Trips and falls

[SetWave]

Damit! Was bringing in the trash cans from the road, got to going too fast downhill, lost control and crashed in the wall of a shed. Banged up my arm very nicely. *^%&#!!! Now I'm not begging for sympathy (okay maybe a little) but just want to spread that usual advice for us old folks to be extra careful.

 

[Pinky]

Damit! Was bringing in the trash cans from the road, got to going too fast downhill, lost control and crashed in the wall of a shed. Banged up my arm very nicely. *^%&#!!! Now I'm not begging for sympathy (okay maybe a little) but just want to spread that usual advice for us old folks to be extra careful.

Never can be too careful .. whether indoors or out. Take care of that arm!

 

[SetWave]

Never can be too careful .. whether indoors or out. Take care of that arm!

Thanks. It's extra embarrassing as I always had such excellent balance. Growing old is not for the faint of heart.

 

[Sliverfox]

I did a flying fall the other day.
Forgot about the ice in front of barn door.

Going down to replace card in game camera,,looking at it as I walked.,, thinking other things.

Think I looked like a cartoon charter as I fell,, airborne,, THUD.
Laid there,,ouch,, really hit my head hard & left butt cheek.

Finished my chore , hobbled to the house,, told Hubby what I did.
Nothing was broke,, thank goodness.

 

[Pinky]

I did a flying fall the other day.
Forgot about the ice in front of barn door.

Going down to replace card in game camera,,looking at it as I walked.,, thinking other things.

Think I looked like a cartoon charter as I fell,, airborne,, THUD.
Laid there,,ouch,, really hit my head hard & left butt cheek.

Finished my chore , hobbled to the house,, told Hubby what I did.
Nothing was broke,, thank goodness.

You've got to watch when you hit your head, that you don't have a concussion!

I notice that walking outdoors, I feel more susceptible to stumbling. Also, my equilibrium seems different to when I'm indoors .. it's a weird sensation. I walk very carefully when outside.

 

[Chet]

It wasn't a fall, but I had to sit on the floor to adjust brackets in the bottom kitchen cabinet so I could raise the shelf to store taller items in the bottom. With that done, I went to stand, and I couldn't jump up like in the past. It took a calculated process to put feet and hands in the right position and grunt myself upright. When they say "Help, I've fallen, I can't get up." believe it, and I hadn't fallen.

 

[SetWave]

I did a flying fall the other day.
Forgot about the ice in front of barn door.

Going down to replace card in game camera,,looking at it as I walked.,, thinking other things.

Think I looked like a cartoon charter as I fell,, airborne,, THUD.
Laid there,,ouch,, really hit my head hard & left butt cheek.

Finished my chore , hobbled to the house,, told Hubby what I did.
Nothing was broke,, thank goodness.

Yep, did the same flying cartoon flop on my back three times last year. Also relieved nothing broke but it sure was a reminder to watch my step on the slippery ground.

 

[SetWave]

It wasn't a fall, but I had to sit on the floor to adjust brackets in the bottom kitchen cabinet so I could raise the shelf to store taller items in the bottom. With that done, I went to stand, and I couldn't jump up like in the past. It took a calculated process to put feet and hands in the right position and grunt myself upright. When they say "Help, I've fallen, I can't get up." believe it, and I hadn't fallen.

Remembering how we used to laugh at those old commercials and now I struggle to get up or down. Sneaks up on ya.

 

[jujube]

I'm just glad that my lounge chair rocks. If I get that thing going hard enough, I can catapult myself into a standing position without the requisite moaning, groaning and grunting.

Of course, too much velocity and I can launch myself into to next room, which *never* ends well.

 

[Lewkat]

I've taken a couple of flyers in the past couple of years and it wasn't pretty. My son nearly fainted when he saw my face. It went away each time, but I seem to have a penchant for falling flat on my face, just tripping over a match stick.

 

[Don M.]

I have to be extra careful when using a ladder. Last year, I was doing some work in the basement, and when I stepped off the ladder, I missed the bottom step and crashed to the floor.....raking my arm on a sharp shelf corner. I was bleeding pretty badly, and wrapped my arm in a towel to keep from leaving a blood trail. When I cleaned it up and took a good look, My wife wrapped it up in a bunch of gauze bandages, and we headed for the hospital....where they had to put about 15 stiches in.

I have to keep reminding myself that I'm no longer young, and need to be extra careful when doing some of my chores.