fell down the stairs!

Oh a discussion that I can really relate to, my boyfriend calls me the queen of fall downs. LOL. Well lets see, on Oct 31, 2003 as me and my youngest son was walking down the sidewalk where there was road construntion going on one of the road worker left this metal ring laying on the sidewalk and I didnt see it but my son did and just as he started to say watch out for that ring mom, some how it had got wrapped around both of my legs and down I went. I skinned up both of my knees,skinned up my stomach, and ripped the skin right off of my palms on both hands, I had blood all over me and took a big hunk of skin out of my right palm. Went to hospital and got 8 stitches in my right hand. And the best fall of my life is, Last year on July 19, 2006 I fell down the stairs at our trailer on to a cement patio and completely ripped my right elbow out of it socket and ripped the nervers off of the bone along with the muscal and the tendents, the hospital said that I ripped the funny bone nerver but it was not fun at the time. Alot of Morphine helped, LOL. anyway I had a cast on it for three months, I could not open my arm all the way for at least 6 months, and now I only have 45% use of my right arm and no use of my baby finger on my right arm. So a little over a year later I still have alot of pain with it and some places on my arm are still sore to the touch. Yes I know all about falling down. I hope you get well really soon I know the pain su(ks, BIG BIG HUGS!

Oh no I hope you are ok I really do Well you know my History lol so I will not go into it But the latest one was falling on the Street because again my right Leg gave way I was so embarrassed I think if it was not for the fact that Gissi needs to go out I would not have gone out for a couple of weeks

Have you used ice on your sore areas? That generally helps. I fell 5 yrs. ago ice skating. Have skated all my life but lost my balance and back I went. Spent the night in the hospital after my head was stapled and some of the swelling was reduced. Seems I broke the fall with my rearend but still managed to have a fractured skull and concussion. Did lose my sense of taste and smell which I regret. Now I am having issues with my lumbar area and the physical therapist thinks it's the result of that fall. Have had injections galore in my back and it helps but not for long. It's making me an old lady! I do ice my back or hip when the pain is pretty bad and it does help somewhat.

Years ago, I fell down the bottom rungs of my basement steps onto my left wrist. I broke it and also broke my right one, but not that much, so I just needed a bandage. My left one needed a cast, and because most people are right handed, the teller at the bank expected me to sign with my right hand ---I can, but it is hard, very hard. I was in the cast for a month. Later on, I fell and strained my ankles. Did not go to the doctor's but kept practicing standing on one leg and then another. Both cases, I took 222 for the pain.