Accidents in the home

37chief · Mar 1, 2016

Now, I need to watch out for accidents to happen in my house. I went to sit at my computer the other night in my favorite chair. Next thing, I went over backwards into a cabinet. I landed on my good shoulder. It hurt for a few hours, but is ok. When I was a lot younger that would have been funny. At this time in my life it's a disaster. You just never know when danger strikes. be careful out there. My Mom fell and broke her hip in a neighbors house years ago, and never recovered from that accident. Stan

rrlund · Mar 1, 2016

Pretty much the same thing happened to my dad that happened to your mother. He was standing at the bench in the garage,stepped sideways and tripped over a cord. That was the beginning of the end.

Dave H (MI) · Mar 1, 2016

I think falls kill more people than anything else. Lost the MIL that way also. Not what you would call elderly, but I am really frightened of falling. A couple years ago I walked out on the deck intending to soak in the hot tub. Most of the way there both feet hit ice and I went airborne. Landed on my back, spinning, and went right down the six foot steps and rolled out into the snow with only a swimsuit on. I was some kinda banged up, let me tell you.

fixerupper · Mar 1, 2016

How many times do we pinch our finger in the bi-fold door or stab ourselves with a scissors and don't think a thing about it, but if it happens in the shop it's an industrial accident.

David G · Mar 1, 2016

Is that an older 4 leg chair, if so time to upgrade to 5 leg.

rrlund · Mar 1, 2016

At least you were on ice to stop the swelling and only a little ways from the hot tube to soak the pain away. LOL

Geo-TH,In · Mar 1, 2016

Are children consider accidents in the home? If so, I've had two accidents.

01gentdc · Mar 1, 2016

beware of bathtub falls ,, stairs,.. slippery floors ,,.and wives that love to rearrange furbiture

David G · Mar 1, 2016

Thanks for chuckle.

fixerupper · Mar 1, 2016

My dad was getting around pretty well at 89, then he lost his balance and went down, breaking a leg. That was the end of his independence. After the leg was plated he spent a few months in a nursing home, 16 months at home and how he is back in the nursing home. I once read an explanation about why an elderly person goes down permanently after breaking a bone but I forget the exact words. A chemical change happens because of the shock to the system. I tried Googling it but I can't find what I am after.

Mike M · Mar 1, 2016

Crazy things happen !
The other day slipped on some rubber boots to go feed the dog came into the garage and went to stomp the snow off my feet and those boots sure were slick on that wet concrete. My legs went flying all directions ! Bet it would of made a funniest home video for sure. After it was all over I was glad I didn't get hurt.
Last fall my mother in law was out with her neighbor looking at Christmas lights. Neighbor offered to give her a ride just 3 trailers down but she declined and walked instead. Funny how 1 little decision like that can really change your life. Anyhow on her short walk home she forgot about or didn't see ? because of a street light out there the speed bumps in the road and tripped and fell on her face mainly skinned up her knees some too. She really was lucky and didn't break anything and seemed to of recovered from it. Her face was REALLY black and blue for awhile. I don't think she will decline a ride next time ! Lady that she was with and offered the ride I think feels really bad too and NO WAY is she ever going to let someone decline a ride in the future.

JF in MI · Mar 1, 2016

Yes, I was reading that soon adult diapers will be outselling infant ones due to senior "accidents" at home.

sotxbill · Mar 1, 2016

We need to outlaw falls!

jeffcat · Mar 1, 2016

NO no...outlaw getting damn old!!!!

Deere54 · Mar 1, 2016

My father in law went that way, too. he was 87, doing pretty well, then fell in the bathtub. The end came in a couple of weeks. Proteins in the blood from the bruises did in his kidneys. Nothing scares me more than slips and falls. Bad enough for me, but would be a disaster for my wife. Our long driveway is a perpetual skating rink, with all these freeze-thaws and I constantly spread sand and ashes on it. Went through 8 five gallon pails of sand and three of ashes, worst winter for ice since the ice storm of 98. We have been getting non stop ice storms, followed bu rain storms and then wind storms and snow storms. We have a foot coming tonite. The St. Lawrence Valley, weather cursed place of the country. there got my rant over.

Brendon Warren · Mar 1, 2016

Deere 54, where are you located in SLC? I'm in Brier Hill. Were awfully slick here.

JerryS · Mar 1, 2016

Amen, Chief: this very morning my little dog was telling me it was time for me to get up. I stood up by the bed and the next thing I knew I was on the floor. Don't remember stumbling, just lost balance. Scratched my scalp on a bureau drawer pull, but no other injury.

I fell three times last year (tripped, etc.) and landed on my bad shoulder every time. I live alone, so at nearly 75 I really need to come up with a Plan A.

Dick2 · Mar 1, 2016

We moved to a new house when I was 75. One of the first things that I did was install hand rails in the master bathroom. Now 6 years later, I am using those hand rails several times a day. Local installers really rip you off if you hire them to install hand rails AFTER you need them, so you are better off installing them yourself before you need them.

I ignored some installation instructions and put them at angles that would work best for me - and they do just what I want them to. I grab a rail as soon as I step into the tub/shower and keep one hand on the rail until I'm ready to get out, then grab a rail on the outside to make sure I don't slip.

2underage · Mar 1, 2016

Jeffcat, getting old is not to bad as long as you are enjoying your life. I fell off my big excavator a couple of weeks ago. The only thing that got hurt was my pride and that because my wife was watching.

flembo · Mar 1, 2016

The alternative aint so great tho.

