OT Fell Down Hard Yesterday

[Lanny]

I had gotten to my walker to make it to the dinner table when suddenly I felt faint. I mentioned it to my wife who helped me get to the walker and she ordered me to sit down immediately. Of course, I knew better and thought I'd just hang on tight to the walker and wait it out. Suddenly, I momentarily lost consciousness and fell down. I fell backwards trapping my folded legs underneath me, folding them backwards. It wrenched my legs so hard that my knees got severely bent and hurt like hell. At the same time, I managed to seriously twist both ankles. Now whenever I stand up I scream out in pain. Can only walk with a very slow shuffle while using the walker. I'm totally unable to lift my left leg up into bed at night. Wife has to pick up my leg and slide it onto the bed.
At least I didn't hit my head.
Don't know what I'm going to do tomorrow when I have to get out of my wheel chair and walk the two short steps to the dialysis reclining chair. I predict more screaming. Please, God, don't let me swear like a sailor.
My wife has already chastised me many times for never listening to her.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Stay strong bro.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I had gotten to my walker to make it to the dinner table when suddenly I felt faint. I mentioned it to my wife who helped me get to the walker and she ordered me to sit down immediately. Of course, I knew better and thought I'd just hang on tight to the walker and wait it out. Suddenly, I momentarily lost consciousness and fell down. I fell backwards trapping my folded legs underneath me, folding them backwards. It wrenched my legs so hard that my knees got severely bent and hurt like hell. At the same time, I managed to seriously twist both ankles. Now whenever I stand up I scream out in pain. Can only walk with a very slow shuffle while using the walker. I'm totally unable to lift my left leg up into bed at night. Wife has to pick up my leg and slide it onto the bed.
At least I didn't hit my head.
Don't know what I'm going to do tomorrow when I have to get out of my wheel chair and walk the two short steps to the dialysis reclining chair. I predict more screaming. Please, God, don't let me swear like a sailor.
My wife has already chastised me many times for never listening to her.

Damn Lanny, you need to be more careful!

 

[bulls_with_booz]

 

[Chris Craig]

I had gotten to my walker to make it to the dinner table when suddenly I felt faint. I mentioned it to my wife who helped me get to the walker and she ordered me to sit down immediately. Of course, I knew better and thought I'd just hang on tight to the walker and wait it out. Suddenly, I momentarily lost consciousness and fell down. I fell backwards trapping my folded legs underneath me, folding them backwards. It wrenched my legs so hard that my knees got severely bent and hurt like hell. At the same time, I managed to seriously twist both ankles. Now whenever I stand up I scream out in pain. Can only walk with a very slow shuffle while using the walker. I'm totally unable to lift my left leg up into bed at night. Wife has to pick up my leg and slide it onto the bed.
At least I didn't hit my head.
Don't know what I'm going to do tomorrow when I have to get out of my wheel chair and walk the two short steps to the dialysis reclining chair. I predict more screaming. Please, God, don't let me swear like a sailor.
My wife has already chastised me many times for never listening to her.

Lanny be careful man. We need you around here. Listen to you're wife next time she says to sit. Glad you didn't break anything.

 

[Hoopguru]

I had gotten to my walker to make it to the dinner table when suddenly I felt faint. I mentioned it to my wife who helped me get to the walker and she ordered me to sit down immediately. Of course, I knew better and thought I'd just hang on tight to the walker and wait it out. Suddenly, I momentarily lost consciousness and fell down. I fell backwards trapping my folded legs underneath me, folding them backwards. It wrenched my legs so hard that my knees got severely bent and hurt like hell. At the same time, I managed to seriously twist both ankles. Now whenever I stand up I scream out in pain. Can only walk with a very slow shuffle while using the walker. I'm totally unable to lift my left leg up into bed at night. Wife has to pick up my leg and slide it onto the bed.
At least I didn't hit my head.
Don't know what I'm going to do tomorrow when I have to get out of my wheel chair and walk the two short steps to the dialysis reclining chair. I predict more screaming. Please, God, don't let me swear like a sailor.
My wife has already chastised me many times for never listening to her.

