These falls dont sound good. Please contact your neuroogist as soon as you can & get to him/her urgently.
In the meantime take extra care & dont put yourself in dangerous positions as you don't know when you are going to fall. Also try to get a personal alarm to be safe for yourself. Take care of your safety.

As much as you are falling lately, a personal alarm sounds like a very good investment for you. |"Help I've fallen and I can't get up!" Definately think about it please.

Hope you will be seeing your neuro soon. Please take care of yourself, and I'm glad you did not hurt yourself too bad.

A call to your Neuro is in order ASAP before you really hurt yourself. We have all had falls we can laugh about, myself included. Once I went to put something in the trash can that I have in the cubby under the stairs, and I fell head first into the can. What a pretty sight! Once in a while is amusing. Continuous falls that don't result in harm are alarming and need to be dealt with at once!

Gentle hugs, Linda

..............or will cause harm and make it twice as hard to get back on your feet!

*I know...I 've been there.

Melanie

How 'bout the embarassment of losing one's balance and falling AT AN MS MEETING? At least everyone was concerned, understanding, and I didn't hurt myself - just my ego.

I used to have a wood burning stove where I used to live. There were many times that I almost fell and landed on it. This would have resulted in severe burns. Luckily, it never happened and where I now live, there is no wood burning stove luckily.
I'd suggest getting one of those screens that people buy to place around the stove so as to prevent a child, older person, or a person with MS or a similar problem protection from the stove itself as a barrier sort of thing.
Please take all precautions you think of as you don't want to fall on a hot stove!

Wood stove = fireplace. Sorry for not adding that.

in talking about the "alarm" things...can you tell me more about them? If you wear one, who hears? Do you have someone else wearing the connector? Does it just make noise?
Where would you get one?
I am thinking it may be a very good idea. Sad to say, but, like you say, may be the thing I need!

I am trying to get set up with a new neuro, but, I am waiting on the old one to send the med. files, and history. So, it may be a few days before I can even make the appt...but, I do know that as soon as I do, the "falls" will be a top subject to discuss!

Thank you all, for your concerns! I appreciate them!

Sherizi,

I just responded to your email about the personal alarm system, so check your email. As I stated in my earlier post, I, too, tend to fall.I remember falling in "slow motion" as well. It was weird. One time I fell backward out of the shower. This was another "slow motion" fall, but it happened in a manner I could not prevent it. Thank goodness for shower curtains! I got all tangled up in the shower curtain and it would not let me fall, so I sort of "rooollllled" backward out of the shower. I have fallen out of chairs (now that takes TALENT), tripped over air, and have fallen from a standing position by just turning. I used to take all of these in stride until I discovered that the many falls over the years had taken a toll on my knees. I have a torn meniscus and it is very painful. Since I just started taking Copaxone again with Acthar Gel, I will wait until this settles down and then have the arthroscopy done. At least it was an arthroscopy a few months ago....since then my knee has worsened. So be careful. Hold onto rails and use your cane. Another tip that may help is one I implemented years ago. All of my furniture is against the wall to make more floor space. I do not have a cocktail table or end tables... or anything that will obstruct my wide walking area. I have those small portable tray tables that I can easily put up if I need to have table area in the living room. Once I am done, I close it back up. Further, if you use area rugs, get rid of them. Especially if on wall to wall carpet. I have laminate flooring on my main floor and bedroom. If I need to use area rugs I handle them using a two-fold method.I use those sticky rug placement things that go under the rug, and just because I know myself I TAPE THE RUG DOWN WITH CLEAR TAPE on all sides. The only reason I have the area rugs is to cover wires that cross the floor and to wipe my feet as I come into my home. I am such a stickler for germs, I actually spray the bottom of my shoes with Lysol spray when I enter my home. No, I am not of the Howard Hughs mind-set, but it keeps my floors cleaner and for the areas where I have wall to wall carpeting, I protect those areas from the grim that stick to the bottom of shoes. Never mind the germs....Oh, I spray the rugs with Lysol spray as well. I got that tip from a carpet cleaner. Good luck to you. r/Alita

Oh, I forgot to include some of the potentially embarrassing moments I had when falling in public. I learned a couple of things about myself as well as society. One of my falls happened just as I was leaving a drugstore. There were loads of healthy looking folks who saw me fall, but you know who came to my aid? A little old lady using a cane and a very obese man (it took effort for him to try to help me, but at least he tried). I could not get up on my own, so I used the ladies' crutch to haul myself up. Meanwhile others just averted their eyes. I would say this was the time that I got over any and all embarrassment about falling in public. Now I just pick myself up the best I can. One fall happened in a grocery store, and again, people averted their eyes.I sat there on the floor for a second or two to see if anyone would come to my aid. No one did. Yet another time I fell as I was mailing a letter. The mailbox was right next to a road that was being repaired by 6 or 7 construction workers. They all saw me fall. Again I could not get up without holding onto something, so I used the mailbox to help me get up. A woman who happened to see me from across the parking lot came by to see if I was ok. She was ACROSS THE PARKING LOT, yet these strong men who were right in front of me just ignored me. Well, I do not know what got into me that day, but once I got up, I walked over to one of the guys and asked if he saw me fall. He answered yes, and I told him that just because someone may look healthy does not mean they could not use help. I told him I had MS and could have used some assistance getting up. Besides, I had to use the mailbox to brace myself to get up. He did not say anything, but I left feeling like I provided a bit of education for the ignorant.