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CaliforniaPeggy

(152,229 posts)
Tue Sep 3, 2024, 11:37 AM Sep 2024

I'm sorry to say there won't be any photos today from the MB Farmer's Market.

Last edited Tue Sep 3, 2024, 02:40 PM - Edit history (2)

Late Friday afternoon, I fell hard in our powder room, against the toilet bowl. It knocked me so hard that I couldn't breathe for a few seconds. And then, due to the tight space, I couldn't get up. We called the paramedics and they did a 'courtesy lift.'


Nothing's broken but the pain has been pretty bad. Muscle spasms, which I've never had before, are the worst. I am in touch with my doctor who basically agreed with my plan for care. The medications, and other treatments are helping to some extent. It's been tough. Going anywhere and walking around are difficult.

So I'm taking it easy and that means no market. I'm really sorry. And all of this could have been avoided if only I hadn't been in a hurry! Oh well. I will heal. Life will go on.


On edit: I've been reading and re-reading all of your beautiful, loving and supportive posts! My heart is full. You are my DU family and DU is my electronic home. It's hard for me to answer everyone, so this group message will have to do.

I love you all! And thank you all for standing by me.

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I'm sorry to say there won't be any photos today from the MB Farmer's Market. (Original Post) CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2024 OP
Please do rest, California pEGGY. sinkingfeeling Sep 2024 #1
oh my,,, KarenS Sep 2024 #2
Oh CalPeggy... thankful that this wasn't worse! Hope livetohike Sep 2024 #3
Oh dear! 2naSalit Sep 2024 #4
Wishing you an easy recovery. love_katz Sep 2024 #5
Sending healing vibes your way! Nt spooky3 Sep 2024 #6
Light duty for you, my Dear.. Permanut Sep 2024 #7
Vibes for swift healing and recovery, dear Peggy. Please take care of yourself. niyad Sep 2024 #8
Sending healing thoughts and well wishes for a speedy recovery. virgdem Sep 2024 #9
💐🫶🏽💐 blm Sep 2024 #10
Peggy? No more falling, OK? Just no. Stop it now. Solly Mack Sep 2024 #11
Oh My, gentle hugs to you. The farmer's market will have pomegranates in the next couple of months. Those will make AnotherMother4Peace Sep 2024 #12
OH NO HAB911 Sep 2024 #13
Good Lord, Peggy! You rest and don't worry about it! Get well and then go take more pix!! xoxoxox CurtEastPoint Sep 2024 #14
Get healed, think positive thoughts...it really helps... MiHale Sep 2024 #15
Sorry Peggy. Please take care. JohnSJ Sep 2024 #16
I'm glad you're OK! majdrfrtim Sep 2024 #17
Hope you heal quickly. Love your photos. BoomaofBandM Sep 2024 #18
Invest in some high quality "non-slip" mats for the flooring ... Tarzanrock Sep 2024 #19
Take care of yourself. Heat pad with the little vibrator thing always helped my muscle spasms. Hermit-The-Prog Sep 2024 #20
aww. barbtries Sep 2024 #21
Ooooh - how scary! 3catwoman3 Sep 2024 #22
So sorry to hear about your fall karin_sj Sep 2024 #23
Oh GOODNESS, Peg! ;-( elleng Sep 2024 #24
Oh Dear Peggy, wishing a quick recovery irisblue Sep 2024 #25
Pamper yourself Dear_Prudence Sep 2024 #26
Take good care of yourself, dear Peggy. Rest and get well soon. Hekate Sep 2024 #27
Oh no! Grumpy Old Guy Sep 2024 #28
Oh, Peggy. I'm so sorry you have to go through this, badhair77 Sep 2024 #29
Thank goodness nothing is broken. All the healing vibes your way. onecaliberal Sep 2024 #30
Get well soon! bluescribbler Sep 2024 #31
Oh dear Peggy cyclonefence Sep 2024 #32
Hope you feel better soon CP joanbarnes Sep 2024 #33
Get well soon 😊 Butterflylady Sep 2024 #34
Be careful! You're an all too fragile treasure to us. JohnnyRingo Sep 2024 #35
Don't spend any time at all beating yourself up about it. Shit happens really, we are glad to have you with us. Walleye Sep 2024 #36
So sorry to hear of your fall. Very happy you didn't break anything. judesedit Sep 2024 #37
Love your photos! Beatlelvr Sep 2024 #38
Naps are good. cachukis Sep 2024 #39
No fun. Old Crank Sep 2024 #40
See below. usonian Sep 2024 #42
So sorry to hear that. usonian Sep 2024 #41
"If you can feel you can heal." The Wizard Sep 2024 #43
yes... markie Sep 2024 #44
Please take excellent care of our DU National Treasure! MLAA Sep 2024 #45
What they all said. Slow down, eh. twodogsbarking Sep 2024 #46
Sending healing wishes your way DeeDeeNY Sep 2024 #47
Dang it. I am so sorry CAPeggy. Wishing you a speedy recovery and hope the pain gets to tolerable. Evolve Dammit Sep 2024 #48
Oh, no! I'm so sorry to hear about that fall! Thank God you didn't break or dislocate any bones, highplainsdem Sep 2024 #49
Oh no, CP!!! You settle down, perhaps get your TV and computer all together in one little area, make your couch into SWBTATTReg Sep 2024 #50
So shocked to hear this - Please recover and get well soon, California Peggy! Hiawatha Pete Sep 2024 #51
Ah. So sorry. Falls are not ideal. Tikki Sep 2024 #52
Ouch! Porcelain is pretty unforgiving! CrispyQ Sep 2024 #53
Oh, do take care of yourself, Peggy peggysue2 Sep 2024 #54
get well Ms. Pegster! Skittles Sep 2024 #55
Oh no! StarryNite Sep 2024 #56
Oh, no... rubbersole Sep 2024 #57
Wishing for pain relief and a speedy recovery, Mousetoescamper Sep 2024 #58
Oh no! Please rest. Take care of yourself and don't try to rush anything. Let your body fully recover. LoisB Sep 2024 #59
deep breaths and take care et tu Sep 2024 #60
Oh Peggy! What a shock for you Easterncedar Sep 2024 #61
Sending healing vibes and prayers your way! Thank goodness you didn't break any bones. Ziggysmom Sep 2024 #62
Sorry about your fall ms.pamela Sep 2024 #63
Best wishes for a speedy recovery! anciano Sep 2024 #64
So sorry about your fall. It just takes one little slip to cause some serious pain. Lonestarblue Sep 2024 #65
Hopefully your recovery will be quick. Biophilic Sep 2024 #66
Heal quickly, nurse Peggy! *hugs* GPV Sep 2024 #67
Sorry to hear about your mishap Peggy! Callalily Sep 2024 #68
Thanks for posting this, CAPeg. You have reminded us to be careful. KY_EnviroGuy Sep 2024 #69
Take care of yourself and feel better soon! arkielib Sep 2024 #70
I'm so sorry, Peggy. Hope you recover quickly! regnaD kciN Sep 2024 #71

