Sadly, Dad passed about 5 years ago from cancer from Agent Orange in Vietnam. it was his walking stick and Mom passed it onto me last year because of the SPMS, @A MyMSTeam Member. He was my best man at my wedding and we spent a week on top of a mountain elk hunting for my bachelor party. He was a pretty special man.

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I hold onto walls or furniture for walking around the house and use a Walking stick when out my father made.

Safety is no accident. Understanding your balance and terrain you're traveling is definitely a learning curve. I haven't walked without a rollater I three and a half years ago. But I am now walking down and up stairs. I can walk down the access ramp to our house. I'm evolving back to two poles. Use baby steps and be safe.✌🏻

Edited to add some stuff about falling...

I got myself a walking stick in 2019/2020, and for some reason it came naturally. To use it, I use it when I put my good leg forward, then do my bad leg as if I'm walking. I've got a rollator, and wheelchairs (manual for flat indoor surfaces, electric when I'm out by myself). My physiotherapist has gotten me splints to help my dropped foot, as well as exercises to "remind" my foot to lift up the front rather than dragging it 😅.

Also with falling, my body automatically twists so I land on one side 🤷‍♀️ I remember slipping on a metal staircase as I was going down (some bloody eejit spilt some of their drink) and I remember naturally changing which side hit the stairs first before rolling to my back and continuing to slide down, keeping my head slightly up so as not to bash it going down. My best friend stopped worrying after hearing me laughing as I went down 🤣 just to add: I was having drinks with family after choosing my wedding dress. The place we went to for those drinks had toilets on the lower floor and the lift/elevator was broken 🙄😒 still survived, and the only bruising I got was my pride 😅

@A MyMSTeam Member, I have spent countless years being viewed and then given a score in Gymnastics. Growing up I was always shy but always had they "they are judging" me as that was all I knew. After all these years, I can give a flying F what people think of me. They won't get my eye contact so I will not see, snickers, or sneers. Wishing you the best too!

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