I fell and hurt my back and leg.

Yes, I have hurt myself that bad. Fortunately, for me, my husband,LB(lazy bum), took good care of me. He's actually not lazy about everything. But this is not why I responded to your post.

I wanted to point out to you that by having your children help you, it was an important parenting acomplishment.

Children want to feel needed and useful and to contribute to the well being of the household. Now, they have had a chance to do so.

Next, get them to sweep and do the dishes on a regular basis, as soon as they are old enough.

No I cant say I have. But I feel so bad for you. Its good you have your childred to help you. Even thou they are young when they see thay your hurt you are teaching them to help people when they get hurt. I really hope you feel better.

I am so sorry to hear about this bad happen to you.
Fortunately till now I have not hurt that bad. But my mom did. Once my mom felt down and she end up with left hand broken. I can understand how hard it is for you after geting hurt that bad. Did you go to a doctor? please take care of urself. Hope you will get well soon.

I hope you're ok now Justme. Did this happen recently?

It can be scarey when you're a single parent trying to look after children. I used to worry when mine were younger what would happen if I had an accident or something. Thankfully they're old enough now to know they would have to phone somebody, and my husband is never far away. But it is worrying.

i fell down steps last april and broke my ankle, i know it is not as bad as your back, but i was in your shoes for 24 hours, i couldn't walk or anything. thank god i had my mom to drive me around and help watch my son and stuff for me.

It is so easy to fall and not know how you fell. It is very hard to take care of your kids when you are a single parent even worse when you are hurt. Are you taking anything for the pain? I fell and hurt myself last week. It was so stupid. There are two doors to get into the living room from the kitchen and hall. We block these off so we can limit where our granddaughter is and keep her away from the stairs. Usually we use those big bottles of water but the company missed my water delivery. We had chairs overlapping. I caught my toe and went flying. Now I have alot of weight on. All you could hear was a big thump. My husband comes running, I am all sprawled out on the floor and can't talk cause the wind is knocked out of me. My son comes flying from upstairs. It took me a good 5 minutes before I was able to stand up. Over the next few days I found out I had muscles in places I didn't know the human body did. Lets say Motrin became my best friend. I even had a hard time doing up my granddaughters sleepers. But I had lots of help and I am not a single mother, so there is a big difference.

one time I got myself in too much of a hurry and fell hard on the floor while trying to rush out of the living room. The way that I fell strained my back just enough that I couldn't get up for part of the day. Thankfully I was okay by the next day, but it was scary. I used to also get back problems (even before that, that weren't related to this happening) that would lay me out for at least 1-2-3 days, so I know what it's like to have back pain and not be able to do anything and have to have everyone wait on you:/ I'm just sorry that you had the kids to worry about, on top of everything. That would be so hard:( I hope that you feel better really soon!^_^

I have not fallen and hurt myself really bad but I have tossed and turned in bed and hurt myself badly. This is no joke. One night I went to bed one night and had trouble sleeping. I tossed and turned throughout the night and when I woke up the next day my neck and my back were hurting tremendously. I could hardly move my head in any direction without being in great pain. It was painful and have been seeing chiropractor ever seen and am doing much better. He had to do some adjustments with me due to tossing and turning.

yea i have i sprain my ankle i couldnt move and it was so hard getting things done for me also.

oh im sorry to hear that. you should have get yourself check up with the doctor after you fell. You have to make sure your ok. Remember spines are very sensitive, you dont know what has been damage during that fell. You can never be sure of. Yes thast very hard especially your the only one raising your kids. And all the work is yours. As for me i dont have kids and still single but i had experience fell on my bike when i was not on myself at that moment due to heart broken and i was really badly hurt with that fell. Though at first i though i wasnt but on the next morning i have big bruises on my legs and i can hardly stand up and move on. It was my left haf body that was hit of that accident. it took me 2 weeks to recover only at home and self treatment.