A fall for folks over forty hurts

Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 17:15:01 -0400
From: “N.A. Booko”
Subject: An Early Fall for me . . .

A fall for folks over forty hurts. A fall for seniors over 60 is dangerous and for those over 80, a fall can be fatal. I fall into the last category.  I hadn’t  fallen in over a year.  I have been doing foot exercises  for over a year now and my gait has improved remarkably.  Today, it was different.

I was gardening- wearing old clothes, elastic knee supports and cheap foam rubber knee pads. Should have been protection enough. Friends dropped by to look at the gardens- I wanted to show them a project i was working on in the garage. I sprinted forth toward that area, on the old hyway 64 I am always  bragging about- Now crumbling asphalt.

Suddenly, before I knew what happened, I was going down, head first. My knee pads are such ninnies- They won’t stay up- keeping sliding down. Down, down- it was so quick my life didn’t have time to review before I hit. First the uncovered knee, then the elbow and then the side of my head- knocking my glasses sideways- i thought I was a broken mess- But all that really hurt was my knee. The pad had slipped down- no protection.

A lay there a few minutes, assuring my guests I was o.k.- That knee really hurt. But in true ‘show-biz’ style I was up and att-um within five minutes. Assuring my friends I wasn’t hurt.

Later, when alone, I realized my left leg was weaken and not feeling so hot. Peeling away the layers of clothing etc.- there was that big bloody kneecap. Later, my gate not so great, I managed to step on my cat’s foot sending him screaming into the great beyond.

I’ll be alright- Just watching my step until I get it all together again-

And y’all watch yours-  Fall may come a little early for somebody else.

n.a.

N.A. Booko

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