Decisions made in haste my not always be the best decisions and needed more thoughts but you didn't do much damage to yourself so thank God you are OK... In my case at times I count to ten and if my though process doesn't change I go ahead and do what I thought to do hoping for a good outcome....  Think a little longer to see if your mind changes next time....

So sorry Sandy but I'm glad you are okay.  I fell too last November but it was right in front of the hospital. I did not break anything but boy was I sore afterward.  

We do need to take care of ourselves and accidents will happen as we have so much on our plates at one time.  I have a security light outside our garage and it comes on at night.  My neighbor's light also comes on even when I am on our driveway.  But that all would be for naught as the neighbor's do not keep watch on me!

Hope you are not too sore.  Take care.

Julie

Yes, when you fall and have no-one to call it is scary.  I remember having a fall in my backyard when Ray was still here and having to crawl to the steps and wriggle down and get inside somehow and bathe blood off my shins etc.  Not good, because there is no-one to help even when your loved one is home.

Do think about wearing the button Sandy, a lot of women alone have to do that.  Glad the result of the fall was not as bad as you thought, take care my friend.

I was unbelievably sore today.   I couldn't walk at first, because I couldn't pick up my leg at all for hip and knee pain.    It was very swollen, luckily I took a diurectic last night, to try to keep it from turning into elephant leg.    After a couple of hours of struggling to move at all with a walker, something eased up.   I was able to walk more easily by just sliding my foot on the floor and not picking my leg up.   

I still faced the problem of how do you bring food/drink back & forth with both hands struggling to grasp the walker and just move.    I had a banana nut bread loaf in the fridge from a trip out last week, so put it in a bag, with 2 small plates, and forks.   I was able to hold it around my wrist while working my way across the floor.   For lunch we ate 2 drinks that are like ones they give you when you can't eat - but a whole meal.   So with that down the hatch, I determined I'd call Bob's friend Fred.   He's always saying if we need anything just ask.    I don't really ever do that, so he must have thought you know where had frozen over when I called and asked him to bring us dinner.    So we had to big Fiesta Beef Taco Salads (tacobell).  

I don't know how tomorrow will be, but have a pretty good idea I'm going to have to cancel our Thursday appt (carotid test results), but will see how I do tomorrow.

Sue, it is around my neck right now!    I stopped wearing it when I had misplaced it and the battery went dead in the lost one.   The system kept calling my phone NONSTOP to tell me it was dead.   While cleaning a mountain of clean clothes off the dryer top, I found it, and got it out again.   I just never got back to WEARING it, just placing the 2 around in spots.   I had wrapped this neck loop around my bed rail incase something happened at night, and the clip on here or there, depending where I was - but really not probably going to work from the floor.   So, I'm back with them again.   I hope I don't get sloppy again... wait, let me try again, I am NOT going to get sloppy again.

very glad you are alright, at least things could have been so much worse.  falls are funny.  they can't be predicted very well and the outcome is a flip of the coin.  I fell last jan while out on the road. fell hard on right arm.  the coin flip turned out in my favor(lol) and have only a damaged rotator cuff, not so bad really.

and so we can kind of look at them as a sort of wake up call. as I am sure you are doing.

again so glad that it was not more serious than it was.

david

Sandy :

I am so glad  you are alright. falls can never be predicted only thing we can do is learn our lessons from it to make sure what needs to be done in future events. So if lessons learnt then its not wasted. My husband fell yesterday night while going for his brisk walk. learnt not to wear flipflops for walk that can trip u

Asha

Sandy - so sorry, but glad it wasn't worse. Lessons learned. Do try Motrin for the pain and inflamation relief if you can tolerate it. But mostly I am so proud of you for calling for help from Bob's friend. That is why they offer and good for him!

Button on and just take it easy, best you can. I have been so tempted at times to go off without Bruce's button or leaving Bruce a phone, but I always get to the door and back track. My worry is tripping on the ramp. Doesn't matter - stick to your safety routines. Check in and let us know how you are doing. Debbie

I was in terrible shape yesterday.   Bad enough that I was afraid for how I was going to take care of him.    All the prayers of friends must have worked, because I woke up so much improved that I did not need a walker today.   I just am walking very carefully, and not in a hurry.   I'm still sore here and there, but I can LIFT MY LEG - which was the part that was shutting me down, and causing me to need a walker, which was hard to use with a sore hand on one side.   My knee is even bending a little!  WOOT!

Good news - on the mend. Thanks for the update