JML755 · Mar 1, 2016

yeah, I'm getting more careful at 65 than I used to be. I'd run and jump a ditch, jump off a truck bed/tailgate without even thinking. Now, I think about what COULD go wrong. Wife is kinda scared lately as we're going out West skiing next week and she's afraid her knee will give out or she'll take a bad fall. She rides our horse several times a week so that should help with her balance but nonetheless I think we'll be a little more cautious on the slopes than we used to be.

And as others have said, a simple fall in your 80's or 90's can be the trigger for the end game. I know several people who that has happened to.

Dick2 · Mar 1, 2016

I took a misstep off the 2nd step of a stepladder 6 years ago. Put my arm out and ended up with my wrist broken in two places when I landed on the concrete. Six weeks afterwards my PA noticed that my white count was up. It turned out that I had latent chronic lymphocytic leukemia that was triggered by breaking my wrist. Now I having chemo treatments to control the leukemia.

If I hadn't fallen and broken my wrist, the leukemia may have remained dormant for years, but now I have it so I have to deal with it.

Mike M · Mar 1, 2016

Those rails reminds me of when I installed mine a few years back. My dad came over and was sort of stumbly ? on the stairs of which I only have 3 and I thought I better get something up there before he or someone else falls. Well I'm 52 and a little over a year ago I was glad to have those hand rails as my right knee was really a problem. It's getting a little better now. Doc. really didn't have any answers and I sure as heck was not going to let them poke needles in it and make things worse.

JRSutton · Mar 1, 2016

Was sitting around joking with my kids, all happy and not a care in the world. We were head out somewhere but I had to run upstairs to grab something quick.

1/4 of the way up the stairs I slipped/tripped.

Both hands went out in front of me instinctively to stop the fall.

I JAMMED all four fingers of each hand (not the thumbs) into the corner of the tread and the riser of one of the steps ahead of me.

Did you ever jam a finger playing basketball? This was just like that, but times eight.

I don't mind saying I may have cried a little.

No serious damage done, but man oh man - one little misstep...

jimg.allentown · Mar 1, 2016

Well, now that you mention it, I have on occasion watched the "funniest videos" show at my neighbor's house. I see that they concentrate on falls and hits to the groin area. For the life of me, I cannot see anything funny about that. Many of those falls and crashes could have really serious consequences. Cannot see how that is funny.

Dave H (MI) · Mar 1, 2016

That's why we all like you so much, always looking at the bright side of things!

wisbaker · Mar 1, 2016

I was putting the mirror back on our yard dog at work (again) missed a step and fell landed on my right hip which also meant I fell on top of my steel tape and radio. After reviewing the accident report my boss asked how I was sure I held on to the ladder, I replied as it was laying on top of me when the dust cleared I was pretty sure I held on. Ended up doing something to my sciatic nerve and it was a couple of years before I was right again and could drive for more than a couple of hours without pain.

rrlund · Mar 1, 2016

Ah yes,eternal optimism.

RayP(MI) · Mar 1, 2016

During the last few months I have had some dealings as a patient at some hospitals. One of the first questions they ask is if I fall a lot. Well, of course, that's in the job description of "farmer," isn't it? Climbing around a haymow, on and off machinery, uneven ground, frozen chunks of mud and ice, you get my drift... Most of the time I just tuck and roll, no problem. The hospital staff want to put me in a box..

gab · Mar 1, 2016

You mean like the time I got up about 4 in the morning to take a wizz and get a drink, I never turn the lights on, know exactly where I'm going and there's a night light in the kitchen. Light wasn't on and something took both legs out from under me, got my rt hand in the sink to break my fall which ripped the dishwasher screws out of the counter top and counter top away from the wall. Turns out my wife put somethings in the dishwasher, left the door open, didn't turn the night light on and went to bed. I'm still not amused by that, black and blue shins for a week hurt.

notjustair · Mar 1, 2016

I still get out of the tractor stepping forward down the steps. I have fallen "out" of the tractor doing chores twice this week. I made a conscious decision to start backing down the steps. Not that I have followed my own advice. Last night I only remembered what I had decided after I was half way down.

rick1 · Mar 1, 2016

at work we have one of those moving truck beds with the sliding door at the rear and a small man door on one side its about sixteen inches off the ground we keep bearings and tools and other stuff for the asphalt plant in it.one of the newer guys built a step with four legs to make picking up your foot not so high going in and the same coming out.the first day i forgot about the step hit it on the edge and down i went on the concrete next day i did the same thing.grabbed my cutting torch and cut it up been going in and out of that trailor for seventeen years just couldnt get used to that step.
RICK

Frank 41 · Mar 1, 2016

I had a coach/teacher that always came into class and sat in his springrocker/swivel armed chair. One day I unscrewed the spring considerably and he did what he normally did, put his feet upon the desk. Quicker than a jack rabbit, back over he went. Of course no one knew who did it. After that he would shake it to test the tension before he sat in again.

Sorry about your unset. You need to do all of this when you 10 instead of 70. It is good that you didn't break anything.

Eldon (WA) · Mar 2, 2016

(quoted from post at 16:09:27 03/01/16) I still get out of the tractor stepping forward down the steps. I have fallen "out" of the tractor doing chores twice this week. I made a conscious decision to start backing down the steps. Not that I have followed my own advice. Last night I only remembered what I had decided after I was half way down.

A couple of times now I have caught a shoelace on the clutch pedal when jumping off the tractor....good reason to not put a double knot in them!

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