I Fell On The Sidewalk Yesterday : (

OneEyedDiva said:
@Kadee I know what you mean. This is the third time in a few years that I've fallen outside. It's always been because of an uneven sidewalk (the first was one of the additions for wheelchairs). Each time I was probably walking too fast. The first time I fractured my pinky and had to get a cast, the second time, I'm blessed that I didn't break bones in my face, lose teeth and break my glasses, because I fell on my face in a parking lot. After each I told myself to "prance like a horse", eg: lift my feet higher when I walk. :oops:

OMG @Radrook Your fall sounds terrible! I take it you broke your nose (?) and was quite bruised in the face. Hospital? Stitches?

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I so appreciate your kind words, concern and wisdom about keeping safe. I see that I have to pay better attention when I'm walking, even on terrains I know well.

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My leg I fractured after slipping on gum nuts in a footpath ….
I didn’t seek treatment until 5 days latter , by then my leg was very swollen ….the xray people at the local hospital took me to emergency to be seen to…. I was seen to by a nurse 4 hours latter then told to go home and wait for the major hospital in the city contacted me with an appointment to see a orthopaedic dr …..
as they didn’t treat people my age :eek::eek::eek:…( at local hospital ).

After a further week passed ….i got desperate because I’d not heard a word from the city hospital….. so I phoned them and they made an appointment for my to be seen to at a place called hospital avoidance .who x rayed my leg and put a full plaster on it …..

a month later my appointment came up at the hospital where the surgeon said he would have operated on my leg if he’d seen it earlier ….but bone had grown between the fracture by then , which has pushed the fracture wider apart
it was described as spiral as the breaks right down to my ankle joint
@OneEyedDiva
So the only treatment I’ve ever had on my leg is a plaster + xray

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mrstime said:
DH fell today in the bathroom..the worst room in any house to fall in. He is apparently OK, got a couple of tiny cuts that he cleaned with alcohol. Kind of ruined the day for all 3 of us.
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True, the bathroom is indeed not a good place to take a fall. My fall in the bathroom involved accidentally filling the bathtub with scalding hot water, and then confidently plunging my right foot in because I didn't know it was that hot. Yes, I immediately tried to get my foot out, Unfortunately, my left foot that was holding me up on the bathroom's wet floor slipped backwards, forcing me to perform a partial split, and leaving my right foot still plunged in that scalding hot water.

Motivated by the intense agony, and yelling at the top of my lungs, I struggled frantically to get some traction. But as much as I tried, I just couldn't. So in final desperation, I grabbed the shower curtain sending the curtain rings flying all over the place as they gave way under my weight until I was finally, and much too slowly, able to extricate my foot. One of the most painful experiences I have ever had. Now I make sure that the water is tolerable before plunging my foot in.
 
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Kadee said:
My leg I fractured after slipping on gum nuts in a footpath ….
I didn’t seek treatment until 5 days latter , by then my leg was very swollen ….the xray people at the local hospital took me to emergency to be seen to…. I was seen to by a nurse 4 hours latter then told to go home and wait for the major hospital in the city contacted me with an appointment to see a orthopaedic dr …..
as they didn’t treat people my age :eek::eek::eek:…( at local hospital ).

After a further week passed ….i got desperate because I’d not heard a word from the city hospital….. so I phoned them and they made an appointment for my to be seen to at a place called hospital avoidance .who x rayed my leg and put a full plaster on it …..

a month later my appointment came up at the hospital where the surgeon said he would have operated on my leg if he’d seen it earlier ….but bone had grown between the fracture by then , which has pushed the fracture wider apart
it was described as spiral as the breaks right down to my ankle joint
@OneEyedDiva
So the only treatment I’ve ever had on my leg is a plaster + xray

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That sounds like medical malpractice.
 

Radrook said:
That sounds like medical malpractice.
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I agree @Radrook , but their excuse was they don't treat people my age …….i was 75 when it happened ..fit ..was dancing 3 times a week ( social ballroom )

.the hospital avoidance place I was sent to ( I had to travel 2 hours to get to ) was horrified at the state of my leg / foot. It (is) like a mini hospital in a shopping centre …it’s part of the major hospital in the city of Adelaide ( South Australia)

when the pain gets to me a bit now days , I go have tens machine treatment for 2-3 weeks at a Physiotherapist.

