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Living with PN, do you find yourself retreating from life?
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@njed and @bjk3, I had one of those days last Tuesday and ended up in the ER for six stitches because I'm no blood thinners and I couldn't stop the bleeding. I had my first really hard fall in a long time and the first one in inside the house, in the kitchen. Not sure how it happened other than I turned around and my feet seemed to be stuck on the floor at the time my body wanted to go the other way. Took about 3 steps trying to regain my balance and then the hard fall followed by my Apple watch screaming Fall Detected, calling 911. I was more concerned about trying to cancel the call than I was seeing my glasses laying next to me with bent frames and a lens that popped out. Spent the morning cleaning the blood off of the floor and trying to stop the bleeding with gauze and bandages. Tried to see my local family clinic but they told me because I was on blood thinners I had to go to the ER and I'm kind of glad they did now.
Back to the balance exercises and maintaining mobility!
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Grief, John, I'm only now reading about your fall (after having replied moments ago to Barb and Ed). Your mishap is yet another testment to these medi-alert devices. They really work! I balked at wearing one, but now I'm glad I got over my balkiness. I haven't needed it in a real emergency (not yet), but I sure am glad I've got. The feeling of being "connected" is worth surrendering few ounces of stubborn male pride. I've have to accept, now that I'm 80, I'm living in the world of "you just never know." ––Best wishes, John. Careful in those kitchens (having fallen once in my kitchen). I'm beginning to think kitchens are our most dangerous rooms! ––Ray
@johnbishop John, the last fall I had about 18 months ago was similar to yours, I was in the kitchen, and my feet were facing one direction, and I was headed a different direction. Fell, hit side of my head, next day I vertigo which I never had before. Talk about a weird feeling! Got it to calm down, close eyes and lay down. Your episode was much worse and glad it wasn't more serious.
@johnbishop Hi, John -
I'm really sorry to read about your recent fall - been having lots of issues with my laptop and fell way behind in staying current here. I had no trouble understanding what happened the way you described it. Seems the later in the day it is, the more my feet decided they are planted where they are and just don't care to be bothered to move. So stubborn.
Hope you are mending well now that it's a few days later. Prayers for you, John, ~ may God keep you safe. Barb
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@johnbishop I too had an incident recently and between the stories of you & @njed and @bjk3 I’m thinking very seriously about a fall watch. My “fall” (slide) was stupid, all my fault. I slid a chair over to a cabinet so I could search through papers, and with my rear-end on the edge of the chair and me leaning forward with my head in the cabinet, the chair slid away…. With my feet planted on the floor, in that awkward position I took a tumble down, pulling tendons & ligaments in a leg and minor cuts on my arms. My phone was out of reach, but my husband just happened to arrive home several minutes later so he could help me with tools I needed to get up with an injured leg.
I was fortunate I felt I could treat myself without medical help, and I’m still recovering. But I would have been stuck if I didn’t have someone who came home soon. I usually pride myself on being very conscientious about safety and taking risks, but sometimes we miscalculate. I think the fall watch sounds like a smart idea!