A nose dive........
OK, here's my latest trick. Thursday I was leaving the house to go get a haircut when I fell down my two stairs from porch to carport. I fell face first right into the cement driveway. As I laid there with my nose bleeding a river, I at least realized my teeth were still intact. My glasses were broken in half and had pretty much stabbed me on each side of my nose. I could see my cell phone, got hold of it, called my son to come quick and rescue me. He only lives about 6 blocks away so he got here quick. He got me upright, grabbed a towel for my bleeding nose and helped me into the house. I am glad he is a graphic artist instead of a doctor as he did mention that it was too bad I didn't get my glasses at WalMart since they only cost $38 there. I did manage a snicker even though I felt more like crying. I also realized I had put most of my teeth into my bottom lip, scrapped the skin off my face under my nose and that I had a grapefruit size bump on my right hip. I must have hit that on the step. Meanwhile my son was on the phone to one of his tennis buddies, a general surgeon, to see what were the signs of a broken nose.
Needless to say Friday morning I was a really scary sight! I looked like a MAC truck had hit me, and a little like a Pug I had once. I have red and blue half moon circles under each eye, a cut across the bridge of my nose, a red bruise on my forehead, the scrape under my nose and the largest bottom lip I have ever seen. I got into my doctor and he informed me I had not broken my nose but I sure have bruised it. I loved the fact that he warned me I could look forward to, due to my age and my looser skin, all that bruising running on down my face to my chin. I did experiment a little with powder on my face to cover some of my bruises. It helped a little but I don't think I have enough makeup to cover all this. I fell because I sometimes feel my right foot is just not there and it puts me off balance and you might know I ALWAYS fall flat on my face. My doctor sent me over to some PT folks who are going to teach me better balance and how not to fall or maybe catch myself. (guess I am not the only person who falls) Then I have to go get an MRI and see if there is a nerve being pinched that makes my foot go away. That is the weirdest feeling!!!..especially when I know what is coming next - BLAM.
Funny but I am wearing my old glasses and can see better than with the broken ones. Maybe I jolted my sight when my head hit the pavement. I am definitely going to look for rubber frames. I cannot believe how much my nose hurts if I happen to touch it. So to finish off my story I certainly advise you to carry your cell phone with you everywhere you go, in case you need to call for help. Hey, that's what I can invent, a wrist bag for my cell phone.
Needless to say Friday morning I was a really scary sight! I looked like a MAC truck had hit me, and a little like a Pug I had once. I have red and blue half moon circles under each eye, a cut across the bridge of my nose, a red bruise on my forehead, the scrape under my nose and the largest bottom lip I have ever seen. I got into my doctor and he informed me I had not broken my nose but I sure have bruised it. I loved the fact that he warned me I could look forward to, due to my age and my looser skin, all that bruising running on down my face to my chin. I did experiment a little with powder on my face to cover some of my bruises. It helped a little but I don't think I have enough makeup to cover all this. I fell because I sometimes feel my right foot is just not there and it puts me off balance and you might know I ALWAYS fall flat on my face. My doctor sent me over to some PT folks who are going to teach me better balance and how not to fall or maybe catch myself. (guess I am not the only person who falls) Then I have to go get an MRI and see if there is a nerve being pinched that makes my foot go away. That is the weirdest feeling!!!..especially when I know what is coming next - BLAM.
Funny but I am wearing my old glasses and can see better than with the broken ones. Maybe I jolted my sight when my head hit the pavement. I am definitely going to look for rubber frames. I cannot believe how much my nose hurts if I happen to touch it. So to finish off my story I certainly advise you to carry your cell phone with you everywhere you go, in case you need to call for help. Hey, that's what I can invent, a wrist bag for my cell phone.
posted by Ann at
8:27 PM
10 Comments:
Ohhh Ann, I feel so terrible about your fall. And yet, your witty vivid details still made me chuckle the whole time. You win the Gold medal for that stunt.
As for your wrist bag invention, maybe add an airbag to cushion the falls?
Ann,
I'm glad you're OK, but I know you must be feeling that fall as vividly as you wrote about it.
Take care of yourself and watch those steps!
I am SO sorry you had such a bad fall...I used to run an Assisted Living facility and it is the number one reason for hospitalizations in people! They even fell there when they had a ton of supervision...we lose our balance more and more as we age and steps are the worst!!!
Take care and I am so glad you didn't break any bones!
Glad you're okay Ann.
OH MY! Ann, I am so sorry! Glad you are ok. The bruises, cuts and broken glasses can be taken care of. You will be feeling the aches & pains of that fall for a while. Take care of yourself.
Thanks for stopping by. Yes, I have a tendency to sit and think about what I need to do and make lists, then slow to take care of what is on the lists. :)
Hope you have a better week.
I have wondered about the Wal-Mart glasses, but with the kind I have to have, I figured it would cost me big time no matter where I go. Sorry for your fall--we do tend to lose our sense of balance when we get older. I fell just like that last year.
OMG! I am so glad you are o.k. and hope you are doing alright. The wrist bag sounds like a good invention to me. I take mine to the mailbox with me! I fell off my porch once and broke every bone in my foot. After 13 days in the hospital, I now have 10 screws and a plate in my left foot. We must all be more careful in the future.
OMGosh, Ann! You poor thing! I'm so glad it wasn't broken or that you were hurt worse than you were. Glad to hear you are taking care of your leg!
Listen, if anyone looks at you funny (because of your bruises)...just say..."think I look bad? You should see the other gal!" ha!
Get well soon!
Cheers!
Tina
What a terrible fall! Thankfully you were not injured more seriously although I'm sure you are feeling pretty poorly now. The nose is such a tender area and to bite your lips...ouch!
Please get to the bottom of your foot going numb...I don't want you to fall again and really break something.
Your good humor shined through your post!! I'm going to start carrying my cellphone now too! Mary
That's terrible! Therapy's good, but I guess you also need to slow down!! :) Better to slow down of your own accord, and not because you have no choice physically :)
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