Re: Does FMS affect balance?-- dropping things. me too

[Guest guest]

, funny you would say that. I drop stuff all the time. I do not know why.

I guess it is the fibro. My fingers just decide not to work.

hugs,

Debra V.

Loest boltzero@...> wrote:

I just got uo so I'm heavy into the fibro fog and am seeing double to

boot (Yay! Go Team Go)

The answer to your question is a two parter.

Fibromyalga does affect your balance, perticularly the fine tunning

of navigating corners, sudden stops, and bending over to reach for

something can all result in a near fall or actual spill.

Dropping things is also a common occurance with FM suffers.

Generally this happens right when you pick an object up with the lack

of feedback or numbness in the hands.

Both of these occurances are frustrating because they occur without

our consent and infringe on our dignity.

Making fun of someone with a disorder is cruel, childish, and

uncalled for.

I've had to endure remarks from former co-workers along the lines

of, " You walk like an old man " . -Insert courtesy laugh here- (Like I

needed to justify myself to someone with this kind of mentality).

Bottom line is, it's not your fault. You do not choose to fall down

and drop things, it's simply the Fibromyalgia effect.

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[Guest guest]

>

> , funny you would say that. I drop stuff all the time. I do

not know why. I guess it is the fibro. My fingers just decide not

to work.

> hugs,

> Debra V.

I'm reading a really good book right now on FM and it explains the

dynamics of dropping stuff.

FM scrambles the nerve impulses going to your hand, it affects your

sense of applying sufficent pressure to grasp an object, how your

thumb comes into play while holding on to something, and how when

bending your wrist while picking up an object will cause your fingers

to splay apart, dropping whatever you had ahold of.

This is the most rational explanation I've heard off so far, since

paying close attention to what happens when I drop stuff.

I was not able to determine the amount of pressure being applied to

the object due to the constant numbness, and as soon as I lifted the

object my fingers opened on their own.

If I purposly grab the object and apply greater than sufficent

pressure while lifting it, my fingers will not open up.

(Sure, I'll give the gallon of milk -the claw- just to make sure I

can get a glass without dropping the container) :I

[Guest guest]

a magnesium deficiency in us makes our hearing " fragile " balance is related to

that.

Re: Re: Does FMS affect balance?-- dropping things. me too

, funny you would say that. I drop stuff all the time. I do not know why.

I guess it is the fibro. My fingers just decide not to work.

hugs,

Debra V.

Loest boltzero@...> wrote:

I just got uo so I'm heavy into the fibro fog and am seeing double to

boot (Yay! Go Team Go)

The answer to your question is a two parter.

Fibromyalga does affect your balance, perticularly the fine tunning

of navigating corners, sudden stops, and bending over to reach for

something can all result in a near fall or actual spill.

Dropping things is also a common occurance with FM suffers.

Generally this happens right when you pick an object up with the lack

of feedback or numbness in the hands.

Both of these occurances are frustrating because they occur without

our consent and infringe on our dignity.

Making fun of someone with a disorder is cruel, childish, and

uncalled for.

I've had to endure remarks from former co-workers along the lines

of, " You walk like an old man " . -Insert courtesy laugh here- (Like I

needed to justify myself to someone with this kind of mentality).

Bottom line is, it's not your fault. You do not choose to fall down

and drop things, it's simply the Fibromyalgia effect.

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[Guest guest]

Again you are right on top of things. The problem is I too have the balance

problem and I don't have any deficiencies. Because of other problems I have

these things are tested in me on a standing order at a lab. It is important

that my levels of vitamins and minerals are up to par. I don't know what the

balance problem is from but I have fallen several times since I was dx years ago

in addition to feeling " off balance " a lot and I used to be very coordinated - a

sports finatic even.

Oh well, just one of those things I guess.

Take care,

Marti

Kate Court bonnie090196@...> wrote:

a magnesium deficiency in us makes our hearing " fragile " balance is

related to that.

Re: Re: Does FMS affect balance?-- dropping things. me too

, funny you would say that. I drop stuff all the time. I do not know why. I

guess it is the fibro. My fingers just decide not to work.

hugs,

Debra V.

Loest boltzero@...> wrote:

I just got uo so I'm heavy into the fibro fog and am seeing double to

boot (Yay! Go Team Go)

The answer to your question is a two parter.

Fibromyalga does affect your balance, perticularly the fine tunning

of navigating corners, sudden stops, and bending over to reach for

something can all result in a near fall or actual spill.

Dropping things is also a common occurance with FM suffers.

Generally this happens right when you pick an object up with the lack

of feedback or numbness in the hands.

Both of these occurances are frustrating because they occur without

our consent and infringe on our dignity.

Making fun of someone with a disorder is cruel, childish, and

uncalled for.

I've had to endure remarks from former co-workers along the lines

of, " You walk like an old man " . -Insert courtesy laugh here- (Like I

needed to justify myself to someone with this kind of mentality).

Bottom line is, it's not your fault. You do not choose to fall down

and drop things, it's simply the Fibromyalgia effect.

---------------------------------

You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster Total

Access, No Cost.