Ouch! You learned the hard way. Physical therapy is the top reason I haven't fallen apart. I need the vital exercise.

I suppose I would be in a scooter if I didn't have it.

I'm sorry of course for falling and feeling the need to call 911 to help you up! Times like that REALLY get you thinking that maybe you can't be alone anymore; MS SUCKS!!!
I'm just assuming that this time it was NOT while you were in the shower at 3am? That was the ONLY time I fell when I was up alone at my apt. and thought about maybe needing to call for help. But how on earth could I reach the phone anyhow?? When I got out of the shower, I'll just need an hour or 3 to get to feeling human again...

Sorry for your ordeal. This reminds me and should remind all of us to yes, keep up with those exercises as we need as much strength as we can pack into our muscles and also KEEP THE PHONE ON US at all times. I forget this when I attempt to let the dog out. A few days ago, he jumped toward a lizard and I fell right over. I'm lucky the dog is strong enough that I can use his leash to hold myself up.

Exercise and Cell Phone.

Today being during a heat wave in Maine and THE DAY of the yearly UMA Alumni cruise down in Boothbay Harbor ME; I was trying my BEST to get out on the boat for the 3 hour sweet, fun cruise with other students.
The boat leaves at 6pm and I was there with my friend from the college who goes on them for the past 4 years with me. She drove all the way (70 miles) from her house to Boothbay to have a fun easy time like we uselly have! We got down there at 4:45pm, picked up the tickets, that I paid for cause I'M the UMA Alumni! But being SOOOO MUCH HEAT AND HUMIDITY my legs stopped working for me HALFWAY down that ramp to get on the boat!

I fell down cause obviously of the humidity and heat is just tourture! That friend of mine actually called 911 to have a couple of EMTs stop down and pick me up cause my legs were DEAD to me.

She actualy works in the hospitol up in Bangor and has heard people calling 911 when they ran out of asprins and couldn't get them till a few more hours, another of a person who couldn't sleep at 2am and THIS was more of an emergency than THOSE ones are! They will send EMTs to help! A person doesn't need blood gushing out to NEED 911!
After I kept tellin her that "No, I'm OK, just too hot, the ramp doesn't need to be clear till 9pm when the boat gets back, I'm not bleeding, nothins broken don't bother anyone..."

When a few of them showed up, they did get me up and onto a transport chair to get me up and into her minivan.

Holy cow is it sweet to be up off the slanting down ramp! I know ramps are hard for me to walk on, but this one was 11 or 12 feet LONGER than the preivious years! Who'd know Pier 1 was THAT much worse than Pier 6 and 7?!?!?!?! And why does everyone think a ramp is good for disabled people?? They are ONLY is your in a wheelchair!!!

so sorry you fell, but glad you weren't hurt. How horrible an ordeal this must have been for you.

I understand what you are saying about being "in your head". In my head I don't have MS either, and I'm still thin. Hang in there!

In my head, I am still 25 but I am treated like an old lady. In my head, I have MS but i dont have lead feet.

And I lost my cell phone yesterday! Cell phone withdrawal.

Oh my, I'm so sorry about your fall. When I collapsed and broke all the bones in my ankle I was not using a cell phone back then and had to scoot with my broken ankle from the front porch to the phone in the living room -- I was so thankful I left the front door slightly open or I would have been stuck alone on the porch. I use a rolling seated walker and a cane to keep me independent as after my surgery I was placed into convalescent care until released to come back home. It is worth our being carful and doing all we can with exercise and such to keep as strong as we can.

I use a mobility scooter out in my yard any longer and it allows me the freedom to continue to garden when I am well enough to do so.

Gentle ((hugs)) shared.

Well, I got to see the EMTs/ paramedics here at my parents FuN HoUsE today after I fell tryin like HELL to walk in and rest a bit after bein out all day with my mom!!!! Droppin crap off at KenASet.(local donation thrift store) picked up hand soap at Bath and Body Works... Regular bull shit that happens. Then after almost 2 hours of me and Mum tryin to get me up in the recliner, the otha chair, the OTHA recliner and NOT doing it!! Mum said that she DOES PAY TAXES! SOME one SHOULD stop here to help the 2 cripples do stuff!!

The FUCKIN chairs here are ALLLLLL LEATHER! So a person CANNOT GRAB ANYWHERE to get themselves up on them!!!!


BUT NOOOOOOOOOO that JACKASS fatha of mine buys them from MARDEN'S cause the ORIGINAL PRICE at any furniture store is WAY higher than what Marden's has em for! Even though EVERYONE SAID years ago that the leather sucks cause you stick to it! It's too slippery to have stuff stay on it when it's put there. Is wayyyyyyyyy too cold in the winter!! It just SUCKS we don't want that shit! But noo none of that EVEA matters when you SEE HOW MUCH YOUR SAVING; BUYIN IT THERE! Man what a jackass!!


So ofcourse now that my legs are totally numb from whatEVEA reason and I'm here with the internet/ tryin to help Mum get crap cleaned here!! I fall and CANNOT get up!

Then Mum starts with her bullshit of how I gotta stop bein up in Bangor UNLESS I move into a disability house!! SEE YOU CAN'T LIVE BY YOURSELF! YOU CAN'T EVEN GET UP!!!


Now like I don't feel bad enough ALREADY!! Why she thinks it's cool/ good to punch me when I'm down!!


Man life sucks sometimes! The guy that got here first (cause they sent 3 people, who not a single one looked like they would be OK to just pick ME up! (the scale says I'm 262 pounds)!) actually picked me up from behind! In 4 seconds!! It was really pretty cool!! He REALLY was NOT a big guy! Neither guy was! That first guy said that I was not heavy even!

Nice stuff like that to try and calm someone I figure and the other guy said I HAVE TO promise to call them BEFORE 2 hours go by!!"

I always figure calling them ONLY if I broke a bone, couldn't stop the blood gushing or something drastic.

I know what you mean about "in your head". In that split second between waking up from a long sleep and full consciousness, I completely forget how disabled I am....and in my dreams, I am completely able. It is very sad to have to realize my disability over and over again. Although, maybe it is some kind of defense mechanism....I'll have to research that...calling Dr. Freud? LOL

Regarding falling? I wear a medical alert bracelet. And I've had to use it....it's something to consider especially if you live alone.

I remember getting released from the hospital one time and I was so fatigued that I made it to the steps up into my house but had to sit and huff my bum up 4 steps to get in. By the time I got up the stairs I couldn't stand so I scooted into the house where my w/c was. It took me 45" to get into the house and another 30" to rest before I could even huff myself into my chair. I learned then that sitting wasn't doing me any good so I began an intense walking program using braces and forearm crutches. I also began to swim and to this day walk every other day and swim on the opposite days. We actually put a swim in place pool in our home for the therapy of swimming. I would recommend every MS pt that can do some kind of daily movement even if its puttering in a flower bed or garden. The activity keeps our muscles strong and flexible and we are less likely to fall or get spastic.