Oh LanMan, you are one tough dude. Please listen to your wife next time. Glad you didn't hit your head or break a hip. Im my thoughts dude!

 

[donkiez]

Speaking as someone who has cared for someone with significant health issues....... Please swallow your pride and listen to your wife no matter what. Just accept that her judgement is better than yours and stop fighting it. Do it because you love and trust her and you want to be with her as long as possible.

Also the Blazers haven't won their championship yet. You don't want to miss that!

 

[UncleCliffy'sDaddy]

Yeah, but you got back up and that’s what counts!

 

[ehizzy3]

Take care lanny! Speedy recovery!

 

[crandc]

Lanny, how are you going to come to my Thanksgiving dinner if you keep breaking yourself?

 

[Phatguysrule]

I can't think of anything clever to say.

I hope you recover quickly. I'm glad you have your wife to help you out.

 

[barfo]

Bubble wrap. You need lots and lots of bubble wrap.

barfo

 

[Lanny]

Lanny be careful man. We need you around here. Listen to you're wife next time she says to sit. Glad you didn't break anything.

I have no choice, my wife is my boss at home and now I have a painful reminder of that.
Knees are getting better.
Now I've to to face my primary care giver, Dr. Kansagara as soon as the nurse at the dialysis center tells him which has probably already happened.
In addition, we are in the process of the VA declaring my wife my official care giver. In addition to making her my official medical boss at home there will be a few extra bucks in it for her. This way she becomes doubly my boss.

 

[Lanny]

Bubble wrap. You need lots and lots of bubble wrap.

barfo

Won't work, I pop them all.

 

[stampedehero]

Lan: All good luck to you, wishing you a good streak of karma, and a sunny day.

 

[Chris Craig]

I have no choice, my wife is my boss at home and now I have a painful reminder of that.
Knees are getting better.
Now I've to to face my primary care giver, Dr. Kansagara as soon as the nurse at the dialysis center tells him which has probably already happened.
In addition, we are in the process of the VA declaring my wife my official care giver. In addition to making her my official medical boss at home there will be a few extra bucks in it for her. This way she becomes doubly my boss.

Glad your knees are feeling better man. She's already your boss anyway, making it official doesn't change much my friend.

 

[Lanny]

Knees are getting better every day. The excruciating pain is long gone now. Still have the big bruise on one ankle. My bruises take a long time to go away.

 

[Lanny]

Glad to hear you're getting better. Get well enough and you and me go skydiving, what do you say?

I'd rather go deep sea fishing.
My mother had a wealthy girlfriend that owned both a small hospital in SE Portland and an ice skating rink. She took up sky diving. One day she went sky diving and never opened her chute. We figure she must have gotten the rapture. Not that there's any possibility of me getting the 'rapture', and I'm not even sure there's any such thing, because that would be incredibly stupid.

Things on my bucket list before I got badly disabled:
Deep sea snorkeling in Hawaii or the Philippines;
See the Sphinx;
Go to India;
See Mt. Everest close up (and if I didn't have asthma, climb it);
Ditto for K2 (had a friend that climbed Mount McKinley and that made me jealous);
See the alps;
See Rome;
See Athens;
Go to Jerusalem;
Go to the North Pole;
Go to Antarctica for the winter;
Play golf in Scotland;
See the red hot lava up close to an active volcano;
Catch a Marlin;
Catch a large salmon (I've caught small ones between 7 and 12 lbs.);
Go camping deep in the wilderness of Alaska or Canada;
Become an Army Ranger;
Win a military medal for bravery;
Retire and travel the United States;
Drink a more expensive bottle of red wine than I've ever had;
Drink a bottle of 1954 Dom Perignon;
Visit Germany during the Oktoberfest and eat and drink in a rathskeller and make friends with some locals there;
Own a piece of the Berlin Wall;
Get a PhD in anything at OSU;
Own a share of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK A) stock [$384K];
Visit the places I was at in Vietnam;
Have sex with Elizabeth Taylor when she was in her prime and I was single;
Go to the Shakespeare festival in England;
Spend the weekend in the Mayfair hotel in San Francisco;
Live in Sausilito;
Live on Lake Washington;
Go fishing in the San Juan Islands;
Live on Oswego Lake;
Travel into outer space;
Travel the world.
To sum it up, nearly all of these require my not being disabled. Dammit, dammit, dammit.

