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Posted 7/14/2015 8:30 PM (GMT 0)
So some days it doesn't pay to get out of bed.

I have problems with both balance and depth perception. So I walk into a lot of walls.

Today though is the worse kind of problem. Walking on concrete. I missed the edge of the slab by just enough to trip me. Went flying. I always end up with my knees scrapped. The bad issue is that I automatically put my hands out to break my fall.

For some reason it happens at Target too. Any Target. I stutter step and then I'm down.

So here I am typing one handed. I can't close my left fist. The palm towards my thumb is black and blue. I'm hoping ice will make things feel better. I'm disappointing my 15 year old because tomorrow at camp (he's a junior counsler) they dress up and he doesn't want me to take him to get things for a costume. He'll get a pie in the face if he doesn't but at least one person gets a pie each day.

This is the worst.
Posted 7/14/2015 8:33 PM (GMT 0)
That has been one of my symptoms i didn't realize was a symptom until i got dx..... just thought i was getting clumsy.... but i learned....dont turn around quickly or i'd be in the wall lol
Posted 7/14/2015 8:36 PM (GMT 0)
gkamom - on your bad days, maybe you shouldn't go out...or at least go with someone that you can hang on to.

I don't know if the floors in Target in the US are the same as the floors we had in our Targets - but I would often trip...it's like the floor wasn't smooth enough and my shoe would sort of stick...I didn't fall, but I was constantly tripping in there.

You should think about getting your hand looked at....you may have sprained it - or even worse.

Hope it feels better soon!!!
Posted 7/14/2015 8:37 PM (GMT 0)
Commiseration with you both. I didn't realize how bad my problem had gotten until my LLMD had me walk heel-to-toe across the room and I couldn't do it without falling over.

Things have been improving with antibiotics, though. Have you stated treatment?
Posted 7/14/2015 8:40 PM (GMT 0)
i have not started any yet
Posted 7/14/2015 8:59 PM (GMT 0)
I've know for a long time that I have difficulty with balance and with depth perception. Like probably 10 years. Walking down a hallway and clipping a wall by 2 or 3 inches makes it obvious.

I think Target lays a cement pad first then puts the floor down on top. Cement is never flat, so for some reason our feet aren't able correct for the variations. I think that's why for me its a studder step. It became obvious one day when I crashed into a set of shelves.

Now my son hates Target. He always asks me if I'm going to be ok. That reminds me to exaggerate my steps. I'm ok if I exaggerate my steps.

Today I was taking my son to the dentist. My husband is on travel. So here we are at the dentist with both knees bleeding. Both hands in pain and after yesterday, I just burst out into tears. Two moms took pity on me and got me something to clean out my knees, but the real issue is my left hand.

Since my husband is on travel, my son won't let me take him to the craft store to make a costume. I can't ask him to take me to the ER. Usually, i just sprain things. So right now, I'm going to ice it then reassess tomorrow.

It's been a tough week and some times you can't share this with family because they feel guilty.

Thanks for your support,
Kim
Posted 7/14/2015 11:32 PM (GMT 0)
We stopped at the store on the way home so that I could get an ace bandage and big bandages for my knees.

I have iced it but will continue to for a while. Looking at my hand, it's blue from the inner base of the thumb right along the muscle that attaches at the middle of the wrist. I'm sure I stretched some muscles and the tendons out. I broke quite a few capillaries which explains the blue.

At first, I thought I broke something, but usually it is that I damage muscles and tendons. My joints tend to bend pretty far without me breaking anything. You would expect lots of broken bones given my bone density, but it never happens.

My family just shake their head. Target really makes my son nervous though.

Thanks, Kim
Posted 7/16/2015 2:12 AM (GMT 0)
sayyadina,

I was sitting here today and an image of alpacas popped into my head. I laughed and then had another thought.

I was standing in the hallway talking to my son a few months ago and i just fell over. As I think back on it, it was the same thing you described. My brain saw the walls tilt and my body decided it might as well go too.

I can laugh now. It is nice to be able to discuss this with someone who understands. My husband says you have to be more careful. I could have been as careful as possible, but if my brain can't judge the distance then my foot catches and I face plant. Sidewalks are the worst.

My knees will heal. It looks like I stretched all the muscles and tendons enough on the left thumb that I burst capillaries all the way to the wrist attachment, but that will all heal.

It's amazing though the number of things you need two opposable thumbs for.
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