Guest guest Posted January 1, 2003 Report Share Posted January 1, 2003 Hi everyone, Don said it well as usual and I second it. Happy New Year to everyone, may it bring even better friends and research that leads to a cure. I thank all those who have worked so hard to make the SPF a success and worked with the Siddiques to bring others to the US to help with our problems. I have seen a lot of falls in the emails and have had my share. Mine was flashy but virtually painless. I bent over the dishwasher to rearrange the last dish and fell face first in! I managed to knock the top rack off the track and damaged the door hinge and it was Christmas Eve. I think that was the key. It seems every year I do something on Christmas Eve or Day or very near it. I am thinking of what I am wanting to accomplish and not focusing on my balance. I bet some of the other falls resulted from that, whether more visitors, trying to do things you don't do every day. The MDA Quest magazine for December has a good article " All Fall Down " which has lots of good ideas for planning ahead to avoid some of them. Joe also had an excellent article in the Synapse he sent to me when I first joined the group. Maybe someone still has a copy and Joe would let us put it in the package y'all are working on for new " members " . Anyway, here's hoping we all fall less and take Galen's advice when we do in the coming year. Regards, Sue Ellen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2003 Report Share Posted January 1, 2003 - Hi Donna, I did about same thing about 10 years ago. I was talking to my Mom and leaned over for something and fell onto the door which was down to unload. Needless to say we had to get a new dishwasher, but I wasn't hurt just mad. That was the first of a series. Some a lot worse. Best to all for 2003. of Byron and in FL I have seen a lot of falls in the emails and have had my share. Mine was > flashy but virtually painless. I bent over the dishwasher to rearrange the > last dish and fell face first in! I managed to knock the top rack off the > track and damaged the door hinge and it was Christmas Eve. I think that was > the key. It seems every year I do something on Christmas Eve or Day or very > near it. I am thinking of what I am wanting to accomplish and not focusing > on my balance. I bet some of the other falls resulted from that, whether > more visitors, trying to do things you don't do every day. The MDA Quest > magazine for December has a good article " All Fall Down " which has lots of > good ideas for planning ahead to avoid some of them. Joe also had an > excellent article in the Synapse he sent to me when I first joined the > group. Maybe someone still has a copy and Joe would let us put it in the > package y'all are working on for new " members " . > Anyway, here's hoping we all fall less and take Galen's advice when we do in > the coming year. > Regards, > Sue Ellen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 2, 2003 Report Share Posted January 2, 2003 HOw do you get the MDA Quest Magazine??? Sherry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 2, 2003 Report Share Posted January 2, 2003 Sherry, I receive it when I joined the MDA. I am sure if you call your local chapter they will sign you up and you will receive Quest. Rita Luv & Hugs! ************************************* Some people succeed in spite of their handicap. Others succeed because of them. Lord Keep Your Arm Around My Shoulder And Your Hand Over My Mouth When you worry it's like sitting in a rocking chair, it gives you a good ride, but it doesn't get you any where. ************************************* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2003 Report Share Posted January 3, 2003 Sue Ellen, Yes Cirque du Soliel is amazing to see and you are right I got the handicapped seating and they were dead center on the main level. Did have to take the elevator to the main floor. You really don't know were to look there is something always going on somewhere in the tent to the left, to the right, up, down just great entertainment. Hope you go.................Flora Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2003 Report Share Posted January 3, 2003 Sherry, The article I talked about, " All Fall Down " , is also on the web. Check mdausa.org under publications. They don't put the whole magazine on, just selected articles. I went through my local MDA and get the magazine free so don't subscribe another way. We should get something at a reduced rate once in a while for what we put up with! Cirque du Soleil is coming to New Orleans next month and they have a handicapped section in the best seating area for the cost of the cheapest seats(a difference of $20 per seat). You can even have 1 companion at that rate. Talk about nice! It is amazing to watch on TV but sometimes it does make me miss my aerobics. Never in a million years could I do what they do, but I thought I was pretty good. Now I workout so I can stay upright and that's a big challenge. Regards, Sue Ellen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2003 Report Share Posted January 5, 2003 Thanks Sue. I found the site and the article . Did read that one and others. Did check to see where our local MDA office was. It is right around the corner at the hospital. We even have to go there today. My husbands grandmother is back in the hospital. She has 9 lives but this time she has called and said her goodbyes. She lost her husband of 50 years in September so this might be it. She has had neuropathy for many years, not to mention numerous stokes, CHF, COPD> WE will be going there today.. Cold and snowy here. Hate to go outside. Its going to be a long winter. Sherry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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