Heather went with our daughter to hospital at Ashford, she is thirty five but sometimes you just want your mum there She as an acute ear infection and needed emergency treatment very painful. I was having great time on my own listening to jazz and blues on YouTube but eventually had to circum to the call of nature. Long story which ended with me on bathroom floor. I did manage to get out and onto the carpeted landing. Bathroom floor nonslip and very abrasive to my poor knees. I was on the floor for around an hour before Heather gets home. We or rather she gets the camel out and it donât work. First time used in about six months. Useless. Our neighbour was called into duty and got me back on my feet then into bed.
Hiya Don, have you considered getting care call installed in your house? At least if you did have a fall and you were home alone youâd be able to get help a lot faster than having to lie and wait on Heather getting back. I had to get it in my last flat after falling into the bath while I was in the shower. I fractured my spine on that fall but even if I hadnât, I still wouldnât have had a hope of getting myself out of the bath tub. My boyfriend (ex now) was home thankfully & he lifted me out but if heâd been at work I would have had to have sat/lay in the bath for hours until he got home. Was another thing I wasnât aware of, nor the need to but that fall scared the crap out me so I was happy to wear the wristband thing. It was comforting to know that if I fell again & couldnât get to the phone, I could still get help. Duno if itâs something youâd consider? Hope your knees arenât too bruised from that flooring cos itâs quite rough! x
Oh Don you poor thing, bet a few swear words came to mind.
What about having a careline so when Heather is out, you both have peace of mind that should anything happen, help is there for you.
I wear mine when I am on my own, I just then know someone can help if needed. The local authority sorts it and its only a couple of quid weekly, but very reassuring.
Hope your bruises heal quick, time to get the arnica out, take care.
Don that sounds awful. It is particularly hard on the bony bits.
Jo and I have discussed these emergency call things but weâre still undecided-that is I havenât got my act together yet. Funnily enough I was on my own the last time I fell. It took a while to get back on my feet-mostly by shuffling on my backside to the sofa. Once by the sofa I can do a sort of whole body lurch and eventually get sitting down again. Itâs not graceful.
Pat I like it. My last Madonna was not backwards-it was more of a slow melting shimmy down a wall.
Sorry to hear about your fall. Hope you are not hurt, only your dignity.
Wish I could get up as quick as Madonna and as gracefully. I have to pull myself over to sofa and depending how done in I am with all the exertions I can just about manage to pull my self up. Picture an elephant stuck in mud, thatâs me.
I got up slowly today showered and downstairs for twelve hat to return to bed at four and Heather woke me for match of the Day. Guess what.
Yep WIDE A BLOOMING WAKE now one fifteen AM.
got bruises and grazes but it was my own damned stupidity that caused it. I know I canât pick stuff off the floor but when you is feeling good you think you can suddenly do it again. Paying for it now
Thanks for all your kind wishes you all know I am feeling like which is comfort.
Heather is so rarely away from the house for longer than half an hour
If she is she will organise a Don sitter she knows what I am like
Night night turning in now after one more candycrush
That sounds really nasty, hope youâre feeling a bit better today. Youâve had a real dose of rotten luck latelyâŚhope youâre in for a good spell now, you certainly deserve it!
Iâve recently had a care alarm, took me a long time to get round to it. I had a fall outside a few years ago in the winter and was stuck outside in the rain until my husband came home. Like Heather heâs not out that often but at least I feel secure now when he is!
It appears different authorities have different rules and regulations. It seems in Herefordshire if you qualify you donât have to pay, so I was lucky. They even fitted a key safe free of charge as we have no near neighbours.
Sorry to hear about your âincidentâ Don, I hope your bruises both visible and invisible are healing well MS does like to remind us how dependant we are on others. I have the 24hr helpline too it costs me ÂŁ3 a week.They do call my nearest and dearest first if its not an emergency.