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THE PRACTICAL SIDE OF BEING MULTIPLY SCLEROSED / Some falls are lucky
« Last post by agate on November 25, 2025, 09:31:34 pm »Falling is so much a part of the "MS experience" that they often seem unremarkable to anyone with MS or to family members dealing with a relative with MS.
But there are falls that injure, and then there are the very very fortunate falls that don't.
Today I fell and it seems to have been one of those rare lucky falls with no serious damage. I don't know how I managed it, but I'm going to keep up with my exercises, just in case they're helping me to fall less harmfully.
I was in the kitchen putting the finishing touches on dinner. I had turned off the oven and the burner on the stove. I was holding an empty but hot saucepan. Suddenly, as has happened twice before, my left side buckled and I went down.
Some things went flying onto the floor. I knocked over the waste basket too. But no food was spilled, and I was able to get up easily enough by hanging onto the edges of the double sink. I went right on with dinner and was hardly shaken up at all.
I took a couple of Tylenol later to stave off some aches that were starting up. Tomorrow things might be worse but I hope not.
However, I wasn't able to get around to finding anything else to post here today. Maybe some people will be interested in knowing that there are falls that aren't so injurious. I don't recommend any falls but some of them don't result in a fracture or bruises or a disoriented feeling.
But there are falls that injure, and then there are the very very fortunate falls that don't.
Today I fell and it seems to have been one of those rare lucky falls with no serious damage. I don't know how I managed it, but I'm going to keep up with my exercises, just in case they're helping me to fall less harmfully.
I was in the kitchen putting the finishing touches on dinner. I had turned off the oven and the burner on the stove. I was holding an empty but hot saucepan. Suddenly, as has happened twice before, my left side buckled and I went down.
Some things went flying onto the floor. I knocked over the waste basket too. But no food was spilled, and I was able to get up easily enough by hanging onto the edges of the double sink. I went right on with dinner and was hardly shaken up at all.
I took a couple of Tylenol later to stave off some aches that were starting up. Tomorrow things might be worse but I hope not.
However, I wasn't able to get around to finding anything else to post here today. Maybe some people will be interested in knowing that there are falls that aren't so injurious. I don't recommend any falls but some of them don't result in a fracture or bruises or a disoriented feeling.