today i ried to get off a sofa to answer thephone in the next room and couldn t raise up after several tries I got up and tried to step forward but found myself leaning to the left fell toward the left. I couldn t stop the fall once it started. Then I had trouble getting up off the floor. Fortunatly no injury But frightened by it.I had had a normal day up to this. I had a heart attack in 1998 and have taken metopolol and simvistatin since. I also have stenosis in the lower back . I do PT excercises and water aerobics 2-3 times a weekI will be 86 9/11 I help my kids with a 12 yr old grandson picking him up from school and summer camp and do lighthousework at my apt and my kids 3 level townehouse.I have experienced a lot of fatigue at the end of the day for thelast several years. I use a cane and recently bought a walker to have seating when I go to a park or mall.Its Friday night and Kaiser urgent care is not close to me but maybe I should go sat am and have them check my heart. I am driving every dayin the Alexandria area.I can contact kaiser spine center for my orthopedic DRMonday. I will aapreciate your suggestions fro this rambling report. Thank you so much Elaine Keefer . .