Hi,

I have a question for you all that are falling and having recent problems. I
am curious. I am in my late 30's and I am not experiencing a lot of these
problems. I'd like to know (off the list if you prefer) how old you are and
what kind of problems you are experiencing and when these things started to
happen.

I am curious to determine if there is a specific pattern or not. Are you guys
"freezing up" when you have a day that you can't do something and then
thinking that this is IT? meaning if you have a day where you suddenly can't
go up curbs or whatever without aids or with aids ... then you start looking
for help instead of chalking it up to a "Bad Day" kind of thing.

I have times where I can manage hills without any problems and others where I
just "freeze up" but I know that it's because I am thinking, "Okay, here's
that hill, now, how am I going to manage it?" However, I don't think, Oh my
G-d, this is IT, I need to get a cane or whatever. I am just wondering about
this.

Or is it that you wake up one day and you really can't function and it's
downhill from there? I have spoken to people about it ... but this has me
really curious at the moment.

Dina