I had a fall today, at a friend's house, on the stairs. I was alone in the house at the time and accidentally brushed against a framed picture on the wall near the top of the stairs and knocked it off - I made a grab for it and I guess my damaged leg didn't support me and I fell, banging my jaw on the top of a, thankfully padded, dining chair and then landing on my side on the floor. Nothing particularly hurt but I made my self just lie there for a bit and breathe before trying to get up. I feel ok but I wonder what's going to hurt when I wake up tomorrow!
Looking back it is interesting that as I fell I had such a sense of myself as a human body. I think most of the time I experience myself as a brain in a head.
Of course right now I feel very aware of myself as being an old/older person and have a strong feeling of being vulnerable. This is also amplifying my feeling that it may be time for me to move to the senior's independent living place I have been considering, someplace where help would be on site if I needed it.
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