What a month!!
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wrote on 28 Apr 2022, 22:36 last edited by
Damn, man! Glad you have recovered. It just takes a hell of a lot longer than it used to!
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wrote on 28 Apr 2022, 22:53 last edited by
It's amazing how a fall can affect you.
Back in 2018, I think, we were in Cannon Beach. On the first night we were there, being the age I was, I went to the bathroom at no o'clock in the morning and I sat down.
I missed (It was pitch-black).
Fell onto my side, and INTO the adjacent bathtub.
Horrible pain in my back for the next 36 hours. I could barely walk. And then, as if by magic (and naproxyn), it was gone. I was really worried that I ruined our vacation.
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wrote on 28 Apr 2022, 23:35 last edited by
I was carrying some overly heavy things up the stairs to the attic and recognized that I needed to stop the project as my back was unhappy. I took a break and lay on my back for a bit - stretched - took some meds and called it a day. In the old days, I would have kept at it until I was immobilized. One gets older and begins to recognize limitations that need to be respected.
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wrote on 28 Apr 2022, 23:53 last edited by
Was talking with a guy I went to school with last week. He was still swinging a hammer for a living, mostly handyman jobs, but he still would help out on a new house if the money was right. Said he could still put in a good day's work. Planned on working until his FRA, which is around 66 and a half.
He said he had gotten much more careful on the job, as he got older and started thinking about some of the older guys he had worked with...More than one had to hang up physical work after a fall. That's what got the most of them that had to quit, rather than decided to quit.
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Was talking with a guy I went to school with last week. He was still swinging a hammer for a living, mostly handyman jobs, but he still would help out on a new house if the money was right. Said he could still put in a good day's work. Planned on working until his FRA, which is around 66 and a half.
He said he had gotten much more careful on the job, as he got older and started thinking about some of the older guys he had worked with...More than one had to hang up physical work after a fall. That's what got the most of them that had to quit, rather than decided to quit.
wrote on 28 Apr 2022, 23:59 last edited by George K@Jolly said in What a month!!:
More than one had to hang up physical work after a fall. That's what got the most of them that had to quit, rather than decided to quit.
I remember seeing something about lumber workers have one of the most dangerous jobs in the country.
I wonder how many make it to FRA in that job.
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It's amazing how a fall can affect you.
Back in 2018, I think, we were in Cannon Beach. On the first night we were there, being the age I was, I went to the bathroom at no o'clock in the morning and I sat down.
I missed (It was pitch-black).
Fell onto my side, and INTO the adjacent bathtub.
Horrible pain in my back for the next 36 hours. I could barely walk. And then, as if by magic (and naproxyn), it was gone. I was really worried that I ruined our vacation.
wrote on 29 Apr 2022, 00:16 last edited by@George-K said in What a month!!:
It's amazing how a fall can affect you.
Back in 2018, I think, we were in Cannon Beach. On the first night we were there, being the age I was, I went to the bathroom at no o'clock in the morning and I sat down.
I missed (It was pitch-black).
Normally, that means a puddle on the floor, and possibly some wet toes.
So sorry to make fun of your accident, but I'm sure you'll return the favor in the future.
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wrote on 29 Apr 2022, 01:04 last edited by
I'd rather fall every day for a week than have uncontrollable shakes and not be able to breathe. That was the scariest thing I've ever experienced.
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wrote on 29 Apr 2022, 01:14 last edited by
Consider yourself lucky that you didn't break anything!
(I hate hip fractures on geezers)
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wrote on 29 Apr 2022, 03:09 last edited by
Glad to see you and that you're on the upward trend. I also was wondering where you had been for a while now.
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wrote on 30 Apr 2022, 00:49 last edited by
@larry Gald you are feeling better!!! :woman-heart-man:
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wrote on 1 May 2022, 00:28 last edited by
@taiwan_girl said in What a month!!:
@larry Gald you are feeling better!!! :woman-heart-man:
Same! That sounds really insane.
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wrote on 1 May 2022, 00:34 last edited by
Glad you're better now, Larry.
A few weeks ago, I stubbed my pinky toe, and it hurt for a few days.
But I'm better now too.