Living with Muscular Dystrophy I learn pretty quickly that falling
is just something I have to get use to and at times it does
lead to some embarrassing situations.
I still remember when me and a few of my friends were walking to the car that was parked outside of the condominium and there was uneven ground resulting in my leg giving out and me falling. This happened
so quickly. I fell flat on the ground and landed face down almost broke my nose but the gap between the covered drain had saved my nose. I was knocked out for s split second. I felt dizzy for awhile and my friends were shocked. I tried to got up and the first thing I checked was my nose. I asked them whether my nose still straight but they burst in laughing. I was laughing too.
That afternoon after we had lunch, I parked my car about 500 metres from the office entrance and it was about to rain. My colleagues had run to the foyer while I was walking towards the building and the foyer when a strong wind hit me and I was blown off course and the next thing I
know I was walking right into a window and I stopped and frozen myself there calling one of my colleagues to hold me and bring me into the office lobby.
I am not embarrass, I am feeling different and self conscious. I am aware that I am different. walking differently, climbing the stairs differently.
Nowadays I adopt more positive ways of thinking. Most people are worrying about themselves most of the time, not me. Whenever people look at me differently it’s because they’re probably seeing something new to them. As humans we tend to inspect new things with curiosity. Would I rather be out and about right now or stuck at home, afraid of what people think?
