Every time she fell and didn’t hurt herself, 71-year-old Sara Batia of Brandon brushed off her balance problems.
Then a dizzy spell on her front porch caused a brain-rattling fall.
“I ended up with a concussion,” she said. And the retired nurse realized she couldn’t ignore her unsteadiness any longer.
“I was getting more afraid,” she said. “My mom had two friends die from falls.”