General Chat

I have tried yoga when I was very young and I’m not sure if it helped or not. I can do most things including swimming and riding a bike it just took me a little longer to get there.

Tawny, have you thought about yoga or tai chi to help you?

Choose a well-trained and qualified teacher and he/she ought to be able to pick exercises and movements suitable for, and beneficial to dyspraxics.

What a nasty attitude from your work place,Tawny. I hope your plan for fledglings works out well and you can give your bosses more hassle lol

Keep us posted (not too many details lol) We all love happy news!

Liz xx

Thank you Belle <3

Well done you Tawny......not for having an accident but coping the way you do with your "little problem" <3

Good Luck on the owlet front ;-) <3

Thank you Liz. Nothing was done about the stairs at work and I was told it was entirely my fault. They also asked when I would apologise for putting them through it. I’m angry and bitter at the moment but I’m still there as Mr Owl and I are now thinking about trying for a little owl before we both get too old and I’ve been with them for 14 years now which will benefit my maternity leave.

Sorry to read about your accident, Tawny. Hope you will recover quickly and well.
Re your bruised thumb. have you been checked for scaphoid injury?

What happened after your previous accident, did your workplace do anything about the stairs?

Take care of yourself. Lizxx

Thank you Ann <3

<3 <3 You should be proud that you don't let it define you and you have done very well, and will continue to do so.

Thank you all :-) :-) :-)

Tawny <3 <3

Aw Tawny, I am so sorry to hear this. Sending you a big (((((hug))))) <3

Apologies for not replying sooner my father in law appeared unexpectedly. I wear normal shoes and don’t need a stick. I was given extra time in exams so I had the time to make my handwriting legible. I chose to wear trainers with my wedding dress instead of heels as there was less chance of an accident in flats. Mr Owl and I refer to it as my little problem and we accept that there will always be things I can’t do like drive a car. For me it’s about doing as much as I can. Years ago people with my little problem would have been stuck in a special school and not expected to achieve anything. I got married, I own a flat, hold down a job and pay the bills things that a lot of other people do. I too have grown out of it to a point but I still have some oops moments.

Do you use a stick Tawny, or if you don't should you? And what shoes do you wear? I know it is difficult for a young person not to wear modern footwear but with your disability you need all the help you can get to keep you 'on the straight and narrow'. I am sure you are feeling pretty fed up at the moment and sore too so I hope you feel better soon. My second eldest Grandson was diagnosed with something when at sixth form college, It was/is one of the Dis******* words and it is a spacial problem so he needed help with exams because he was slow, and was always tripping over his own feet. He got a degree and now has his own sandwich and take away shop, in his 30s now and married with a child. I don't think he trips any more so maybe he had grown out of it, I don't know if that is possible, maybe he is just more careful, He drives a car as well and is an excellent considerate driver. Just telling you this because your condition may be frustrating you, you will overcome it. Just be careful. :-) :-) <3

I’ve been at it again. This time I tripped in the road on the way to work (thankfully it’s a quiet one). I have five separate cuts and grazes to my knee and two to my elbow, a sprained ankle and a badly bruised and swollen thumb. I should explain I am disabled as I have dyspraxia which in my case means I have an IQ high enough to get me into Mensa and a total inability to walk in a straight line without sometimes tripping over my own feet.

I know the feeling Tawny, some years ago I was involved in an RTA, I was hit from my bicycle by a car. Four pelvic fractures, had to learn to walk again. In the years that followed I developed severe arthritis in my right kneed. In 2013, being a bit of an
eejit I vaulted over my garden wall. Landed very badly on my left foot and gave
myself a complex fracture of the knee and necessitated several surgical operations.
Contracted a "Healthcare Acquired Infection" On a drip. Had to regularly attend the
Tropical and Infections Diseases Dept (ward 19) !!
Your'e never alone

No hand rail? :-0

Sorry to hear this Tawny. Hope it soon gets better.


Pat ..... I do so agree with you re fashionable shoes.

It is almost laughable, yet terrifying, to go to the graduation ceremonies at our university. The majority of the young ladies wear the fashionable clothes and shoes with their gowns. As they walk across the stage it is apparent that most of them have new shoes, and that they are not used to the heel height, or the wedge or whatever.

They have to climb a set of stairs, ca 7 or 8 steps, at one side of the stage, then descend a set at the other side.

I thought the ones in 5" heels (or higher) were terrifying as they wobbled across the stage and then tried to go down the steps, but the ones on high platforms and wedges are even worse.

The organizers make sure that there is someone at the bottom on the far side to catch someone who falls ...... their best catcher is now 85 years old! He landed up on his back with a young woman on top of him a couple of years ago, but he usually manages to stop them falling that far.

OH used to stand at the top of the first set, and was always ready with a hand in case someone stumbled going up. He did have a young lady fall stepping off the curb outside the theatre a couple of years ago .... she got a bruised and scraped knee I believe.

Ouch! Poor you, Tawny. Hope your leg heals well, give yourself time to recover. Maybe health and safety need to check those stair treads.

Lizxx

Thank you all. I had two options for getting it fixed and went for the one I thought would be better for me.