KarenS

(4,655 posts)
2. oh my,,,
Tue Sep 3, 2024, 11:44 AM
Sep 2024

Please take it easy! I'm happy to hear that you didn't break anything.

Us older folks need to practice mindfulness

livetohike

(23,003 posts)
3. Oh CalPeggy... thankful that this wasn't worse! Hope
Tue Sep 3, 2024, 11:45 AM
Sep 2024

the soreness disappears soon. So glad that you didn’t break a bone. Rest up and recover .

2naSalit

(92,952 posts)
4. Oh dear!
Tue Sep 3, 2024, 11:46 AM
Sep 2024

Peggy! How frightening! It freaks me out when I fall, I always jam one thing or another in a bad way. DO take care, the market will be there when you are better.

love_katz

(2,830 posts)
5. Wishing you an easy recovery.
Tue Sep 3, 2024, 11:47 AM
Sep 2024

We don't bounce as well as we did when we were younger.

I will turn 70 next month. I understand this truth all too well.

Sending hugs to you.

Solly Mack

(92,915 posts)
11. Peggy? No more falling, OK? Just no. Stop it now.
Tue Sep 3, 2024, 11:57 AM
Sep 2024

Please take care of yourself and get the rest you need. Hoping for a speedy and full recovery.

AnotherMother4Peace

(4,701 posts)
12. Oh My, gentle hugs to you. The farmer's market will have pomegranates in the next couple of months. Those will make
Tue Sep 3, 2024, 11:59 AM
Sep 2024

lovely pictures. Take care you.

.



MiHale

(10,813 posts)
15. Get healed, think positive thoughts...it really helps...
Tue Sep 3, 2024, 12:12 PM
Sep 2024

And nowadays positivity is not as hard as it was a couple months ago.

majdrfrtim

(340 posts)
17. I'm glad you're OK!
Tue Sep 3, 2024, 12:23 PM
Sep 2024

Please be gentle with yourself as you heal.

Thank you for sharing your eye for beauty with us.

