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I Hate Falling Over!
Falling over is such an irritating thing (painful too, sometimes)! I speak from experience on this subject, having had a many such events, the most recent being about 45 minutes ago …
A trip and fall can bring many things, none of them pleasant. They interrupt your life in different ways, they can be painful, they might make you feel like dumb bum! That’s how I’m feeling right now. that’s for sure!
So after walking my dog, Lenny, a walk cut short because it was beginning to rain a bit, I decided to get some more walking steps done, by going up and down my back veranda, end to end. I’d finished the walking, and as I was headed for the door, bang, over I went!
My head hit the concrete and I’d put my left hand down to stop the fall, which didn’t help at all! My glasses fell off — not broken, fortunately. I could feel the blood dripping down the side of my face, and I just sat there for a few moments, thinking …
When I tried to get up, it took awhile, my left hand was too painful to be of any use, so I had to figure out what to do. There was a chair sturdy nearby, and a sturdy table, as well as a veranda post. So anyway, I managed to get up, and Lenny and I went back inside, where I went to the bathroom to look at the damage done.
Then I thought further … do I ring my doctor, or call an ambulance? If I called…
