I really did it this time. My knee buckled on me last night around 9:30 pm, just as I was leaving my bathroom. Fell hard onto the tiled floor. My legs bent under me an my wrist bent under me. I heard it crack. I broke it. I thought for sure I had broken my bad leg, as that bent so hard and I could hear it snap. This time I could not get up because of my right wrist. It was swelling fast and deformed looking. I knew it was broke. I got onto my butt after pulling my legs forward and got to the phone and called my sister, Jane. Then I called the lady upstairs so she could let the ambulance drivers in. I had given Wanda the master key a couple months ago. Then I called 911. The cop came first then the ambulance. They got me up off the floor and then onto the gurney or whatever they call those rolling beds. My sister got there quick and she followed the ambulance to Utica. First the attendants had to put a splint on my wrist with an ice pack. The toes on my right foot had all bent too and were very sore. I thought I had broken them all at first. It was very painful to walk and step on it. Thank heavens I could stand on my bruised leg yet. I didn't break it but got more bruises over the old ones. Mostly on my ankle area. It's swollen today.
They took x-rays of my wrist and toes. The toes were not broke but the wrist was fractured. They put a temporary cast type splint on. They suggested I be admitted for observation but I said no. My sister got me home safely. She stopped to get some ice first. I'm supposed to ice it for 20 minutes on an 20 minutes off but it's so hard to get that ice to stay in that sling. I needed something different but tomorrow I go back to an orthopedist and get a cast put on.
The bruise on my bad leg has gotten worse and it's swollen. I have new bruises on the inside of my left arm. Not sure what caused them. My index finger on my left hand is hurting a tiny bit. I am a total wreck now. I am typing with my left hand.
It's slow but not bad.
I won't be able to take a shower for quite some time. I think I will be able to wash my hair with one hand in the sink. I'm not sure how I will get my bras on. So for now I am not taking this one off. LOL. I've got a tee shirt on and will be able to get that off okay. It will take some maneuvering though. I can't tie my sneakers so will be wearing my indoor-outdoor slippers for a long time, even to the doctor. Socks will be okay to get on. I always wear pull-on pants so that is no problem.
It's washing myself with one hand that will be a challenge. And I don't know how I will take care of my cancer needs for now. Everything is going to be a challenge for me now, as if I didn't have enough before.
I am very tired right now. I'd like to just go to bed and probably will by 8:30. It's so hard to sleep on my back. I did turn a bit. As long as I keep the wrist elevated. I found that if I lie on that side a bit it keeps the hand in the air.
I don't know why this is all happening to me. This year sure is starting off bad.
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