Falling Down and Getting Up
--This entry is dedicated Katy Dagenais, Colleen Baliga in Physical Therapy and Debbie Peters in Cognitive Rehabilitation. Image from https://movementum.co.uk/journal/falling When I first got back after having my stroke I was never really concerned that I would fall. It had never really crossed my mind. From time to time I watched other patients at CNS go up and down the stairs and from time to time I would try the stairs. I wanted to walk very badly. My driver Laura could attest to this fact. CNS was very careful with my recovery. They never pushed me to if I was not ready, but I was not concerned with falling. When I first had my stroke I wanted to walk--I wanted to walk so bad that I shoved my walker in a corner and did what Bruce and Gerald refer to as wall surfing. If there was a wall I could lean on I was glued to it. Every time Bruce and Gerald would walk down the hallway I did not want them to catch me leaning on a wall, so I straig...