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hollydolly said:
yes it's odd isn't it that the balance can go like that so suddenly really...?... but it looks like I have to start being extra careful and slow down..and you too...
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I only started feeling fright about ladders, height, a couple of years ago....and i'm 63 this year.....Holly, your a bit older than me, i'm feeling this started too early for me.....maybe partly since i have replacements in both knees....don't want those damaged.....and need both hips done.....not even going to talk about ceiling light fixtures needing bulbs changed and cleaned......top of the cupboards....will have to be a cold day in hell or get someone to do it.
 

hollydolly said:
you sound like me with those types of falls. I'm always doing it. I did it the night before last. Hubs had just gone to bed maybe 10 minutes before, and he's asleep the minute his head hits the pillow and a tornado won't wake him.. but I started to come up the stairs holding my Ipad in one hand and the Ipad holder in the other, and something else in the same hand , and missed my footing 3 or 4 stairs up, and just as you describe, whacked my right shin, left arm, and my bad knee... hubs opened his door, the noise of me falling woke him up, and he came to check on me ..and I hadn't cried out or anything, but the noise of me falling was so loud... :oops:
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Certainly thankful that i don't do these trips in public......i'd look like i'm a big clutz.....but i guess i am, kinda.
 
MickaC said:
I only started feeling fright about ladders, height, a couple of years ago....and i'm 63 this year.....Holly, your a bit older than me, i'm feeling this started too early for me.....maybe partly since i have replacements in both knees....don't want those damaged.....and need both hips done.....not even going to talk about ceiling light fixtures needing bulbs changed and cleaned......top of the cupboards....will have to be a cold day in hell or get someone to do it.
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Husband has both knees done and both hips but he cannot climb ladders because he let himself stiffen up after the surgeries. 🤦🏻‍♀️
 
Aneeda72 said:
Husband has both knees done and both hips but he cannot climb ladders because he let himself stiffen up after the surgeries. 🤦🏻‍♀️
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After joint replacements......there's a lifetime of exercises to prevent stiffening up.....i do them daily.....only takes a few minutes a day.
Exercises after surgeries was, is an absolute must, and for the rest of your life.
It's not stiffness, or the replacements that bother me with ladders, just plain fright.....senior thing, i guess.
If one should fall and wreck any of those joints, was mentioned, is far more painful than the first ones.
 
MickaC said:
After joint replacements......there's a lifetime of exercises to prevent stiffening up.....i do them daily.....only takes a few minutes a day.
Exercises after surgeries was, is an absolute must, and for the rest of your life.
It's not stiffness, or the replacements that bother me with ladders, just plain fright.....senior thing, i guess.
If one should fall and wreck any of those joints, was mentioned, is far more painful than the first ones.
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Yup my hip is not stiff, but Mr. Know It All, can‘t be bother to either listen to me or the doctors. Besides since he actually can’t climb a ladder it gets him out of doing any type of work that a ladder would need.
 
MickaC said:
I only started feeling fright about ladders, height, a couple of years ago....and i'm 63 this year.....Holly, your a bit older than me, i'm feeling this started too early for me.....maybe partly since i have replacements in both knees....don't want those damaged.....and need both hips done.....not even going to talk about ceiling light fixtures needing bulbs changed and cleaned......top of the cupboards....will have to be a cold day in hell or get someone to do it.
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Yes I'm 65...and always been very active, but after working 10 hours a day standing and walking on a concrete floor mostly for several years, I damaged my knees.. particularly my right knee... I had PT done on it for several months , even had an MRI done at Harley street, nothing major, wear and tear they said.. but then last summer I tripped over the back door step and landed on my face outside on an area which my o/h had recently laid new resin, which hadn't dried yet properly and was like gravel , cracked my kneecap (same one).. cracked my shoulder blade, took half the skin off my shinbone..

