jellynail wrote:
Just wanted to confirm that, yes, a bouncy walk is recognized as a symptom of AS. Straight-legged, stilted walking is as well. Like most AS symptoms, only some of us have it; others don't.
I don't have a bouncy walk but I am pigeon-toed. Funny thing is that I wasn't born like that. It actually developed by the time I was six. Eleven years later, I'm still pigeon-toed and I'm still tripping over my own two feet. No one really even notices though (thank God).
Anyway, my most embarrassing moment was in fourth grade. We were on a field trip to this place called Conner Prairie, which is like an 1800's type place, but it's really fun. Anyway, I had been coughing the entire day. When I was in one of the cabins, my coughing got very intense. I had completely interrupted the man telling us the story and everyone in there trying to listen (there was about fifty of us). Anyway, as soon as we all walked out of that cabin, I threw up mucus all over the place. We obviously had to go home early because of me. Luckily, everyone was really cool about it and no one teased me (which was very abnormal for that class). Plus no one was really upset we had to leave either so I guess it wasn't too bad. Of course, I never want that to happen again. Ever.