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[Feline Fine]

Just try to modify as many things as you used to do, and find new things to enjoy whether they're related to the old things or not. 8)

[I like celery]

On 4/27/2014 ROMARY said:

kdgn: I thought the same.

I thought the same thing, until I read more comments. I was so glad I didn't make light of it! That will teach me to read more carefully. :-) Noel, you have a great sense of humor about it! :-)

[I like celery]

Mama Mia, I don't think you did a dumb thing. I thought how great it must be that you were feeling well enough to try something you seem to love (gardening). Sorry you had some difficulty, but I'm happy your husband was close by! :-)

[I like celery]

p.s. I have done (and continue to do) ""dumb things."" :-)

[aubnwa01]

My elderly neighbor across the street when I lived in a different state fell down on the walkway leading up to his front door. His wife passed away in 1999, so he lived alone & was getting a bit frail.

Due to landscaping & shrubbery, he wasn't visible from the street where he lay on the sidewalk. He had the keys & remote to his car, which was in his closed garage, in his pocket. He set off the alarm on his car repeatedly. I was sitting in my office upstairs & got up & looked out the window, but couldn't see him. He kept hitting the alarm over & over, each time it would reset & stop. After a few minutes of this, I went downstairs & opened my front door & I still couldn't see him laying there. When the alarm stopped & then started again, I walked across the street & found him. You couldn't see him until you were right by the walk, so it was fortunate that it wasn't raining or at night.

I couldn't get him up by myself & was going to call 911, but he didn't want that, so I went & knocked on the door of the guy that lived next door to him & luckily he was home & came out & together, we got him up & into the house & to his recliner. He was unhurt, except for his dignity & a little scrape. The neighbor called the older guy's daughter & she hired someone to stay with him. I'm not sure if he had a cell phone or not, but I guess it was lucky that he had his keys in his pants pocket & the foresight to set off the alarm on his car that was in the garage over & over & that he was able to do that from outside the garage.

[Mama Mia]

On 4/27/2014 aubnwa01 said:

My elderly neighbor across the street when I lived in a different state fell down on the walkway leading up to his front door. His wife passed away in 1999, so he lived alone & was getting a bit frail.

Due to landscaping & shrubbery, he wasn't visible from the street where he lay on the sidewalk. He had the keys & remote to his car, which was in his closed garage, in his pocket. He set off the alarm on his car repeatedly. I was sitting in my office upstairs & got up & looked out the window, but couldn't see him. He kept hitting the alarm over & over, each time it would reset & stop. After a few minutes of this, I went downstairs & opened my front door & I still couldn't see him laying there. When the alarm stopped & then started again, I walked across the street & found him. You couldn't see him until you were right by the walk, so it was fortunate that it wasn't raining or at night.

I couldn't get him up by myself & was going to call 911, but he didn't want that, so I went & knocked on the door of the guy that lived next door to him & luckily he was home & came out & together, we got him up & into the house & to his recliner. He was unhurt, except for his dignity & a little scrape. The neighbor called the older guy's daughter & she hired someone to stay with him. I'm not sure if he had a cell phone or not, but I guess it was lucky that he had his keys in his pants pocket & the foresight to set off the alarm on his car that was in the garage over & over & that he was able to do that from outside the garage.

This man was amazing in that he could set off the alarm. He was so lucky you did find him and he was unhurt.

mm

[Mama Mia]

On 4/27/2014 NoelSeven said:

On 4/27/2014 sophiamarie said:

I also have costochondritis, which started after my heart attack. It's an inflammation of the rib cage and the pain (to me) is more annoying than it is scary, since I know it's not a heart attack. I don't take anything for it and it goes away in a few hours. I haven't had an episode for many months now.

I also fell 5 months ago. I was wearing flip-flops, dancing around with my dog and my right toe got caught in my left heel and I couldn't get out of it. I fell flat on my a/$$ right in the middle of the living room. My husband was about 15 ft. away from me and he ran over to me, grabbed me by my wrists and pulled me straight up in a standing position. I had a little pain in my right femur which I thought was normal.

By the next day, we decided to call the doctor, who told me to go to the ER for x-rays. The x-ray didn't show any break, so they did a CT scan, which also didn't show any break. They sent me home with a paper saying it was a contusion and could take days or even weeks to heal.

Eleven days later, I wasn't feeling any better, so another call to the doctor. He told me to go back to the ER and get an MRI, which showed I had a femoral neck fracture. He was already in the ER doing paper work, and called the Ortho Surgeon. I was admitted and that evening he inserted 3 titanium screws in my femur, up through the femoral neck into the ball head. I was discharged the next day (Thanksgiving Day)...... I was followed up by the Ortho the following week, then a month later, then I just had my 3 month follow-up. He said it looks like I am healed already and to come back in 6 months. This is my story and I'm stickin' to it.......

My husband also installed safety bars in my shower and tub. We just can't be too careful.

OMG, sophiamarie, what an awful fall you had. A neck fracture sounds really frightening!

Your costcochondritis goes away in a few hours? Wow, mine lasted for a couple of weeks, which they said was usual. People with lupus are really prone to getting it and getting it bad, so maybe that's the difference. I'm glad you didn't have to have it for any length of time.

I'm also glad your fracture healing has gone so well

Sophiamarie, wow, that was some ordeal for you to go through, and dancing with your dog at that. Love that part. Sometimes doctors get a little hasty in their decisions, obviously. I'm glad too, that the healing has gone so well!

Noel, and Sophiamarie, to think you have both had costochondritis too, I also had that several months ago and it terrified me, thought I was having a heart attack. DH called the paramedics and took me to the hospital. I had never heard of it before, and I hope it doesn't happen again.Noel I feel so bad for you having had it for a couple of weeks. I wonder why people ith lupus are more prone to getting it, I suppose lower immunity.

Both of you take care now, and thanks for sharing.

mm

[Feline Fine]

On 4/27/2014 i like celery said:

p.s. I have done (and continue to do) "dumb things." :-)

You & me both, sista friend! ;-)

[DoneTryin]

You're not dumb, just trying to live your life. Glad you're OK now.

[violann]

I don't think you need a pity party- I think you deserve three great big very loud CHEERS! You had a problem, it was very tough, you ( with a little help ) solved it. I say HOORAY for YOU. YOU are my HERO of the DAY!!!!!!!