I think I've written about snow more than anything else. Now falls must be getting close to snow!
So you'll never believe this. I took two falls this week!
First, I was looking after my neighbor's yard and had to water some plants. I threw my garden hose over the fence and watered the plants. I threw the hose nozzle back over the fence but not the hose. Somehow, the hose caught on my foot when I was leaving and I didn't notice it until I was on my face on the ground. The hose felt like my foot was hooked on a rubber band. I was very lucky that I landed on new soft sod. Next time it could be on cement. Yes , I remember that when old people fall their head hits the ground before they know they are falling.
Then I was applying flashing to a small garden shed. I had to put my ladder in behind the bleeding heart . So one of the many times I came down the ladder , I fell. I don't know if I missed the last step or got off the ladder with one step left to go or if the ladder fell off the board to cover the soil under the bleeding heart or if I just tipped the ladder over. I landed in a peony and before I got up the ants had found me and they didn't like me.
Okay, I'm not looking for sympathy. I know what I'm going to get here and I won't like it.
However, I know that I must learn to be much more careful around my feet. I find it difficult to "slow down" and "be more careful". It's a hard thing to do after living a very active life.
You'll also not believe that I had to look up how to spell nozzle...well maybe you will.
I find being around garden hoses very tricky. I almost trip over them every time I go to water my small garden. I have to step around very carefully.Take care out there.
ReplyDeleteHoses get dragged around in different places and we forget where they are.
DeleteIt is hard to slow down when you are not used to it. Please be careful though because we would hate to hear that you had gotten badly hurt. Ladders are especially dangerous as we get older. My husband has some balance problems and has to stay off ladders and honestly, I don't care too much for them either! I hope you are not too sore from your falls!
ReplyDeleteI've had a slight balance problem since my mid fifties . Now it is a problem.
DeleteOh no! Well you seem to be ok and that's the main thing.
ReplyDeleteThe one with the ladder was probably fatigue.
They say you're getting old when people run to your aid rather than laughing
The micro manager screamed. Does that count?
DeleteI fell this week and the bike was on top of me. Ouch to an ankle. Aging sucks!
ReplyDeleteI had a fall like that in 2008. It was frightening.
DeleteWell, this old person is still hobbling around after having fallen and twisted her ankle. It's still swollen and hurts a lot when I've been resting it and then get up. But eventually I'll get better, but next time... who knows, Red. Glad you're okay.
ReplyDeleteMake sure that you have a very supportive shoe.
DeleteI'm so sorry. Perhaps you need a supervisor! :-)
ReplyDeleteP.S. I've had trouble with spelling lately, too!
Thanks. It's very difficult to slow down.
DeleteIt is difficult to change who you are. Some people are naturally more careful and some aren't. Even if you think to be more careful sometimes, you will forget at other times. But they probably won't lead to nasty falls, just little things that won't matter. Well, that's my uneducated take. :)
ReplyDeleteI was concentrating on something else when the ladder incident happed.
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My uncle fell down a few weeks ago and broke his hip. After surgery he was in a Rehab facility where he fell down again and re-broke his hip. I think as we get older we have to really pay more attention and not fall down. Take care there.
ReplyDeleteBroken hips are not good. I hope he recovers.
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ReplyDeleteI am sorry about your falls. I am kind of clumsy and have had many falls, luckily we are not hurt badly. It is a good reminder to watch where you put your feet. Take care, enjoy your weekend!
I have to make myself slow down and watch where I'm going.
DeleteI tripped over a crack in the sidewalk while out walking back in February and bashed my face and knee. I still have a mark on my knee from it! I was lucky not to break anything, altho, the knee was sore for quite awhile...
ReplyDeleteWe do have to be more careful and pay attention to what we are doing! Glad you weren't hurt!
It's hard to make these old brains to watch out for us.
DeleteI hate to be the one to say it, but perhaps you should check in with your doctor to make sure there's nothing wrong with balance or anything else. And the other thing you don't want to hear: nobody over the age of 65 should be on a ladder.
ReplyDeleteOkay , a slight balance problem stated in my mid fifties. I've had it checked and they didn't come up with anything. I hear your message and it's a good one.
DeleteNavigating the garden chores, especially as we get older, can be tricky! I'm glad to hear that you're okay.
ReplyDeleteThe trick is to train the brain to slow us down.
DeleteI've become super careful since my fall down the stairs a few years ago. And now that I live alone, I'm even more paranoid I'll fall and be incapacitated and not found for days. I'm glad you seem to be okay in spite of two falls in a short time. Stay safe, Red!
ReplyDeleteA fall certainly takes some of your confidence away and it takes a while to come back.
DeleteOh gracious! I can identify with EVERYTHING you said. And here's Art saying he needs to get on the 2nd floor roof to clean the gutter. Arrghhh! Thank goodness you were OK.
ReplyDeleteI've been fortunate. Two stories? I don't like it.
DeleteGreat reminder. “Slow down. Be careful.” Glad you weren’t hurt.
ReplyDeleteI'm not too good with reminders!
DeleteOuch!
ReplyDeleteI fell a few months back and was glad that I didn't break anything. I was sore but I could handle that.
ReplyDeleteYou lose confidence after a fall and it takes a while to get it back.
DeleteTom still thinks he can do more than he probably should, but so far, no falls for him. I on the other hand am very unstable these days and I take no chances. Just walking around is hard enough.
ReplyDeleteYou may need to rethink your aging abilities.
Yes, I have to think very seriously.
DeleteYou gotta be more careful!
ReplyDeleteI'm tryin!
DeleteI know about falls, and advocating care is no use. They are just damn accidents. Sorry. Stay well.
ReplyDeleteYes, but can't you prevent some accidents?
DeleteMr. Red,
ReplyDeleteThose of us over 50 should not be climbing anything, nor be on ladders without a friend nearby. The friend can't stop your fall, but they can call 911. Yep, hoses are alive and dangerous. One 85-year-old friend tripped over a gasoline pump hose because she thought she could step over it while it was placed in her car's gas tank opening!
Glad your okay for now. Please be careful. I've had many patients who fell right into the coffee table: bad bruises and broken eye sockets are not fun. Linda in Kansas
I'm just so very glad that you weren't broken and managed to write this. I go everywhere looking at me feet these days having had a couple of really nasty scares (and lucky escapes).
ReplyDeleteThere's one obvious solution. Get Jean to do the jobs while you sit in a deck chair with a megaphone, directing her.
ReplyDeleteYou are lucky indeed. You must be made of rubber! The thing that shocks me is how lifechanging one fall can be.
ReplyDeleteSo, have a care there, Red!
Always think like you are the safety inspector. Not easy when you are fast paced.
ReplyDeleteThe last time I fell, I broke three ribs. It was a reminder that I'm not as young as I think anymore.
ReplyDeleteJust slow down and be more careful! I got entangled in a hose the other day...luckily a tree was nearby and I could steady myself!
ReplyDeleteTake care Red. Glad you are OK.
ReplyDeletemy worst fall was few years back when our upper story completed and when mason and labor left hubby called me to come up and look,hubby was watering newly made walls to strengthen cement in their joints,i went up in hurry and did not realize that there was water all over the roof i slipped instantly and fall ,nothing was hurt ,worst part was that i fell near edge from where it could have second to fall below in yard from roof .but somehow i missed it
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