Susie/ Falling and getting up

[Guest guest]

Hey Susie,

This could have been me! I am so sorry about your fall, but also pleased

you could get up - yes, getting on one's stomach is a good way to start

to get up once you assessed yourself. I learned that in PT. Take Care

and rest now. The after effects of a fall sometimes hit me the next day.

~ Gretchen

Susie Lemin wrote:

> BUT I am as naked as the day I was born, could I

> really do that?

> Pride sometimes really is a bummer aint it..LOL

[Guest guest]

Well group,

They say things always comes in pairs, except this

time I was fully dressed and going into a clients

home. Who thank the Good Lord is a retired

physician/psychiatrist that knows about

Charcot-Marie-Tooth. He fussed that I was not using a

cane and that maybe I shouldn't be working at all. I

asked who he was going to get to come in a feed him

his dinners the way he wants them cooked AND served.

That shut him up for a while.

But he was really interested in my case because he had

not seen it develop in an older person. His specialty

was Depression due to illnesses. The sad thing is

that I am going to lose him soon. He is returning to

Boston to live in an elite retirement center there and

I won't have a sounding board any more.

Bottom line, MY feet aren't deformed (yet) but this

CMT seems to be progressing faster than I thought it

would. Does a cane sound like a good idea for the time

being? It would not bother me to use one, but should I

wait to see my doctor first or just go get one?

Opinions are welcomed in this home, even after I have

heard the old saying about opinions and belly

buttons...LOL (different part of the anatomy but lots

nicer.

Susie

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[Guest guest]

I'm no doctor but i can't see any harm in trying a cane.

Put it by your chair for a trial period , if you keep getting it to get up and

it gives you security against falls then it would seem like a good thing!

It will take a little time to learn to use it effectively. (also hand strength )

I back this advice up by ensuring you I KNOW NOTHING,I couldn't help but respond

Rocky

----- Original Message -----

From: Susie Lemin

Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 8:39 PM

Subject: Re: [] Susie/ Falling and getting up

Well group,

They say things always comes in pairs, except this

time I was fully dressed and going into a clients

home. Who thank the Good Lord is a retired

physician/psychiatrist that knows about

Charcot-Marie-Tooth. He fussed that I was not using a

cane and that maybe I shouldn't be working at all. I

asked who he was going to get to come in a feed him

his dinners the way he wants them cooked AND served.

That shut him up for a while.

But he was really interested in my case because he had

not seen it develop in an older person. His specialty

was Depression due to illnesses. The sad thing is

that I am going to lose him soon. He is returning to

Boston to live in an elite retirement center there and

I won't have a sounding board any more.

Bottom line, MY feet aren't deformed (yet) but this

CMT seems to be progressing faster than I thought it

would. Does a cane sound like a good idea for the time

being? It would not bother me to use one, but should I

wait to see my doctor first or just go get one?

Opinions are welcomed in this home, even after I have

heard the old saying about opinions and belly

buttons...LOL (different part of the anatomy but lots

nicer.

Susie

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[Guest guest]

Rocky,

Thanks, I will try it.... this is what this board is

about isn't it? Advise and opinions?

--- Rocky <woodchuck1964@...> wrote:

> I'm no doctor but i can't see any harm in trying a

> cane.

> Put it by your chair for a trial period , if you

> keep getting it to get up and it gives you security

> against falls then it would seem like a good thing!

> It will take a little time to learn to use it

> effectively. (also hand strength )

> I back this advice up by ensuring you I KNOW

> NOTHING,I couldn't help but respond

> Rocky

>

>

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: Susie Lemin

> Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 8:39 PM

>

> Subject: Re: [] Susie/ Falling and getting up

>

> Well group,

>

> They say things always comes in pairs, except this

> time I was fully dressed and going into a clients

> home. Who thank the Good Lord is a retired

> physician/psychiatrist that knows about

> Charcot-Marie-Tooth. He fussed that I was not using

> a

> cane and that maybe I shouldn't be working at all.

> I

> asked who he was going to get to come in a feed him

> his dinners the way he wants them cooked AND served.

>

> That shut him up for a while.

>

> But he was really interested in my case because he

> had

> not seen it develop in an older person. His

> specialty

> was Depression due to illnesses. The sad thing is

> that I am going to lose him soon. He is returning

> to

> Boston to live in an elite retirement center there

> and

> I won't have a sounding board any more.

>

> Bottom line, MY feet aren't deformed (yet) but this

> CMT seems to be progressing faster than I thought it

> would. Does a cane sound like a good idea for the

> time

> being? It would not bother me to use one, but should

> I

> wait to see my doctor first or just go get one?

> Opinions are welcomed in this home, even after I

> have

> heard the old saying about opinions and belly

> buttons...LOL (different part of the anatomy but

> lots

> nicer.

>

> Susie

>

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