He gently pushed it in and the chair just fell over backward. I grabbed that counter so fast and luckily my legs cooperated. The chair fell but I only went down to my knees, and not very hard. I could have thunked my head on that hard floor.

An incident a few years could have been tragic but wound up comical. No one even saw it but me! I don't remember why but I had put BF's truck into neutral. It started rolling backward with me hanging on to the steering wheel. Did not have the strength to pull myself in, and figured if I let go the front wheel would roll over me and the truck would fall off the 20' bank it was headed for.

I don't know how I did it but I managed to push myself away from the truck, duck under the open door, and get away. And the truck stopped before going over the edge. I started it up, drove it back to it's original spot, and no one was ever told.

Glad you're okay, Lynn. That had to hurt, though. Please take it slow and easy......and stay on the ground floor for a while.

P.S. I can't manage stairs anymore. If there's not an elevator - I don't go.