wewillbeatthis
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Hello,
Dad is doing good. His gait is slow and just real sloppy but he still goes to work, drives, goes shopping, and does his own thing.... He is a bit worried lately and it is stopping him from walking as much as he used too. Two weeks ago as I stressed on the other board dad fell and now he is hesitent he has been driving away from certain stores if he has to walk to far cause he does not want to fall. If he sees a Handicapp spot and a cart he will go into the store for hours and shop... However, no shop no can do... The new thing is this whole issue when he gets up his leg gets this pain that shoots down to the shin and then goes away slow within two minutes. While this is happening it is tight and he can't put weight on it. The strange thing is that if he takes two advil a day this does not happen. Does anyone have any opionion on this?
Ok now the advice on the shoe. Dad's biggest loss of strength has been in his ankles and this is the reason for his foot drag and horrible gait. Can anyone suggest any type of shoes or boots that would be good for him?
The other issue is this weekend we have a party to goto and we are all dreading it. We are so worried about how dad will do getting into the party and seeing everyone. He really does not like when people pitty him. It really, really bothers him and then on top of that we are worried that the weather is going to be bad and this will also make things worse for him. I was wondering if others that have this disease can tell us what we can do to make dad feel comfortable tomorrow at this party so he can have fun and not worry about what others think or say...
Thanks in advance for everyones words of encourgement for you never let me down.
Jen
Dad is doing good. His gait is slow and just real sloppy but he still goes to work, drives, goes shopping, and does his own thing.... He is a bit worried lately and it is stopping him from walking as much as he used too. Two weeks ago as I stressed on the other board dad fell and now he is hesitent he has been driving away from certain stores if he has to walk to far cause he does not want to fall. If he sees a Handicapp spot and a cart he will go into the store for hours and shop... However, no shop no can do... The new thing is this whole issue when he gets up his leg gets this pain that shoots down to the shin and then goes away slow within two minutes. While this is happening it is tight and he can't put weight on it. The strange thing is that if he takes two advil a day this does not happen. Does anyone have any opionion on this?
Ok now the advice on the shoe. Dad's biggest loss of strength has been in his ankles and this is the reason for his foot drag and horrible gait. Can anyone suggest any type of shoes or boots that would be good for him?
The other issue is this weekend we have a party to goto and we are all dreading it. We are so worried about how dad will do getting into the party and seeing everyone. He really does not like when people pitty him. It really, really bothers him and then on top of that we are worried that the weather is going to be bad and this will also make things worse for him. I was wondering if others that have this disease can tell us what we can do to make dad feel comfortable tomorrow at this party so he can have fun and not worry about what others think or say...
Thanks in advance for everyones words of encourgement for you never let me down.
Jen