BoomaofBandM

(1,922 posts)
18. Hope you heal quickly. Love your photos.
Tue Sep 3, 2024, 12:27 PM
Sep 2024

I have a few physical challenges and have had to slow down. Its helped me to notice and enjoy much of what is around me.

Tarzanrock

(465 posts)
19. Invest in some high quality "non-slip" mats for the flooring ...
Tue Sep 3, 2024, 12:32 PM
Sep 2024

... of that powder room and the bathroom and the bathtub. It's a very cheap investment considering that a slip and fall accident may easily result in a broken hip or some other serious musculoskeletal injuries to your body. A broken hip would be horrifically disabling, perhaps even permanently so to some degree, even with surgical intervention to repair it. Non-slip mats go along way towards prevention of such falls. Invest in them. You will not regret it.

3catwoman3

(25,517 posts)
22. Ooooh - how scary!
Tue Sep 3, 2024, 12:44 PM
Sep 2024

That awful moment when you know you are going down but there is nothing you can do to stop it. So glad nothing got broken.

You probably have some colorful bruises that might make for interesting photographic subjects. (Sorry for the weak attempt at humor.)

I hope you heal quickly.

karin_sj

(1,090 posts)
23. So sorry to hear about your fall
Tue Sep 3, 2024, 12:44 PM
Sep 2024

But glad to hear that it wasn't worse. We seniors have to be SOOOO careful to avoid falls. Everyone I know seems to have had a bad fall these days. Take care of yourself and take it easy.

elleng

(136,386 posts)
24. Oh GOODNESS, Peg! ;-(
Tue Sep 3, 2024, 12:49 PM
Sep 2024

THIS one's for YOU, caught on my way upstairs (morn). HOPE will help me maintain caution, as I move around gingerly, and view nature (@ riverside.)



Dear_Prudence

(836 posts)
26. Pamper yourself
Tue Sep 3, 2024, 12:50 PM
Sep 2024

Until you feel a bit better. Maybe an extra spoonful of honey in your tea? I enjoy your photos so much, you have such an eye for everyday beauty. I am so sorry you fell. Please get well soon.

badhair77

(4,633 posts)
29. Oh, Peggy. I'm so sorry you have to go through this,
Tue Sep 3, 2024, 12:55 PM
Sep 2024

but I’m relieved to read nothing is broken. You were in a hurry but now you’re forced to slow down so relax and heal. Wishing you well with your recovery. Please keep us updated. We worry. And we’ll be looking for those market photos when you’re back on your feet.

cyclonefence

(4,873 posts)
32. Oh dear Peggy
Tue Sep 3, 2024, 01:00 PM
Sep 2024

I'm so sorry for your injury and the indignity of it all. I fell last week on the steps up to our house and couldn't get up due to hand surgery. We'd have had to call for the paramedics, too, if the handyman hadn't been around to pretty much carry me into the house. I hope your aches and bruises and mostly your amour-propre recover quickly.

But one might also view this as a message from Glob Herself: Lay off the flora porn. Maybe this little break will be all you need to get your sexual priorities straight and limited to fauna. I have asked Mike Johnson to be your porn monitor, but he seemed confused when I told him it involved flowers, fruit, and (worst of all) vegetables.

(PS I do hope you'll be right as rain and back to posting your vegetative filth as soon as possible. )

JohnnyRingo

(19,342 posts)
35. Be careful! You're an all too fragile treasure to us.
Tue Sep 3, 2024, 01:15 PM
Sep 2024

Take it slow and get better.

You can post this instead:.

Walleye

(35,901 posts)
36. Don't spend any time at all beating yourself up about it. Shit happens really, we are glad to have you with us.
Tue Sep 3, 2024, 01:16 PM
Sep 2024

judesedit

(4,513 posts)
37. So sorry to hear of your fall. Very happy you didn't break anything.
Tue Sep 3, 2024, 01:18 PM
Sep 2024

I have had to slow down myself due to falling when in a hurry. My bones, muscles and skin aren't what they used to be. Not to mention my eyes. lol.

Please be sure to slow down a little and take good care of yourself. We need you here and your pictures just make it that much better.

Old Crank

(4,732 posts)
40. No fun.
Tue Sep 3, 2024, 01:27 PM
Sep 2024

I'm beginning to worry about falling at my age. Things seem a lot harder than I remember.
Take good care of yourself.

usonian

(14,091 posts)
41. So sorry to hear that.
Tue Sep 3, 2024, 01:41 PM
Sep 2024

Stay positive. There's a new suit for us old folks that will help!



FWIW, I am straightening up the house so that there are fewer things underfoot to trip on or stub my toes on.