( I can’t wear my dance shoes with a 1 inch heel anymore ) it causes me to much pain ….so I stick to a flatter shoe …and have to always wear lace up shoes Ecco shoes ..even the rare times I wear a dress ..it’s the lace ups

If I really had to go out I used this …..it’s just over 3 years ago it happened…this was very hard on-the knee where you put your knée it’s hard as…so I used a sheepskin motor bike seat cover over the knee part to soften it

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Kadee said:
I agree @Radrook , but their excuse was they don't treat people my age …….i was 75 when it happened ..fit ..was dancing 3 times a week ( social ballroom )

.the hospital avoidance place I was sent to ( I had to travel 2 hours to get to ) was horrified at the state of my leg / foot. It (is) like a mini hospital in a shopping centre …it’s part of the major hospital in the city of Adelaide ( South Australia)

when the pain gets to me a bit now days , I go have tens machine treatment for 2-3 weeks at a Physiotherapist.

( I can’t wear my dance shoes with a 1 inch heel anymore ) it causes me to much pain ….so I stick to a flatter shoe …and have to always wear lace up shoes Ecco shoes ..even the rare times I wear a dress ..it’s the lace ups

If I really had to go out I used this …..it’s just over 3 years ago it happened…this was very hard on-the knee where you put your knée it’s hard as…so I used a sheepskin motor bike seat cover over the knee part to soften it

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Sorry to hear that you have had to suffer so much unnecessarily. What disgraceful way for those in the medical profession to have behaved! You deserve some kind of monetary compensation for that at the least.
 
OneEyedDiva said:
I was walking briskly on my way to pick up a package at the hub then to the supermarket just to pick up Friendly's ice cream while it's on sale and almond milk. After putting those items away, I planned to catch the train to the Hoboken water park. I had already purchased my tickets on the phone. I've walked that street, which is right around the corner, many a time. But it took me by surprise when I started to fall and couldn't balance myself to prevent it...something I usually can do. Next thing I knew I was on the ground.

I saw two thin legs come up to me (made me think of my middle grandson) and a boy said "Are you alright? Can I help you?" He asked if I was alright a couple of times while he helped me up. I looked up to thank him and saw that he was gorgeous. He had that wavy-curly hair that I absolutely love seeing and I doubt he was more than 20. His face was kind and showed true concern.

Then I realized he had gotten out of a car that stopped on the normally busy road, where there is no parking. I thanked him profusely and the young lady driver too because I was so grateful. My neighbor who used to be on the board saw me fall, but he was across the street and didn't reach me until I started walking again.

He told me three other neighbors had fallen pretty much in that same spot and that management was already told to get that part of the street fixed. He advised me to go downstairs and report it (management's agents are on site on Tuesdays and Thursdays). I am also going to email the pictures below plus the one of my knee to Renee, the managing agent with whom I have a very good rapport.

I continued on to the hub and supermarket. Thankfully, my right hand which is what I used to try and break my fall, was covered by a glove (I wear one to touch areas that are touched frequently by others...door knobs, shopping carts, etc.). Still my hand was bruised. I could feel that my knee was as well even though I was wearing sweatpants. It slowed me down, had me feeling a bit off kilter and caused me to postpone my train trip.

When I got home, I put peroxide and antibiotic cream on the wounds and bandaged them. I ate some ice cream and watched T.V. until it was time to go down and see Renee. After I made the report, Renee said "Please tell me you are going to go home and get some rest!"

I wasn't in much pain but as you can see, my palm got swollen between the time I left the supermarket, where I took the first picture (due to better lighting) and home (second pic). My right hand was pretty much useless yesterday; more functional today. I slept for a long time after I got back upstairs. My BFF had told me to ice my hand, which I did after I woke up and this morning the swelling was gone. I repeated the treatment of my wounds this morning and chilled today. I'm still not feeling any pain, so I'm none the worse for wear. :sneaky:


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Now then lovely lady, do take extra, extra care, the shock of falling is sometimes worse than any injuries. 🤗
 
Kadee said:
I agree @Radrook , but their excuse was they don't treat people my age …….i was 75 when it happened ..fit ..was dancing 3 times a week ( social ballroom )

.the hospital avoidance place I was sent to ( I had to travel 2 hours to get to ) was horrified at the state of my leg / foot. It (is) like a mini hospital in a shopping centre …it’s part of the major hospital in the city of Adelaide ( South Australia)

when the pain gets to me a bit now days , I go have tens machine treatment for 2-3 weeks at a Physiotherapist.