I'm still very active but really much more cautious than before, and I don't like it because I'm still tripping for no reason
 
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hollydolly said:
Yes I'm 65...and always been very active, but after working 10 hours a day standing and walking on a concrete floor mostly for several years, I damaged my knees.. particularly my right knee... I had PT done on it for several months , even had an MRI done at Harley street, nothing major, wear and tear they said.. but then last summer I tripped over the back door step and landed on my face outside on an area which my o/h had recently laid new resin, which hadn't dried yet properly and was like gravel , cracked my kneecap (same one).. cracked my shoulder blades, took half the skin off my shinbone..

I'm still very active but really much more cautious than before, and I don't like it because I'm still tripping for no reason
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So frustrating having to slow down.
Don't think slowing down is your choice......not mine either.....but we'll have to work on that, won't we Holly.
 
I am sitting in our sunroom drinking coffee and waiting for my wife and the two Bichons to return from the park where they went for their morning walk. My 20 year old cat has been sitting in my lap keeping me entertained. I may have to make another pot, or LOL, steal some of my wife's coffee.
The hummingbird feeders went up yesterday, but so far we have no visitors. This happens every year when the migration of Ruby Throated birds first starts.
I know that I need to work on the sprinkler system and I am looking for an excuse to put it off. Maybe the fact that it is going up to 86F today will be good enough along with our very high pollen count today.
 
Sliverfox said:
Should be cleaning the house a bit.
Expect our son to be here for couple of weeks.

Presently I have the new pup on my lap,asleep.
Means lot of time spend on awake pup.:love:
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Bella will not sit on our lap, our Bella is never still. In fact, like a human baby, when she falls asleep in the sun outside, I have to make sure she is still breathing, as she rarely sleeps unless crated.
 
MickaC said:
So frustrating having to slow down.
Don't think slowing down is your choice......not mine either.....but we'll have to work on that, won't we Holly.
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You girls are not alone. Ever since popping my shoulder out of the socket for about the 2nd or 3rd time, surgery once. PT now, I'm having to relearn how to do things the proper way. Without too much strain on my joints.

I have to be careful how I lift the groceries in to the cart. How I clean and carry my pots and pans.
That new word that's been going around...'mindful'...well it's getting stuck in my head these days from the kids at PT always saying it to me.

Be mindful how you do things nancy........
 
dobielvr said:
You girls are not alone. Ever since popping my shoulder out of the socket for about the 2nd or 3rd time, surgery once. PT now, I'm having to relearn how to do things the proper way. Without too much strain on my joints.

I have to be careful how I lift the groceries in to the cart. How I clean and carry my pots and pans.
That new word that's been going around...'mindful'...well it's getting stuck in my head these days from the kids at PT always saying it to me.

Be mindful how you do things nancy........
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Thank you for sharing......One more gal welcomed to the " Broken Body Club "
Yes, through a life of injuries....possibly because i/we thought we were super women.
I for one, did a lot of heavy work, landscaping, the 28 years on the farm till 2016, was in my super woman mode, so i thought, all that has come back to haunt me, but did i ease up......nope.....when i moved into town, landscaping again, i'm not complaining, i just love it.
But my body doesn't any more.
Take it slower.......really need to work on that.....but i don't think i'm alone on that...am i.
 
dobielvr said:
You girls are not alone. Ever since popping my shoulder out of the socket for about the 2nd or 3rd time, surgery once. PT now, I'm having to relearn how to do things the proper way. Without too much strain on my joints.

I have to be careful how I lift the groceries in to the cart. How I clean and carry my pots and pans.
That new word that's been going around...'mindful'...well it's getting stuck in my head these days from the kids at PT always saying it to me.

Be mindful how you do things nancy........
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Rotator cuff?
They really hurt.
I can certainly empathize.
Mine is the first time though
 
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Packing stuff for our Easter break down at the cabin..and...watching the guy cleaning the pool from the corner of my eye. Wonder if I should offer him some left over sangria!
 

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