Speedy recovery.

highplainsdem

(52,546 posts)
49. Oh, no! I'm so sorry to hear about that fall! Thank God you didn't break or dislocate any bones,
Tue Sep 3, 2024, 02:04 PM
Sep 2024

but I'm so sorry you're having muscle spasms and a lot of pain.

I don't know if you take vitamins at all or are willing to take any, but I've found that upping my vitamin C intake can help with reducing inflammation and pain and bruising (helps with the bruising at least if started immediately; I had a hard fall on my left knee after tripping on a curb a few weeks ago and the knee was turning light blue and quite swollen soon, but the light blue color was almost completely gone by the next day when I was expecting it to be purple and yellow, and much of the swelling was gone).

Hoping you're completely recovered soon...

SWBTATTReg

(24,194 posts)
50. Oh no, CP!!! You settle down, perhaps get your TV and computer all together in one little area, make your couch into
Tue Sep 3, 2024, 02:07 PM
Sep 2024

a temporary bed, and viola, you'll be relatively close to everything (hopefully), get yourself plenty of heating pads and/or ice packs (ice packs if you need more of different sizes, put washrags into baggies, and freeze). Hopefully you have a little walker or cane that perhaps can help you too.

My prayers and such are on high alert for you! Get well, stay off your feet, and enjoy PBS or videos/recordings that you enjoy, and before you know it, you'll be out there on the prowl again at the local market!

Hiawatha Pete

(1,963 posts)
51. So shocked to hear this - Please recover and get well soon, California Peggy!
Tue Sep 3, 2024, 02:09 PM
Sep 2024

Glad to hear nothing broken. Healing vibes & hope your ordeal winds down soon -and with the best possible outcome for you & your family.

From Canada - Best wishes for a speedy recovery!

Tikki

(14,796 posts)
52. Ah. So sorry. Falls are not ideal.
Tue Sep 3, 2024, 02:09 PM
Sep 2024

Rest, but please keep in touch with your physician.
We need you here Peggy. You are like the Lady Peggy of DU.

Tikki

peggysue2

(11,496 posts)
54. Oh, do take care of yourself, Peggy
Tue Sep 3, 2024, 02:22 PM
Sep 2024

Whatever time it takes.

I absolutely commiserate and identify. I’m the biggest klutz ever and it’s almost always from rushing around thinking about what I still need to do.

My younger son refers to me as ‘walking disaster.’ LOL.

Take care and here’s hoping for a quick mend!

StarryNite

(10,865 posts)
56. Oh no!
Tue Sep 3, 2024, 02:26 PM
Sep 2024

So sorry. Falls can be so dangerous at any age but worse when we get older. Get plenty of rest and take care.

rubbersole

(8,595 posts)
57. Oh, no...
Tue Sep 3, 2024, 02:30 PM
Sep 2024

...so glad you're OK. We'll all be looking forward to your pictures when you're ready to take them. You're unbelievably appreciated here. 💓

ms.pamela

(27 posts)
63. Sorry about your fall
Tue Sep 3, 2024, 02:45 PM
Sep 2024

Peggy, I am so sorry about your fall. At the end of July, I fell at a friend's house while working on a fundraiser. I tripped on a door's threshold and flew across the deck. There were 2 doctors there, I was able to get up luckily, as I fell face forward. That was about the only time in my life I was thankful for having a large bust. After two weeks I finally went to the doctor because I was still having spasms in my upper back and having to sleep in a recliner as sleeping flat causes the spasms to come back. I am going to a chiropractor this afternoon hopefully this will help if not then to an excellent acupuncturist. Medicare and my insurance do not cover massage therapy which would be the best thing for this problem. The medicine I am using is having too many side effects. As we age we may be able to move around fast but falling can be rather painful and long-lasting. We both were lucky not to break anything. I will pray for your speedy recovery. Ms. Pamela

Lonestarblue

(11,860 posts)
65. So sorry about your fall. It just takes one little slip to cause some serious pain.
Tue Sep 3, 2024, 03:20 PM
Sep 2024

I’m glad no bones were broken. Wishing you a quick recovery

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,597 posts)
69. Thanks for posting this, CAPeg. You have reminded us to be careful.
Tue Sep 3, 2024, 06:31 PM
Sep 2024

I'm now at an age where broken hips and dislocated shoulders are far too common. I fell yesterday while helping my daughter in her yard and fortunately was not injured.

This reminds me of my days working field service in heavy industry. We were required to have frequent safety classes as refreshers and it took me years to finally appreciate how important that was for reducing the effects of one of our worst enemies - human complacency.

You'll be in my thoughts for a speedy recovery and thanks again for the kind reminder to slow down and watch my every step.

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