( I can’t wear my dance shoes with a 1 inch heel anymore ) it causes me to much pain ….so I stick to a flatter shoe …and have to always wear lace up shoes Ecco shoes ..even the rare times I wear a dress ..it’s the lace ups

If I really had to go out I used this …..it’s just over 3 years ago it happened…this was very hard on-the knee where you put your knée it’s hard as…so I used a sheepskin motor bike seat cover over the knee part to soften it

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My neighbor broke his leg riding the Bike on the Bike Path. Later he used one of those after getting out of the car to the house and back.
I mowed their lawn that summer 2023. Their thanks were good.
 
Radrook said:
True, the bathroom is indeed not a good place to take a fall. My fall in the bathroom involved accidentally filling the bathtub with scalding hot water, and then confidently plunging my right foot in because I didn't know it was that hot. Yes, I immediately tried to get my foot out, Unfortunately, my left foot that was holding me up on the bathroom's wet floor slipped backwards, forcing me to perform a partial split, and leaving my right foot still plunged in that scalding hot water.

Motivated by the intense agony, and yelling at the top of my lungs, I struggled frantically to get some traction. But as much as I tried, I just couldn't. So in final desperation, I grabbed the shower curtain sending the curtain rings flying all over the place as they gave way under my weight until I was finally, and much too slowly, able to extricate my foot. One of the most painful experiences I have ever had. Now I make sure that the water is tolerable before plunging my foot in.
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Sounds horrible, scalding is bad enough but all the rest was way too much and no doubt ruined the rest of your day, and probably a few more days as well. Amazing though what humans can do and live through as well.
 
mrstime said:
Sounds horrible, scalding is bad enough but all the rest was way too much and no doubt ruined the rest of your day, and probably a few more days as well. Amazing though what humans can do and live through as well.
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Yet. it was nothing compared to the pain I experienced when I fell in elementary school. We kids were descending the steps toward the school basement after recess at a run when I was pushed from behind and landed with my pubic bone pressed against the concrete edge of the entrance door step.

The kids behind me kept pilling on weight by leaping on top of each other, and each time they did, the excruciating pain would increase. It was so intense, that I was rendered voiceless. Each time I thought that it couldn't become any more painful, the agony doubled as more weight was added.

But then suddenly, I saw my female homeroom teacher appear and approach, and stand looking at me. Desperately I reached out for her to pull me out, but instead, she began giving me what I years later understood to have been a hate stare. Then she very slowly turned her back on me and very calmly and very slowly walked away. I was once more alone with my agony. All I could do was shut my eyes tight and grit my teeth while the kids kept mindlessly piling on more infernal weight on my pinned pubic bone by leaping on top of one another. .

Finally after what seemed to me as an eternity, this older kid appeared and pulled me free. Later, I asked this so-called teacher why she had not pulled me out. She calmly responded that she had gone to get help. Oh really? Yeah right! Of course she couldn't help me. The same teacher who had been snapping and shouting at me continuously likes a rabid dog until she had caused me to weep in front of the class had decided to leave me pinned in agony without knowing if my gonads were being crushed. because she went to get me some help? And her hate-stare, of course, was to be understood as merely meaningless. Right?
 
Radrook said:
Yet. it was nothing compared to the pain I experienced when I fell in elementary school. We kids were descending the steps toward the school basement after recess at a run when I was pushed from behind and landed with my pubic bone pressed against the concrete edge of the entrance door step.

The kids behind me kept pilling on weight by leaping on top of each other, and each time they did, the excruciating pain would increase. It was so intense, that I was rendered voiceless. Each time I thought that it couldn't become any more painful, the agony doubled as more weight was added.

But then suddenly, I saw my female homeroom teacher appear and approach, and stand looking at me. Desperately I reached out for her to pull me out, but instead, she began giving me what I years later understood to have been a hate stare. Then she very slowly turned her back on me and very calmly and very slowly walked away. I was once more alone with my agony. All I could do was shut my eyes tight and grit my teeth while the kids kept mindlessly piling on more infernal weight on my pinned pubic bone by leaping on top of one another. .

