Falling

In my last post I talked about only having fallen once.  Apparently I jinxed myself because I fell Saturday night after my post, again on Sunday, and again yesterday.  Saturday night I was standing on the cotton rug in front of my sink in the master bathroom getting ready for bed.  Somehow I started to lose my balance and the cotton rug on the tile floor slipped and I fell backward against Kim's sink on the opposite side of the bathroom.  I banged my left arm hard against the vanity with a deep bone bruise and tweaked my right knee, but that was the worst of my injuries.  Woke Kim up and scared her - scared me also! My knee pain kept me awake for a while but I eventually found a position that relieved the pounding pain.  The next morning my arm bruise was turning green and purple but my knee didn't hurt.
 
Sunday afternoon I went into the master bath and on my way back into the bedroom tripped on a pillow on the floor and fell, hitting the solid wood bed frame with my face/head.  Fortunately, it was a glancing blow.  My glasses cut my nose, my eyebrow swelled up and hurt like heck, and I tweaked my right knee again.  Since I can't talk it took a while to make enough noise that Kim heard me, but she had heard the thump from the living room when I fell and arrived almost as soon as she heard my grunt.  It still hurts a bit today, almost a week later.  Again, I was very lucky not to have injured myself worse.
 
Yesterday was a tough day also.  I spent most of my week onsite at the Turnpike Commission reviewing engineering files for conversion for the GIS.  I had so many morning meetings that I didn't have a chance to eat anything and also only got one of my hourly supplement drinks in.  After lunch I had to go to PennDOT for a meeting.  I drove around looking for handicapped parking but didn't find any and had to park 3 blocks away.  I made the same walk two weeks ago and didn't have any problem, but yesterday it was a real struggle.
 
When I got home yesterday afternoon I walked out to the curb to get the mail and tripped over the curb on my way back to the house and fell in the driveway.  Fortunately I caught myself with my hands and didn't hurt myself.
 
I guess between my spastic walk and not lifting my knees/feet high enough I am now prone to tripping/falling and I will have to be much more careful.  I contacted my nurse at Hershey and asked about getting a cane, and she suggested a quad cane for stability but they usually like to do a physical therapy evaluation first.
 
Visited the Ear Nose Throat specialist earlier this week.  Have a swallowing test scheduled and a second appointment with the ENT doctor and speech therapist also.  Still having major sinus issues during the day and at night and not sleeping well at night since I can't breathe through my nose.  Hoping to  eventually find something that helps my breathing.