Hello to all,

I was at the Mall yesterday doing my routine walk to get my step quota as well as window shop and wave
To some of the merchants.. had made my run to the bank and I stopped by the Guitar Center in the mall to order something…all was going well until I stopped into the Foot Locker shoe shop…I had a pair of nice New Balance on hold and I was trying them on…I was walking back and forth when suddenly my world came crashing down in a lightning flash crash to the hard floor…I knew that something had happened but I lay on the floor stunned while two alarmed employees and 2 very nice patrons each lifted me up and sat me down…they offered to call someone and gave me a bottle of water…I felt absurd and ludicrous..a stupid careless ageing man who’s luck had just run out..both of my knees and hips are sore but I think I took the fall ok.. I was able to walk out to my car and later go the the ER…where I waited 3 hours and aside from the triage tech/nurse asking me the usual questions about suicidal thoughts, safety at home or do I feel safe at home, BP, temp, oxygen rate, after explaining why I was there, she didn’t even look or examine the knee which was now swelling and really sore..she explained they would get me back as soon as they got a bed available…I checked myself out 3 hrs later…. I guess my dragged out point here is to stress the safety issue when walking…I can’t be sure, but I believe I stepped on the excess lace of the left try on shoe with
My right try on shoe and down I crashed.. I can’t let this shake my confidence…but the look on everyone’s face registered serious concern —genuine…sweet people they were… I will pick up my feet while walking and always look for laces that are loose or excessive length hanging over the edge of the shoe…VERY dangerous….

I will ice and take it easy this weekend and visit an urgent
care facility that has an X-ray machine to get this right hip and left knee checked out…. I wish all here a safe nice weekend..🙏 pvctom