Falling

It seems that I am stumbling and/or falling with a great deal of regularity these days. I duly reported this to my physician during my last checkup and he had me do some neurological tests. "It ain't your brain!", sez he.

Seems that loss of balance is a symptom of advancing age. It has to do with muscle tone and mass, decreased function of the inner ear and the medications more prevalent in seniors. Indeed, three of my medications have warning labels that say "May cause dizziness."

I also think the broken big toe on my right foot contribues even though there is considerable scientific debate on this point.

At any rate, I don't like this new condition one bit. Roots, round and slick and unseen, get me regularly. I can usually feel myself beginning to fall but it seems my response time is greatly reduced. I am unable to prevent increasingly greater numbers and have come to rely on become more adept at determining how to facilitate a landing that will minimize the damage.

The best solution, however, is to do things more slowly. At that, I fail miserably.