Finally after what seemed to me as an eternity, this older kid appeared and pulled me free. Later, I asked this so-called teacher why she had not pulled me out. She calmly responded that she had gone to get help. Oh really? Yeah right! Of course she couldn't help me. The same teacher who had been snapping and shouting at me continuously likes a rabid dog until she had caused me to weep in front of the class had decided to leave me pinned in agony without knowing if my gonads were being crushed. because she went to get me some help? And her hate-stare, of course, was to be understood as merely meaningless. Right?
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I imagine my teachers hated me, though none ever let on, I was a rotten kid, hated school, teachers and most of the other kids. The only thing I had going for me was that I had and still have a lot of empathy, so much so that I cringe for your pain, just reading it. Not one kid came to your defense?I will never understand any adult standing by and hot helping a child in pain! A friend who teaches kindergarten was telling me about a little boy in a different class until she got him in her class, the little fellow said the previous teacher said she hated him! It literally makes me sick just hearing such a terrible thing to do to a child!

Came out the teacher was fired! YAY
 
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mrstime said:
I imagine my teachers hated me, though none ever let on, I was a rotten kid, hated school, teachers and most of the other kids. The only thing I had going for me was that I had and still have a lot of empathy, so much so that I cringe for your pain, just reading it. Not one kid came to your defense? I will never understand any adult standing by and hot helping a child in pain! A friend who teaches kindergarten was telling me about a little boy in a different class until she got him in her class, the little fellow said the previous teacher said she hated him! It literally makes me sick just hearing such a terrible thing to do to a child!
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Thanks for your compassionate response. All the other kids were behind me piling up on the ones who had fallen on top of me. The lobby was empty of kids since the ones who had preceded me had run to their classrooms in response to the bell. So no other kids could come to my assistance. She probably came to the lobby in response to all the shouting that was going on.

No, I was not causing her any problems in her classroom. I was quiet and on the shy side. Very silent most of the time. My only anomaly was that I was a Latino who was still struggling to learn English because I was placed in first grade without knowing English at almost age nine. So she had absolutely nothing to complain about in reference to my conduct in her classroom, and her sudden rabid shouting at me was totally irrelevant to anything that I was doing at the time.

Yes you are certainly right. It is indeed difficult to imagine an adult seeing a ten-year old child pinned in agony and needing help and choosing to walk away in that heartlessly cruel manner.
 
Radrook said:
Yet. it was nothing compared to the pain I experienced when I fell in elementary school. We kids were descending the steps toward the school basement after recess at a run when I was pushed from behind and landed with my pubic bone pressed against the concrete edge of the entrance door step.

The kids behind me kept pilling on weight by leaping on top of each other, and each time they did, the excruciating pain would increase. It was so intense, that I was rendered voiceless. Each time I thought that it couldn't become any more painful, the agony doubled as more weight was added.

But then suddenly, I saw my female homeroom teacher appear and approach, and stand looking at me. Desperately I reached out for her to pull me out, but instead, she began giving me what I years later understood to have been a hate stare. Then she very slowly turned her back on me and very calmly and very slowly walked away. I was once more alone with my agony. All I could do was shut my eyes tight and grit my teeth while the kids kept mindlessly piling on more infernal weight on my pinned pubic bone by leaping on top of one another. .

Finally after what seemed to me as an eternity, this older kid appeared and pulled me free. Later, I asked this so-called teacher why she had not pulled me out. She calmly responded that she had gone to get help. Oh really? Yeah right! Of course she couldn't help me. The same teacher who had been snapping and shouting at me continuously likes a rabid dog until she had caused me to weep in front of the class had decided to leave me pinned in agony without knowing if my gonads were being crushed. because she went to get me some help? And her hate-stare, of course, was to be understood as merely meaningless. Right?
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I'm so sorry to read about the pain and trauma you have endured, both the bathtub incident and at school ! It must've been difficult enough trying to learn English so you could understand what was happening and feel understood. Children, in their ignorance can be so unkind, but there is no excuse for a teacher, who is supposed to guide and protect children, to be that way!

@Brookswood "I suspect that walking while looking at one’s phone is a prime cause of many falls." Yes, and some dummies walk in front of cars while looking at their phones and not paying attention to traffic. They could cause serious accidents.
 
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mrstime said:
DH fell today in the bathroom..the worst room in any house to fall in. He is apparently OK, got a couple of tiny cuts that he cleaned with alcohol. Kind of ruined the day for all 3 of us.
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chic said:
Please be careful Diva. Falls can be so bad. Hugs from chic.
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Thank you again Chic❣ I certainly will. Hugs backatcha. 🤗

MrsTime How is your husband doing after his fall?
 

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