Update on my fall.
By marguicha
@marguicha (226749)
Chile
May 25, 2025 9:43pm CST
Although everything hurts (even in places where I did not hit the floor) I am sure that no bones have been broken.
I have taken the pain pills for my knees and they have helped other parts of my body.
When I´m in bed,I almost don´t feel pain. But when I touch any part of my body, it hurts. I´ll try to keep my hands out of my arms.
My butt (the coxis) does not hurt when I´m in bed. Everyone says that if I had fractured that bone I´d be yelling.
Leticia will come tomorrow and she will do alone what I had planed to do with her.
For the moment I have discovered that this bed I don´t like is MUCH better than the floor.
See you, friends.
See you, friends.16 people like this
17 responses
@MarieCoyle (44176)
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26 May
Do they have the medic alert buttons there like they have here in the US? They save a lot of lives. They have a fall detector, if you fall, and you are knocked out, etc. they will send someone.
Can your brother man up and come over and help you? I know you would help him if the situation was reversed...I hope he does.
Thinking of you, and yes, I had to say prayers for you as well, Marga.
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@marguicha (226749)
• Chile
26 May
Thank you. We don´t have those buttons. We have to give our keys to someone so they can enter. Today Leticia had to come with keys so that HELP could come. Years ago, Leticia wanted to give me back the keys of my house when she stopped working here. I told her to keep them as she had all the right to them. That is not used here at all but in this case and in other situations it proved to be a good measure.
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@DaddyEvil (149144)
• United States
26 May
I agree, if you had broken your coccyx, you'd be screaming when you sit or lie on it. It sounds like you've just bruised yourself pretty good. I'm glad the pain meds help you. I really wish you'd get checked by a doctor but understand not wanting someone to poke at you. (Would Martin come over and look at you to make sure you haven't done something that needs to go to a doctor to fix? You trust Martin, right?)
Hopefully, in a few days you'll be feeling much better and you can start moving around without too much pain.
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@marguicha (226749)
• Chile
27 May
If I don´t get much better, I´ll send a message to Oscar, my ex son in law, who is a family doctor. I´ll ask him to be my doctor but only if he lets me pay him. If I had paid him the first time he came, I could have called him when I fell. I gave him a key of my house. I was ashamed to call him when I was on the floor all night. Stupid me.
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@DaddyEvil (149144)
• United States
21h
@marguicha Do you really think he would mind if you call him even if he didn't let you pay him?
@marguicha (226749)
• Chile
26 May
At least tomorrow} Leticia won´t let me get up.
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@GardenGerty (163739)
• United States
26 May
Of course you hurt all over. You hit the ground. You fought your way to save yourself, using lots of extra muscles. I would take lying in bed over lying on the floor any day.
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@marguicha (226749)
• Chile
27 May
In this moment I take my hat off to serpents.
. All that crawling made me discover muscles I did not know I had.
. All that crawling made me discover muscles I did not know I had.1 person likes this
@celticeagle (175091)
• Boise, Idaho
27 May
My body hurts when I touch it, too. I attribute that to arthritis, though. I try to get up and move around about every hour or so. That way my body doesn't stiffen up. Indeed, a bed is better than the floor.
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@marguicha (226749)
• Chile
27 May
Besides my arthrosis I have polyneuritis, something derived from chemotherapy in my case although people with diabetes also have it. It makes my legs and hands have problems. My body hurts now because I fell. That will pass in a few days.
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@marguicha (226749)
• Chile
27 May
It seems that it is just muscles I hadn´t used in years. PLUS the fall.
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@RebeccasFarm (95213)
• Arvada, Colorado
26 May
Marguciha I am sorry you are hurting.
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@marguicha (226749)
• Chile
27 May
I´m noe making keys to give to other people. Sometimes your friends can help you more than your own family.
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@LadyDuck (474870)
• Italy
20h
@marguicha - It's a good idea, I made keys of this apartment and gave to one of the neighbors who has immediately been so kind with us.
@RasmaSandra (85307)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
26 May
I wish you all the best and I hope the pain goes away and you feel better.
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@marguicha (226749)
• Chile
26 May
Every part of my body hurts but it will mend.
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@LindaOHio (189425)
• United States
26 May
It's too bad your country does not have the medical alert pendants. That's what I have. I pay extra for fall detection. I hope you didn't fracture anything and that the bruises and pain go away soon. Please be careful.
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@garymarsh6 (23477)
• United Kingdom
26 May
So sorry to hear you have had a fall. Take it nice & slowly & don't push yourself until you feel better!
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