Dropping things

[Joiedecour]

Just dropped a tea kettle - water was cold fortunately. I'm not usually a klutz. How frequently do you drop things?

[bubbles_04]

ALL THE TIME. I was klumsy before the MS Dx though too, now I'm just more klumsy. I have broken a glass and plate in the last month... dropped more but those broke :)

[SarahL2491]

its my middle name!  I've been known to drop plates of food (pets love aisle clean up) and often drop things.  Reflexes just stop talking to the brain or something similar, I don't often get warning either!

[Joiedecour]

Ooh all those stories sound awful but you all have a knack for humor, that's for sure!!! In my case I have once lost grip entirely in same hand as dropped tea kettle, and I have level 1 deep reflexes apparently but not sure if those have a thing to do with grip. Will use other hand for tea kettle in future : ) thanks for replies.

[doublevision1]

I burst into tears when I dropped and broke a baking dish while doing dishes. It was from Ikea and worth about $3. It came with my first set of dishes I'd bought myself when I moved out on my own at age 18. It was the last piece I had from that set, the other pieces already been broken, lost during moves or swiped by roommates over the years. If I'd broken it under other circumstances I wouldn't have batted an eye. But I was fairly newly dx'ed, breaking things left right and centre, very frustrated by my clumsinesss, still terrified of the dx, and this all came out in one big sloppy sentimental reaction. Seems really silly now but I was so upset in that moment.


Kyle - the risk of further flesh wounds on my feet is far too much excitement for me. ;)

[Corriel]

I too seems to drop things a lot but I don't really experience hand numbness. It is like I have to remember to hold onto something or my hands just try to do something else, like I have forgotten what I was doing. Frustrating to be sure no matter why I drop things.

Corrie

[Poppy7402]

I drop things on a daily basis, but have become very good at juggling.  I recently dropped the thingy in the dishwasher that holds all the cutlery, full I might add, and promptly burst into tears.  This was when my daughter suggested I needed to be wrapped in bubble wrap, to which my reply was "more like the house needs to be wrapped in it, to protect it from me!!".

Just another frustration.

Poppy

[kwarendorf]

Occasionally I drop things. It's like I forget that I'm holding something. Cooking in barefeet adds to the excitement of being in my kitchen :-)

Kyle

[doublevision1]

All the time. Literally every day. Fingertips have been numb in both hands for > 5 years, and my grip strenth is diminshed somewhat. After stabbing myself in the foot with the tip of a knife, I have developed very quick reflexes to jump out of the way of whatever is about to land on me. And I no longer cook in bare feet.