 

[Chris Craig]

I'd rather go deep sea fishing.
My mother had a wealthy girlfriend that owned both a small hospital in SE Portland and an ice skating rink. She took up sky diving. One day she went sky diving and never opened her chute. We figure she must have gotten the rapture. Not that there's any possibility of me getting the 'rapture', and I'm not even sure there's any such thing, because that would be incredibly stupid.

Things on my bucket list before I got badly disabled:
Deep sea snorkeling in Hawaii or the Philippines;
See the Sphinx;
Go to India;
See Mt. Everest close up (and if I didn't have asthma, climb it);
Ditto for K2 (had a friend that climbed Mount McKinley and that made me jealous);
See the alps;
See Rome;
See Athens;
Go to Jerusalem;
Go to the North Pole;
Go to Antarctica for the winter;
Play golf in Scotland;
See the red hot lava up close to an active volcano;
Catch a Marlin;
Catch a large salmon (I've caught small ones between 7 and 12 lbs.);
Go camping deep in the wilderness of Alaska or Canada;
Become an Army Ranger;
Win a military medal for bravery;
Retire and travel the United States;
Drink a more expensive bottle of red wine than I've ever had;
Drink a bottle of 1954 Dom Perignon;
Visit Germany during the Oktoberfest and eat and drink in a rathskeller and make friends with some locals there;
Own a piece of the Berlin Wall;
Get a PhD in anything at OSU;
Own a share of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK A) stock [$384K];
Visit the places I was at in Vietnam;
Have sex with Elizabeth Taylor when she was in her prime and I was single;
Go to the Shakespeare festival in England;
Spend the weekend in the Mayfair hotel in San Francisco;
Live in Sausilito;
Live on Lake Washington;
Go fishing in the San Juan Islands;
Live on Oswego Lake;
Travel into outer space;
Travel the world.
To sum it up, nearly all of these require my not being disabled. Dammit, dammit, dammit.

That is a hell of a list Lanny

 

[Chris Craig]

Nice list!

The going skydiving was a suggestion from your wife. She was telling me about your million dollar life insurance and all of the sudden she asked me if I'm interested in taking you skydiving. Came out of the blue. I told her only if she takes me to Vegas after I take you skydiving. She said no problem, we can go on many Vegas vacations together and she would even give me money to gamble. She sure is a generous lady!

Well now he'll just change his beneficiary

 

[Lanny]

Nice list!

The going skydiving was a suggestion from your wife. She was telling me about your million dollar life insurance and all of the sudden she asked me if I'm interested in taking you skydiving. Came out of the blue. I told her only if she takes me to Vegas after I take you skydiving. She said no problem, we can go on many Vegas vacations together and she would even give me money to gamble. She sure is a generous lady!

My dear sweet wife. She's also telling me I should try cliff diving and said she would help me. Then, she even suggested I try jumping with a bungee cord and that she would tie the knot so she could be sure of my safety. I appreciated that offer but I have never been able to understand the smile on her face as she made the offers.

 

[Lanny]

Alright, Lanny, since I like you, I’ll tell you… the “skydiving” and “cliff diving” are code words for taking you out into the woods. Sleep with one eye open, my friend.

In the old times, Koreans would take their elderly, even the loved ones, out in the wilderness and leave them there. That way they could die without any bother to anyone. My mother-in-law use to be afraid that we would do that to her. We had to cajole her whenever she brought that up and remind her how much we loved her. She had her own room and whatever she wanted to eat which included a martini one time when we were traveling through S. Dakota and insisted on having whatever I was having. She took one tiny sip and my wife got to order for her what she wanted to order for her in the first place, a glass of milk, and I got two martinis.