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It sure is!</p>
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That is good advice. Thank you.</p>
<p>LOL- Thought you could use a laugh!</p>
<p>What my3sons said was what I was thinking. You are about that age. How’s the vision? That changes as well. Maybe you are misjudging distance?</p>
<p>Apparently this can be contagious. Last week, I dropped a plate full of dinner on the kitchen floor, scattering shards and food everywhere, and of course attracting the dog, who had to be manhandled into the next room along with the cats so they wouldn’t cut their feet. Within 5 minutes after I finished cleaning up that mess, H walked into the foyer and dropped two bottles of wine on the tile floor. That led to another pet roundup and a very lengthy cleanup of the microscopic pieces of glass that had landed in two adjacent rooms and the lake of red wine. We were both stressed–H’s father had died two days before, we were in the midst of funeral preparations and expecting family members to arrive the next day from out of state. I think there’s a limit to how much we can mentally handle at one time–something has to give.</p>
<p>I do bruise easily --did before & definitely now that I take inhaled steroids regularly. I do tend to walk into things at night in the dark, like furniture. I agree that if you feel this is uncharacteristic of you, it wouldn’t hurt to see your doc and ask, especially if you’re not under particular stress and distraction when all of these things have been happening. It could be vision changes or possibly something else. The doc won’t be able to guess unless you ask & go in & get checked out, at least for reassurance.</p>
<p>I think it might be misjudging distance. I bent down last night to pick something up, wasn’t distracted, dizzy or anything, but I smacked my face right into the corner of a shelf. I saw it, knew it was there, and hit it anyway.</p>
<p>In addition to getting your eyes checked, I agree that this is worth a visit to your physician.</p>
<p>I had significant symptoms of incoordination when I had undiagnosed, but very severe, hypothyroidism. The cerebellum (responsible for coordination of movements) can be affected by various systemic illnesses, or there could be a problem localized to that region.</p>
<p>(Although, from what you describe, it does sound more like vision problem. If you are banging into things, rather than, say, dropping them or having trouble manipulating them. You may have a visual field defect.)</p>
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Hmmm. I was diagnosed as hypothyroid at 9 years old and have run the gamut of problems/crises ever since. Never seen this one, but I haven’t had my blood work done in 6 months (it’s usually 3). Thanks for the good tip.</p>
<p>It might be time for bifocals! :p</p>