After the Fall: Another MS Learning Experience

I had a near-death experience the other day. Well, that’s what Caryn and I are calling it. Truth be known, had I landed four inches to the left of where I did, Caryn, my wife, would have discovered a blood-soaked rug with my lifeless body upon it when she got out of the shower. How I actually fell is unknown to me. All I know is I was upright one moment, and the next I was not. These things must be assessed after the fact and from a position rather ungracefully attained. I took a survey of the parts I could feel, and nothing seemed to be broken. I employed techniques from a previous blog about how to get up from a fall, and I was greatly comforted by love and kisses from our Wheaten Terriers. Ultimately, I was fine, although I decided that wall/furniture walking was not going to be enough to support me for the remainder of the day. Determining What Actually Happened in My Fall As I rose from the floor, I supported myself on the corner of a very solid wooden trunk; that same corner would have received scrutiny in a coroner’s inquest had my trajectory altered southerly by the smallest of margins. I collected my shoes, which I’d been carrying, and noted the scuff marks on the wall where they’d been flung. (It’s all right; that wall needed painting anyway.) Taking into consideration my last known standing position at the top of the two small steps that separate our dining room from the lounge, along with my ending situation, about two feet down and four feet over, ...
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