I am glad there are no cameras
@GardenGerty (169406)
United States
February 14, 2019 10:09pm CST
I went to Bible Study. It was dark when I came home.
I had my purse, and a bag with my Bible in it, and a large travel cup of hot herbal tea.
Well, something caught my shoelace as I was stepping up. I crashed and burned. No blood. Spilled tea. Scrape and bruise on my knee and shin. My hand and wrist hurt.
I have comfrey salve. It is a traditional remedy for bruises, strains, sprains and the like. It felt good going on. We will have to see if it helps overnight.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
15 Feb 19
Well take care of yourself, there. You probably were carrying too many things and then with the waning light it didn't help matters any.
i fell a few weeks ago on our ramp and hit my head on the ice. Thankfully, I had a huge hat on and that protected my head so I didn't get any concussion although I did get a good gooseegg on my noggin that lasted more than a week. I canceled my plans just in case I were to get dizzy later on, but I was fine and worked my shift in the afternoon.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
15 Feb 19
Oh that sounds awful. I think one of the pegs that secures the landscape timbers around the front has come up, and got in my shoe lace. If my hands had been empty, I would have caught myself better.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
16 Feb 19
@MarshaMusselman I am going to take the sledge hammer and pound that steel peg back down and not wear shoes with shoestrings. Take a big bag so it all can be managed with one hand.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
15 Feb 19
@GardenGerty So, in the future you may want to make an additional trip to the car to retrieve what couldn't be fit into one hand just to prevent another similar fall.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
15 Feb 19
As long as I did not move I was okay. Today I have some soreness, but I have put on a knee brace and I will be fine.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
16 Feb 19
@noni1959 I often find that the best thing for me is to keep moving.
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@noni1959 (13009)
• United States
16 Feb 19
@GardenGerty I'm glad to hear you will be OK.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
15 Feb 19
I am able to move around and that is important.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
15 Feb 19
This is the first time that has happened to me. Tied shoes give my feet more support, but the danger is very real for shoe string hazards.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
17 Feb 19
@LadyDuck I did not have them as a kid, my mom did not like them. I wear athletic type shoes most of the time as my arch supports fit in them and stay in place. That helps my knee.
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@LadyDuck (502148)
• Italy
16 Feb 19
@GardenGerty I think I never wore tied shoes, except the shoes we wore in school to exercise.
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@wolfgirl569 (135583)
• Marion, Ohio
15 Feb 19
Hope you are not too sore tomorrow.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
15 Feb 19
Really surprisingly it is just my knee and wrist. I am not sore in a generalized whole body way.
@JWMILLER (3275)
• Westmoreland, Tennessee
17 Feb 19
I feel sure there will be consequences of pain,,,so sorry
@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
15 Feb 19
Oh, me too. I will survive. Like I said, no blood. I do not believe anything is broken except my pride.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
15 Feb 19
That tripping is quite common when one gets old. I slipped the other day and could not get up without help.
Take care.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
16 Feb 19
I keep trying to pretend I am not old. Bob would have never heard me or come to check. When I went in and told him he went out and gathered up the things that I had dropped.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (17239)
• China
15 Feb 19
Sorry to hear of it ! Hope the comfrey salve does it work ! Some of comfrey can treat scald.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
15 Feb 19
Comfrey is great to use on injuries, as long as there is no underlying infection. I want to grow it in my garden next year. I have been giving Bob tea made with comfrey.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
17 Feb 19
@changjiangzhibin89 Yes, and some people do not accept it. I find herbal medicines to be gentler and to do more good in the long run. Things that grow in my yard, some people call weeds, but they help. Do you use a plant called plantain or plantago?
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@changjiangzhibin89 (17239)
• China
16 Feb 19
@GardenGerty Many a herbal medicine does it work.Most of Chinese herbal medicines are from plants.I know that over there you call it alternative medicine.
