Summat that’s always a bit difficult to say to anyone who reacts in a way us MSers dont like/understand/whatever…is try an hour or 2 in my shoes pal!
We can’t ever expect anyone whose legs work properly, or who can think clearly and quickly in a pressured situation…to KNOW how we feel.
I have tried to explain my fear of falling out of a chair, hoist, bed. They try to but cant do it.
Then you get nurses/carers who are trained by testing equipment on each other. They tell us they know how it feels…No they dont…they cant possibly know…but we cant expect them to either, can we?
If they feel they may fall, they can stick their legs and feet out and find their balance…we can’t.
Why am I posting this? It’s cos I just picked up on this theme in a few recent posts.
And no, we dont want sympathy…what we would like is empathy.
We have to try to be more tolerant of how able bodied folk fail to understand us. Just saying…
Boudsx
