falling down, is a part of ms..thats all..and just keep laughing, cuz it is funny when i fall...hhehhehe

My balance is bad thus making me fall real easy. The most embarrassing fall was when I was looking at some clothes in one of those turn around clothes displays. Fell head first right into it==try to explain that one with a tomato red face :~(.

yes my dear...

the first time i fell i hit my head on the tub and kiddo had to come pull me up. geeze! it came out of nowhere!

there have been more times when i almost fell....fortunately. unfortunately it always happened while someone was looking. urghh...nothings private about this disease.

i think the first fall because it hurt so bad, kept me aware of the possibilities. my hardest time is in the morning when i get up. i sleep on the couch now because the bed is so high up it scares me. so, i roll off the couch and grab the coffee table for support.

alot of times its all about slowing down. thinking about what you are doing before you do it.
we have become creatures of habit and run on automatic pilot....

xokatie

I fell on a first date...so that was awesome!!! LOL!!! Gosh dang L'hermittes took my legs out!!! I fell down a few stairs and got tangled up between a garbage can and some sort of iron gate thingy while exiting some grandstands at the county fair...LOL!!! I almost peed my pants while replaying my dates reaction and other people around us...still cracks me up!!! LOL!! LOL!!

Only when my husband gives me a little push...

ha ha?

Yes, in fact I have fallen but not gotten seriously hurt, thank goodness. I do find it funny if no pain is involved. I laugh at myself.

I hope all who read this stay safe and on their feet!

Im new to the group and newly DX"ed...
Heck I fell off the school bus taking my students in a few weeks ago, yeah just because I could I guess. First day new feet ;)
1st skinned knee I have had since I was a kid.
Yeah we all fall for no particular reason and at random, I panicked and called the Dr. and he was like "yeah, expect that from now on"
Of course I got more of an explanation than that, but thats the "jist" of it.
Fun, fun.....

i have begun to feel like an old lady lately as i am so very careful while going up or down the stairs lately. i hold onto the rail likes it's for dear life.

i fell on Christmas day and sprained my ankle. hobbled around a few days then began having some severe nerve issues in each leg but at different times.

as i was heading up the stairs the other day my left leg just didn't work and i began to go down(luckily, not backwards) and my roomate came running to catch me.

since the legs are acting up and i have had an issue turning too fast or balancing...i do all the things i know will cause trouble very slowly. and as far as the stairs...i cannot afford to fall down them and break something...so, i concentrate as i go up or down.

in the beginning with the MS i fell down or lost balance all the time. couldn't close my eyes or i would fall down...i still hold onto the shower wall when i close my eyes to get the soap out of my hair.

About I think it was 2 or 3 weeks before I was diagnosed I took the city bus over to the hospital to get my car. I had some procedure with a needle and drugs done to my lower back that I couldn't drive for about 5 hours. When I stepped out of the bus my leg and ankle gave out from underneath me and I took a tumble. I was ok, just in a lot of pain from the previous procedure and the new fall... Since I was there already I went into the hospital to ask if I should worry about the fall I just took given the procedure I had just had done earlier. They checked me out and gave me morphine! and of course then they sent me home.

I have had issues with falling randomly ever since depending on my day. On good days I don't fall, on bad days I do. The thing I have to remember is that I need to laugh at myself on a consistent basis in order to keep my spirits up!!! As many of you already do!

I have been accident prone my whole life so laughing at falling comes natural to me! I think sometimes I try to figure out new more creative ways to fall so that I can laugh at myself even more.... but maybe I am just weird like that!

I fell at college in front of the whole
class, but they were really nice about
it and seemed concerned. Nobody laughed
at me (at least to my face)ha, ha. Anyway,
it just happens and after that I could
have cared less. It is worth mentioning
that my 2 best friends let it be known
that if anyone had laughed it would not
have been pretty. They support me!!!
Don't ever be embarrassed about something
that can't be helped. Surround yourself
with good people and that will help.

Best wishes..Tina

i just realized i fall twice at different times during the month of january.i have done that for the last 3 years, hmn makes me think.something i ate hmn. when i was first dx in 2000 i fell at the drop of a hat. or almost fell but caught myself several times a week/month.but then after 2 years many flare ups got really bad for abt two years then a steady improvement in all areas until i only fall in january for the last three yrs, and not the rest of the year. very interesting...better research everything i did or ate for the last couple of months.

I rarely fall... until I answered this post...

So I slept with my daughter last night in her high off the ground bed due to my husbands VERY loud snoring. When things quited down I went to get up to go back to my own bed when wham, I hit the ground! I remembered this "falling" post and had to laugh. Fortuantely I wasn't hurt!

Talk about a rude awaking!

I fell fairly regularly until I learned how to handle the "drop foot" my left leg has to deal with. Of course, balance and fatigue issues always make me unsteady.

Basically, I still fall over my own feet on occasion but usually catch myself, thank goodness.

In Physical Therapy, my trainer had walked me around the room - I held his arm for steadiness and he kept telling me, "heel to toe." It helped me a lot to focus on how I was walking. Seems crazy since we used to be able to just take walking for granted.

I almost fell today... lost my balance when I reached up to get a towel out of the shower for the wash. Was strange because I already had my feet firmly planted but they didn't want to stay there.

In the beginning I fell so much. My balance was one of the first symptoms. I would just be standing and it felt like someone was grapping me and pulling me down. I would cry and be so upset. I finally gave into a cane and it has been years since I have fallen. I will stumble because of the weakness on my left side.

I talk to my left foot "don't you want to come with the rest of my body?" My husband laughs because he now knows I will too.

Honestly once I got over the fear of falling, I became more relaxed and was able to NOT fall.

When i first started riding my dirt bike they told me "the first thing you need to learn is how to fall down" I don't ride anymore but I am glad I learned how to fall..

Do you guys find falling is worse when you are tired-late at night. I dread getting up to use the bathroom because I can't make it without almost falling. When is it time to get a cane?