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@LovingMyBabies (85923)
• Valdosta, Georgia
15 Feb 19
I'm so sorry. =( I hope you feel better soon and I will be praying you do.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
15 Feb 19
Thank you Jennifer, that is so good.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
15 Feb 19
I have some pain, but not as much as I expected The best thing for me today is to keep moving, and stay warm.
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@JWMILLER (3275)
• Westmoreland, Tennessee
17 Feb 19
It seems to me that Aleve is the best OTC for minor pains
@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
15 Feb 19
It helped, the naproxen helped, a good night's sleep helped. Today I have a knee brace on. I use one periodically anyway, as that is my bad knee.
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@JWMILLER (3275)
• Westmoreland, Tennessee
17 Feb 19
As I grow older, I find that my balance is getting worse
@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
17 Feb 19
I am clumsier, it seems and heavier so I hit harder. Had a fall in January too. That one may have been a concussion, but I did not have time or opportunity to find out, it happened on a day my husband got sent by ambulance to a hospital for six days. My falls are from stupid things, often.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
18 Feb 19
@JWMILLER I am glad. I love stairs in homes but chose not to get a house with stairs when we moved. I know better.
@JWMILLER (3275)
• Westmoreland, Tennessee
18 Feb 19
@GardenGerty Welcome to my club. I fell about half way down a flight of stairs just before Thanksgiving. Results could have been really awful, but were not
@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
15 Feb 19
I am so sorry, I hope you are alright! At our age it hurts worst to fall.
I made comfrey oil but I have not made it into salve, yet.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
15 Feb 19
I bought this from my herbal lady last year, but I will make my own up when this runs out. For a pricing comparison, she charges $12 for a 2 oz. tin, but that is higher than online by a tiny bit. Be sure to put a couple of drops of Vit. E oil for a preservative.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (89450)
• Rupert, Idaho
15 Feb 19
Ouch! I am sorry to hear that....hope that helps and you aren't in too much pain tomorrow.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
15 Feb 19
The pain is not terrible and I believe the best thing for me is to keep moving so my knee does not freeze up.
@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
16 Feb 19
I am a tough old chick, I guess. Not even any bruising yet. The comfrey salve felt good and I will reapply it tonight. I wore a knee brace all day today.
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@rebelann (117196)
• El Paso, Texas
16 Feb 19
You're a smart ole gal too @GardenGerty2 people like this
@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
16 Feb 19
I hope so too. That is my bum knee, but I do not see any discoloration today.
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@JWMILLER (3275)
• Westmoreland, Tennessee
17 Feb 19
@GardenGerty Good that there seems to not be serious injury
@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
17 Feb 19
I am amazed at how well things are doing. I have NO discoloration or bruising. I did naproxen at night for two nights and acetaminophen during the day. I walk just fine. There are one or two movements that make me wince, but over all, I am amazed. My herbal lady always talks about using comfrey and I have made comfrey tea for Bob a lot. This was very soothing.
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@cintol (11261)
• United States
17 Feb 19
@GardenGerty Glad to hear that Heather, sounds like your doing a great job taking care of the pain and swelling. Hope you heal quickly, glad the tea is helping
@HazySue (39265)
• Gouverneur, New York
18 Feb 19
@GardenGerty I am glad to hear that it wasn't too bad.
@Courtlynn (67089)
• United States
16 Feb 19
Sorry about the fall. Hope you're not hurting much now.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
17 Feb 19
I was really surprised at how little I was hurt. I still do not see any bruising. There was a scrape. It is remarkable better, though.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
17 Feb 19
It is an herbal ointment. Comfrey is a plant. My friend makes this salve. You diffuse the herb into olive oil, then blend it with beeswax.
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@JWMILLER (3275)
• Westmoreland, Tennessee
17 Feb 19
@GardenGerty I feel sure I can find it in the local Mennonite store. They have lots of salves
@fluffy69 (4955)
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17 Feb 19
@GardenGerty thank you for the explaining you did. I think it simply works well for sprains and so on.
