Painful wow moment

This morning I slipped on the ice (it is too d*** cold here) and fell. The wow was that I could actually get up! I was always so afraid of falling before because I struggled so to get up. And it was easy--even on the slippery ice! I still assume I can't do physical things. Sally

Hey sally, sorry about your fall. At least you didnt hurt yourself badly. I know what ya mean about cant hardly getting up. Ugh. My husband and I were at lowes one night before I had surgery.Thank God it was night and he parked our truck right next to a curb deal thingy that had the flowers planted and trees and all in the parking lot. Well I got out and didnt see the curb.. Jeez! There I went to the ground. I didnt hurt much but the knee but the feelings where the worst. I couldnt hardly get up by myself and I refused my DH help. Lol I guess it was from feeling stupid and just wanted to get up on my own even though seemed like alot of work for sure..Lol..... Hugs marge

I have always been so afraid of falling but ashamed of needing help to get up as well. It is so humiliating. So being able to fall and recover just like a "normal" person is a great thing. Now to work on not being a klutz and falling in the first place! Sally

Sounds more like an "OW" moment! Seriously, I'm glad you weren't seriously hurt, and wonderful news that you can get up from the ground. I am always afraid of falling, even though I could probably get up now, I don't want to take the chance! Kix

I do worry a bit about hurting myself--especially my knees which are already in bad shape. But at least now, if I were to hurt myself, I wouldn't have to deal with the added guilt and shame of my size. I did wonder if the extra padding on the hip would have been useful yesterday! Sally

I glad you weren't hurt, Sally. I remember the last time I fell when I was preop. I was rushing to work because I was late and tripped and fell. I had to crawl on my hand and knees until I reached a fence so I could pull myself up because I needed something to lean my weight on to get up. You know the worst part? Two people walked right by me as I was crawling and never said a word or offered to help. It was like I didn't exist. I could have been seriously hurt for all they knew. Thinking about it still makes me mad!

Oh, I have had those crawl to something moments! And with bad knees that hurt more than the fall. I fell a few years back in a parking lot and had to crawl between two cars to have something to hang onto to pull myself up. And then I had to worry that I wasn't going to damage whatever I was hanging on to for dear life! I don't think people know what to do with an obese person when they are down--especially if they aren't big themselves. I knew of one woman who slid out of a chair in a store and could not get back up. (It was at a plus size woman's store.) The manager was very gracious and kind, but had to call the fire dept. to come help. It took four firemen to get her up. It was stories like that which always made me so fearful. Even when people are nice, humiliation is still part of the situation. I am so grateful that this surgery has allowed me to become "merely" fat. Have a great day, Sally

Sally, I fell this morning on the ice as well! I caught myself with my hand before I fully hit. Never could have done that in the old days without breaking an arm! Good for you! We need to try and keep our feet under us though! Lori

I am so glad you weren't hurt bad. I fell right before my surgery and I thought we were going to have to call the EMT squad to get me up. I was so humiliated. I am so happy for you. Loris