Just a thought

Today i had an accident and fell. I was carrying a big box that took up some of the range of vision i had. I ended up hitting a short metal rail thing outside of a walgreens entrance.

I hit that thing hard i still feel the nerve agitated, but i was back up as soon as i fell. Unlike older fat people who are like turtles struggling to roll over to get up again, and for that im blessed.

My other thought was i don't normally fall. I usually have enough muscle to contort my body anyway i want and stay upright, but i was so surprised by this one i think my brain just went into trying to identify what i ran into instead of thinking to balance myself but i was also holding a box so that might have played into it.

The people i was with asked me if i was okay. I hate that question. What the hell am i suppose to say? I never know what to say. Obviously i was back on my feet walking around. If it isn't something that is going to kill me i must be okay.

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4meAndyou · F

I have fallen a few times, once because the bleach bottle fell out of my laundry cart and I didn't hear it hit the carpet, and tripped over it...another time I fell off my platform shoes while carrying a plate filled with rice and peas, (fell on top of a huge box in my dining area which broke my fall).
The latest fall was because I sat down in a wheeled office chair that had so many pillows on the back that I slipped off the seat and landed on the floor.

In every single instance, my knees were sooooo sore that I had a lot of trouble getting up. You do have to kneel to get up.

Anyway...yes, it is quite a shock. And there is no way to prepare for it, and no way to stop it.
I hope you are not too bruised.

Rokan · 31-35, M

@4meAndyou not a mark on me. Most the time my ab muscles are what is most sore. They do the most work of keeping my balance for me that i can usually avoid the fall itself

4meAndyou · F

@Rokan When I fell onto that big box off of my platform sandals, I had bruises on my chest, my abdomen, and my arms afterward!

Rokan · 31-35, M

@4meAndyou i think all my worst fall have been on ice shoveling snow and stuff. Take away my ability to to regain balance and they are nasty.

CrazyMusicLover · 31-35

I heard it's still harder and harder to keep balance in those situations as you age.

Rokan · 31-35, M

@CrazyMusicLover i was just so taken aback i had no clue what i hit and my first thought was did i run into a bollard? I didnt even think about falling till after.