Steps

[poliphilo]

My mother is having increasing difficulty negotiating steps. I don't think it's entirely physical- though it's that as well; I think it's that she's lost the unconscious motor skill and is having to think about how to do it- and when she thinks she panics and totters. Ailz suggests we stop eating in the kitchen where the steps are most challenging 

Comments

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

Yes...the unsureness is what's worst. I've had a bit if trouble going down steps the last few years ever since my knee problems started. Going down makes me feel like they may give out and I hesitate which makes me feel a bit tense and panicky. Physical + mental...

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Going down is much worse than going up, isn't it?

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

Absolutely and especially when you're going down steep stone stairs in medieval towers...as we did a few days ago.
:)