CAN YOU SAY STUPID BLIND FOOL?

Tripping over barriers and curbs seems to be common for me although it has been about a year since I last did it. Never fails- I am wearing a skirt when I do it also. One night I had stopped to get my favorite coffee prior to teaching driver's ed, and tripped over the parking curb. My coffee went flying. I went flying. I landed face first. It took me a minute to get up. My friend with me kinda freaked because I was there one minute and gone the next. I had to go and teach class limping the entire night without my coffee. I hope you are feeling better.

HI AMIE, THANKS FOR YOUR CONCERN. TRIPPING SEEMS TO BE A COMMON THEME HERE. SEEMS WE'VE ALL BEEN THERE DONE THAT. I HAD THE SAME THING HAPPEN THE OTHER DAY, IT ALSO TOOK ME A MINUTE TO GET UP, I WAS SO STUNED. MY SISTER WAS WAITING IN THE CAR FOR ME AND DIDN'T REALIZE I HAD FALLEN TILL SHE SAW THAT NICE COUPLE RUN OVER TO ME. THEN SHE PANICED, THEN SHE HAD TO WALK AROUND LOWE'S FOOD STORE W/ ME AND KEPT ASKING "ARE YOU ALRIGHT, ARE YOU SURE?" I'LL BE PAYING BETTER ATTENTION OF WHERE I'M WALKING NOW. AS LONG AS THE GLASSES STAY ON MY FACE. DONNA, SFY

OOO ouchy WOW I hope you feel better today after a good nights rest. I hope you slept well. Been there done that before but it was a pile of rocks that I fell on! It was one of the medians in a Wal-Mart parking lot. Ouch and soooooo embarrasing. I just got up and did the whole pray that no one saw you thing . I will have to watch where I am going. I thought I was in the clear with losing but sounds like I better watch more careful now! Take care! Melissa

Melissa, I think I'm going to get myself a white cane for the parking lots. They're a disaster waiting to happen. It's seems as if all of us have "been there, done that". No wonder we're a great sisterhood. I wasn't embarassed but annoyed at myself for being so stupid. Thanks for caring. Donna, sfy

So sorry you had a fall Donna!!! I am really bad for falling myself. I normally do it at work. I haven't done it in a while. I have been really careful since I fell backwards off of the ladder in the cereal isle. I thought that I was ok but knew my butt and hip was bruised. Nothing really hit me as far a major pain until about a month or so later and I couldn't hardly walk. I went to the doctor and they did a MRI and found that I had 3 torn disc in my lower back!! I was off from work for 2 months and had major problems from that point on until I had my WLS. After I hurt my back I could do hardly anything that didn't make my back hurt and then I had to sit down for a while. Needless to say that is how I packed on major weight and the more weight I gained the more my back would kill me. We have to be careful of those little falls....they can really cause some serious damage in the long run. Have you tried soaking in some hot Epson Salt??? That might take out some of the pain. I hope your boo boo's heal quickly. Lots of hugs to make you feel better.... Lisa S.

Lisa, thanks for the hugs, they really helped and did alot of good. I thought I had it bad w/ 2 layers of skin off the knees, hands and face. But that's nothing compared to what you went through. The one good thing is that I work w/ a bunch of doctors so if things get worse, I know they won't, I'll just have one of them check me out. Donna, sfy

Oh Donna! Hope you are feeling better today! Falling is one of my biggest fears! Holly

Wow that so sounds like something I'd do!!! Hope you heal quickly!

HI BETH, SEEMS LIKE WE'VE ALL DONE THIS OF AS YOU SAID "SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING ONE OF US WOULD DO". THE SCABS ARE ALREADY FORMING AND STINGING AND PULLING AND I'M BANGING THE KNEES AGAINST EVERYTHING. SO WHAT ELSE IS NEW. THANKS FOR YOU CONCERN DONNA, SFY

Holly, don't even think the word "fall" it's like a bad penny. You start thinking the word fall and next thing you know, down you go. Then you strugle to get up, and do I mean strugle. I felt like a fool, not when it first happened but later on that night. Thanks for your concern donna, sfy