At one of my Parkinson's Disease support group meetings recently there was a small discussion about falling. One man boasted that he was on his 27th no-fall day while another looked blankly at the group as his wife said he usually fell 4 or 5 times a day but on good days might fall only 2 or 3 times.
Having suffered a fall or two myself, I'm not anxious to be doing it several times a day. The trouble with most falls is that they come as a complete surprise. Like today when I was opening the rear door of my Highlander in the garage. I somehow got off balance and couldn't move my feet fast enough to save the situation. Next thing I knew I was sitting on my butt looking up at the world. I had scraped my elbow and the back of my hand but that was the extent of my wounds.
Time to reset my accident counter.
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