I fell on my ass yesterday!

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(Borrowed the British version of ass, but apparently that's not allowed! ) No, I wasn't using my cane. I rarely use it in the house because there's almost always something I can reach out and balance myself with. I haven't the faintest idea what I stepped on. Even now, I don't see anything on the floor that would have thrown me off, but it did. I tried desperately to stop the process while trying to avoid falling on anything that would cause damage. I fell into a combination of cat litter, paper bags I'd folded into another bag and a case of cat food. At least my butt didn't go on to the cans or there would have been more than just personal humiliation. The worst part was I couldn't get back up. I have a bad knee - no cushioning material at all within it. I try to avoid being on my knees for that reason unless I'm on my bed. I grabbed a cushion from the chair I fell to the side of and finally got maneuvered to where I could get up on the bad knee. OMG that hurt! But, I succeeded in getting up on my feet and am back on the couch. This is why I hold on with two hands going up and down stairs. My knee hurts a lot today. I put a lidocaine patch on it - half of one. A whole patch wouldn't stay in place. I do NOT want to fall and I especially do NOT want to have to call for help. I couldn't reach my phone anyway and couldn't get to the door to unlock it, but I could have called my daughter if I had to with my phone. I still had to go down to the basement to finish my laundry. But I did it.