falling
i know many survivors have had this happen to them after a stroke. i try to be so careful when i am home alone. i am tired of these falls, not that i've had dozens of them but i have had my share. most recently was last week. i was sitting in my recliner and leaned to my left(affected side to pick up something off of the floor. as soon as i felt myself coming off of the chair, i swung my good arm back to try and grab something to keep me upright, nothing there i could grab quick enough and down i went, hitting my head first on the wood floor, fell onto my bad side of coarse, i was so pi**ed. i did not hurt myself, or i thought anyway. i fell right next to the couch. so there i am trying to figure out how to get myself back up, therapy never taught me how to. so by then all 8 of my critters where beside me, knowing i wasn't suppose to be there. i had to get my arm out from under me, which i succeeded in doing, i got my good leg where i could push myself closer to the couch to try and get ahold of the couch arm to help me pull myself up, no luck there. i tried for 20 minutes to get myself up, i then called my nurse son to see if he could come and help me. i had even thought about holding onto my dobie's collar to have him pull me to something i could hold on to. he just looked at me and drooled all over my face, yuk yuk yuk. so i abandoned that idea and waited on my son. he got there quickly and got me up. i just hate these situations i get myself into. later on that day i felt a knot starting on my forehead and the top of my head, but no pain or headache, so i felt i was ok. my pt supervisor from home health was due to come over thinking he could help me instead of bothering my son. but he never showed or called until later. i woke up the next morning with a black eye, gorgeous!! the pt guy showed up yesterday and he wanted me to continue therapy, good idea, you think!! to help me learn to get up by myself. when my oldest son found out, i got a big lecture that i'm not safe by myself. i reminded him that falls do happen with stroke survivors, sometimes they are unpreventable. i guess i wasn't seated in my chair good enough, like i thought i was, oops. since i have moved to tx, i have fallen 3 times now, broke ribs on my trip to tx, fell after that and hurt my back, luckily this time not a major setback. maybe this is a sign of bad luck,moving back home, LOL so now i get my anxiety levels up every time i get up again. having only 1 side that works makes things so difficult, as many survivors know already. i hope with more therapy, this won't happen again. i will find out soon enough i hope, so wish me luck please!
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