As somebody with arm onset I had not really thought about what would happen if I fell over and my arms had got to the stage where they would not allow me to get myself back onto my feet.
That is what happened this morning at around 9 AM – I bent over to pick something up, usually not a problem but overbalanced and fell over, then could not get up by myself nor could my wife help me as she is a lot smaller than I am. So we had to call out the ambulance service on a non-emergency basis.
I now know I have this vulnerability but I'm wondering about preparing for it happening again – I need something to connect me to my wife so that I can attract attention if it happens again and perhaps that's all I need in the short-term as getting hold of a mobile hoist seems ridiculous as I may not fall over again in a place where we can get the hoist to.
So on we go.
That is what happened this morning at around 9 AM – I bent over to pick something up, usually not a problem but overbalanced and fell over, then could not get up by myself nor could my wife help me as she is a lot smaller than I am. So we had to call out the ambulance service on a non-emergency basis.
I now know I have this vulnerability but I'm wondering about preparing for it happening again – I need something to connect me to my wife so that I can attract attention if it happens again and perhaps that's all I need in the short-term as getting hold of a mobile hoist seems ridiculous as I may not fall over again in a place where we can get the hoist to.
So on we go.
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