Wednesday 6 October 2010

The bloody indignity of it...

slamming down to the ground, like a sack of shapeless potatoes. I just did it again today, while leaving a building site in front of 7 fellow professionals and a client, all male (just to make matters worse). They clogged around me like 7 mother hens and immediately my scrapes was attended to, cleaned and bactrobanned. As it was my second fall in 4 days, I remarked that I should get my ears checked out (having this huge sinus and allergy thing going certainly can lead to ear problems). Meanwhile, two return from the scene of the crime  humiliation, excited to tell me that it was not my fault as a brick stair I stepped on broke through right in the middle and literally pulled my foot out under me. I was relieved, relieved that it was not my usual inattention, but at the same time hugely humiliated that it was my weight that it gave under and not the fat quite sturdy contractor that I was following up said stair I am sure none of the men can possibly entertain the same thought I have - that it broke under his weight and mine was just the next random step in line. So I have one left arm, heavily scraped just above the bruise of Sunday's fall, a sore left shoulder and other aches and pains. Also a new resolve to loose more weight.  And an "Incident on site" report so that I can go to the  hospital if required.

For Sunday's fall, there will be no report as none of the witnesses are (thank goodness) able to write. As we returned from friends I stepped over our garden fence to turn open the tap to fill the kiddie pool. Just to hook the heel of my dainty sandal on the fence and slam, face first into the nice decorative flagstones leading to the taps. There I was lying, unable to get up as one white dog was standing right next to me, face into mine with a huge frown as expression. A black dog was sitting right on my bum, trying to figure out what happened while the 5 year old ran for the first aid kit. One three year old wanted nothing to do with it all and kept demanding that I turn on the water, while the other plainly ignored the situation and continued to play. A scrape on the side of my face, a small bruise on my leg and quite and ugly and painful bruise and slight sprain on my wrist was the tally for that one.

So I guess I am lucky that I am already taking anti- inflammatory pills and truly hope that these run in twos and not threes.

BTW - when last did you scrape yourself in a fall. I can really not remember that it is this sore. All of a sudden I have a lot more sympathy for my kid's little scrapes and bruises.

16 comments:

  1. I also do the "fall thingy" quite regularly...to my DH's irritation;-D With me it is just not looking where I am going...I would be reading an e-mail on my phone and happily walk into a pole;-D

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  2. I very much doubt your 'falling' has anything to do with your weight - but probably more to do with not concentrating on where you're going - as lynette says, reading an email or talking or just drifting around in another planet?

    Glad you're fine and not seriously hurt. xx

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  3. So glad you weren't too badly hurt! If it makes you feel any better, I tripped over a hidden metal fence pole thingy in front of 5 bus loads of people...at university...when I was still new and still trying to find my feet. (no pun intended...heehee)

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  4. Oh no! It is so humiliating to fall down, ese pecially when there are witnesses around. The second last time I fell I had a big blue/purple bruise on my chin for over a week!

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  5. The older we get, the more it hurts... ;-)
    I fell the other day on our stairs at work (I fell of my high heels), and sat there for a while to check that everything were still in it's proper place.

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  6. The last really bad fall I had was probably 2 or so years ago when I slipped on ice that were 100% clear. I thought I was stepping on a concrete driveway, but in fact it was covered in a layer of solid, clear ice. I thought I broke my wrist! And my butt was sore for weeks.

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  7. YOUCH! SO sorry for the rough week you've been having! I twisted my knee this weekend while out having some fun and its been bugging me all week - but that's not nearly as rough as a fall!

    Hope you're more steady on your feet and heal quickly!

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  8. It hurts much more when adults fall as well as take longer to heel. Shame man that all sounds very eina!!

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  9. Eina :( Not lekker at all!!

    I didnt fall but walked into the tow bar on a big bakkie and have a HUGE bruise just above my knee - looks stunning!

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  10. Poor you!

    I don't fall often but I did fall down the stairs when I was still on fertility meds here at work, and then when I was 16 weeks pregnatn, also here at work.

    And then there was a two year gap when I never took the stairs.

    I only started climbing stairs again last week. All in an effort to lose some weight.

    BUT my thing is the oven. I burn my arms ALL the time - am sporting a "beautiful" burn at the moment actually.

    You see, cooking is dangerous :)

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  11. I so know "that" embarrass feeling

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  12. I'm glad you aren't hurt too badly. It's embarassing to have a fall in front of people! I often do the trip on nothing half-fall in the middle of shopping centres. I love having the pram with me most of the time now, it means it's not as noticable. Although I don't remember the last time I had a real fall, I am always covered in bruises from banging into things.

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  13. I fell off my bicycle in December 2008! It HURT - and the bike was not even moving. I just could not unclip my feet in time. It was at a busy intersection and I could see people laughing at me. I shuffled to the side of the road and started to cry. Worst was that it was only 3 minutes into a long cycle. Not fun. Other than that the only other time lately that I can remember was in a shopping centre, but then it was more my embarrasement at sprawling across the floor in a busy mall than any actually pain. I fell up two steps. I avoided the mall for a long time.

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  14. OMG...I do hope these falls stop! I never fall. However, I have at least 20 bruises on my legs and I have no idea where they came from!!

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  15. Oh, jeez! I hope you have continued to feel better. Ice, ice, ice is always a miracle cure if applied in the first 24 hours.

    For what it's worth, I absolutely loved your description of the standersby in the back yard fall. (I'm laughing again, sorry.)

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  16. Sorry I couldn't help but have a laugh. I'm so glad there were no witnesses when I fell off the chair while packing cupboards! :)

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