I can walk again!!
It's been exactly one month since I tripped over a weight-watchers scale and fractured my pelvis in two places. I waddle like a penguin when I walk, but at least I'm upright. It's hard to have the confidence that you can walk unassisted again after depending upon the safety of the walker for a month. There is a lady on our block who is about my age (64) who has a "Cadillac-version" of a walker that has four wheels, a basket to hold her purse, and a seat if she gets too tired. She will probably use a walker for the rest of her life because she's too afraid of falling again. I long to have more mobility than that.
One of the things I love about not using a walker is that I don't have to pivot it to fit it into the bathroom because our bathroom's doorframe is smaller in width than the walker. It's especially difficult if I'm half asleep in the middle of the night and I need to go to the bathroom.
I love to walk for thirty minutes a day in my neighborhood.and have been doing it for years. I will still use my walker for these jaunts. It just makes me feel safer.
The trauma of my fall will stay with me for the rest of my life. There was no scarier feeling than falling when you're alone and not being about to call 911 for help because you're in too much pain and your hips feel paralyzed.
I hope this never happens to you, but if it does, I hope some of the do's and don'ts I wrote about in this blog will help you make it through.
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