Bretrick
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On my way to the crib room at work which is a flight of stairs up, I fell up the stairs and landed on my face. 
Never too old for new experiences.
Never too old for new experiences.
A new experience for me this morning
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NorthernLight
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I've fallen up the stairs. Not recently though.
hearlady
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That's gotta hurt!On my way to the crib room at work which is a flight of stairs up, I fell up the stairs and landed on my face.
Never too old for new experiences.
Remy
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OH NO. I hope no permanent damage. I live upstairs in an apartment. The stairs scare me a bit now. I hear it's harder going down however.
Once slipped with too much stuff in my hands and my work lunch went flying. Able to rescue it.
Once slipped with too much stuff in my hands and my work lunch went flying. Able to rescue it.
Disgustedman
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On my way to the crib room at work which is a flight of stairs up, I fell up the stairs and landed on my face.
Never too old for new experiences.
Not a fun moment. Was it a misstep, or something slipped on?
Bretrick
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My nose cushioned the fall
Bretrick
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My nose cushion the fall so my Purty face remains intact.I've been there and done that.Are you okay @Bretrick? I hope you didn't hurt your purty face!
Bretrick
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I am okay, my nose cushioned the fall
Bella
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I'm so glad to hear that but feel sorry for your poor nose!My nose cushion the fall so my Purty face remains intact.
Here's a little kiss for it. 
Bretrick
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Early morning, maybe still a little sleepy. Never lifted my foot high enough
Bretrick
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Thank you for your concern. All is well
Bretrick
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No, not excitingWas it an exciting experience? I fell on my face in my living room and hit my chin really hard on the table. It was purple for awhile. Then I said No More of that cheap wine!
I'm glad you are ok!
Spilled my coffee. Glad no one saw me and my misstep. 
hollydolly
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I do that more often than I like. It's quite easy to do suprisingly, if you don't put the foot directly on the next step up you can easily trip and fall...
I was just joking when I asked you if it was excitingNo, not exciting
Alligatorob
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Glad you weren't hurt, falling up stairs is probably the least likely way to get hurt.I fell up the stairs and landed on my face.
Never too old for new experiences.
I've fallen on stairs up, down, and most every direction possible. The most painful was once when I slipped and started a bumpy slide down. I grabbed some bars to stop myself and my shoulders have not been the same ever since...
I too have fallen down steps every way there is. The bumpy ride is so scary. You're wondering what damage you're doing on the way down.
Bella
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I've had a bad history with stairs since very early on. I fell down a flight of stairs at my grandma's house when I was one year old, and I have a picture of me with a black eye to prove it. It's on my bookcase.
When I was seventeen, I had a summer job downtown. The building was three stories, and we were on the second floor. It was my first day at work, and my boss sent me out for coffee and told me to take the fire escape stairs out back. So out the back door I went. I got the coffee, came back and climbed the stairs, and I found the door locked. I don't know how that happened, but I suspected one of the other girls might have done it as a prank. I was wearing platform shoes, and the stairs were metal and narrow. As I turned to go back down the stairs, I slightly overstepped, slipped, and went down on my knees! Holy Mother of God!
I got to my feet and could barely walk, but I limped back to the office through the front door—with the coffee intact! If that happened now, you'd be sweeping me into a dustpan.
I was in bad shape, so I called my mother to come and get me. My left leg, which took the brunt of my slide down, swelled up so badly that it looked like I had elephantiasis. Being the trooper I am, I went to work the very next day. It took a while for my leg to heal, but it did, thank God.
In 2015, I woke up and was still groggy when I came down the stairs and missed the last step. I heard the bone in my foot crack as I hit the floor. I couldn't stand, of course, so I crawled to the phone on my knees to call my husband, who immediately left work to come home. When he got home, he wanted to take me right to the emergency room, but I wouldn't go until I'd showered. So he put a stool in the shower for me, and I showered sitting down. Then we drove to the hospital.
Yeah, stairs and I have a thing.
Bella
When I was seventeen, I had a summer job downtown. The building was three stories, and we were on the second floor. It was my first day at work, and my boss sent me out for coffee and told me to take the fire escape stairs out back. So out the back door I went. I got the coffee, came back and climbed the stairs, and I found the door locked. I don't know how that happened, but I suspected one of the other girls might have done it as a prank. I was wearing platform shoes, and the stairs were metal and narrow. As I turned to go back down the stairs, I slightly overstepped, slipped, and went down on my knees! Holy Mother of God!
I got to my feet and could barely walk, but I limped back to the office through the front door—with the coffee intact! If that happened now, you'd be sweeping me into a dustpan.I was in bad shape, so I called my mother to come and get me. My left leg, which took the brunt of my slide down, swelled up so badly that it looked like I had elephantiasis. Being the trooper I am, I went to work the very next day. It took a while for my leg to heal, but it did, thank God.
In 2015, I woke up and was still groggy when I came down the stairs and missed the last step. I heard the bone in my foot crack as I hit the floor. I couldn't stand, of course, so I crawled to the phone on my knees to call my husband, who immediately left work to come home. When he got home, he wanted to take me right to the emergency room, but I wouldn't go until I'd showered. So he put a stool in the shower for me, and I showered sitting down. Then we drove to the hospital.
Yeah, stairs and I have a thing.
Bella
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Betrick, glad you're OK. I've had to accept that I was born clumsy. I always remember what my dance instructor told me, "Rick, you have clumsiness you haven't even used, yet."