Guest guest Posted December 11, 2006 Report Share Posted December 11, 2006 I too have this problem. don't know if it's Polymyalagia Rheumatica or meds I'm taking. I'm still on 10 mg./da Prednisone and Digitek and Warfarin for heart problems. Since I've had this I knock things over, drop and spill things often. I reach for my coffee cup and knock my water glass over, reach for my pills and drag my sleeve through my food and knock my fork to the floor It's very embarrassing and annoying. Also I get " woozy " quite often. Can't finish a sentence because the words won't come. I even bump into the wall at times. Today I was walking on the track at our rec center and it felt like I was tilting to the left all the time. I was worried I was leaning over into the next lane and taking up someone else's space. It could be the disease. But when I read the handout from the pharmacy on Prednisone and my heart meds, it could also be them. the side effects on any of them are almost a page long, single space small type. Anyway, I'm happy to know it isn't just me. Bev in IA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 11, 2006 Report Share Posted December 11, 2006 I drop things all the time, too. It is so frustrating. But I am very blessed in that I have a husband who, because he knows how much it bothers me when this happens, always cleans up my messes for me just to be supportive! Still, I was moving the other day and managed to drop and break three glasses and a jar of gravy within an hour or two! Argh. After the gravy, I gave up and let a housecleaner we hired do the rest of it! I also trip a lot when I'm flaring, but I don't have to be flaring to drop things. At first, I thought the dropping things was due to arthritis in my hands making my grip weaker but I also have had some lupus cerebritis so maybe it is that. At any rate, in my case, what meds I'm taking doesn't seem to make any difference whatsoever. Lindi > > I too have this problem. don't know if it's Polymyalagia Rheumatica or > meds I'm taking. I'm still on 10 mg./da Prednisone and Digitek and > Warfarin for heart problems. Since I've had this I knock things over, > drop and spill things often. I reach for my coffee cup and knock my > water glass over, reach for my pills and drag my sleeve through my food > and knock my fork to the floor It's very embarrassing and annoying. > Also I get " woozy " quite often. Can't finish a sentence because the > words won't come. I even bump into the wall at times. Today I was > walking on the track at our rec center and it felt like I was tilting to > the left all the time. I was worried I was leaning over into the next > lane and taking up someone else's space. > > It could be the disease. But when I read the handout from the pharmacy > on Prednisone and my heart meds, it could also be them. the side > effects on any of them are almost a page long, single space small type. > > Anyway, I'm happy to know it isn't just me. > > Bev in IA > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 Hi, I thought it was only me that was dropping things. It feels like I have a grip on something and then the stuff just falls out of my hands. Like I have lost the sensation to grasp. Thanks for sharing that. I, too am embarrassed that almost everything I touch ends up falling over. Including me sometimes. Dolores lindijha <linjha@...> wrote: I drop things all the time, too. It is so frustrating. But I am very blessed in that I have a husband who, because he knows how much it bothers me when this happens, always cleans up my messes for me just to be supportive! Still, I was moving the other day and managed to drop and break three glasses and a jar of gravy within an hour or two! Argh. After the gravy, I gave up and let a housecleaner we hired do the rest of it! I also trip a lot when I'm flaring, but I don't have to be flaring to drop things. At first, I thought the dropping things was due to arthritis in my hands making my grip weaker but I also have had some lupus cerebritis so maybe it is that. At any rate, in my case, what meds I'm taking doesn't seem to make any difference whatsoever. Lindi > > I too have this problem. don't know if it's Polymyalagia Rheumatica or > meds I'm taking. I'm still on 10 mg./da Prednisone and Digitek and > Warfarin for heart problems. Since I've had this I knock things over, > drop and spill things often. I reach for my coffee cup and knock my > water glass over, reach for my pills and drag my sleeve through my food > and knock my fork to the floor It's very embarrassing and annoying. > Also I get " woozy " quite often. Can't finish a sentence because the > words won't come. I even bump into the wall at times. Today I was > walking on the track at our rec center and it felt like I was tilting to > the left all the time. I was worried I was leaning over into the next > lane and taking up someone else's space. > > It could be the disease. But when I read the handout from the pharmacy > on Prednisone and my heart meds, it could also be them. the side > effects on any of them are almost a page long, single space small type. > > Anyway, I'm happy to know it isn't just me. > > Bev in IA > --------------------------------- Everyone is raving about the all-new beta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 Just to let everyone know--I do the very same clumsy things. But, I am the only one here to pick myself up. Actually, before Christmas last year, I fell three times. I take antibiotics, prednisone, etc., etc. I wonder sometimes about the meds. At least, it seems we are all still able to move about. Watch out world, here we come:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 14, 2006 Report Share Posted December 14, 2006 > > Just to let everyone know--I do the very same clumsy things. But, I am the > only one here to pick myself up. Actually, before Christmas last year, I > fell three times. I take antibiotics, prednisone, etc., etc. I wonder > sometimes about the meds. At least, it seems we are all still able to move about. > Watch out world, here we come:) > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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