Ouchies: Falling down stairs
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 08:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lizziecToday I fell down half a flight of stairs from our flat. I mis-stepped on the top step and fell until the halfway break and its railings stopped my fall. It hurt.
Anyone thinking of falling down stairs (especially concrete ones with sharp edges) take my advice. Don't.
I was checked out at the hospital, and didn't break anything luckily (and rather miraculously). I have scraped most of the skin off my left shin though, and have grazes on my left shin, right thigh, left forearm and right upper arm, and an enormous bump on my forehead. And I'm black and blue in a way that ben's pictures (see below for link) don't show (mostly because they've been coming up since he took the pictures at the minor injuries unit at the K&C).
Pictures here.
It really hurt when the nurse cleaned the grazes up, because underneith is all bruised and there was grit and stuff in wounds that had mostly scabbed over. Apparently all colour drained from my face.
Anyway, now you all know how stupid I can be.
On the upside neither my glasses nor my phone were destroyed, despite falling twice as far as me. In fact, the phone didn't even disconnect the call I had going at the time. Talk about impressive (and lucky). Yay!
Again, I reiterate, if you're thinking of falling down stairs, don't ;)
Anyone thinking of falling down stairs (especially concrete ones with sharp edges) take my advice. Don't.
I was checked out at the hospital, and didn't break anything luckily (and rather miraculously). I have scraped most of the skin off my left shin though, and have grazes on my left shin, right thigh, left forearm and right upper arm, and an enormous bump on my forehead. And I'm black and blue in a way that ben's pictures (see below for link) don't show (mostly because they've been coming up since he took the pictures at the minor injuries unit at the K&C).
Pictures here.
It really hurt when the nurse cleaned the grazes up, because underneith is all bruised and there was grit and stuff in wounds that had mostly scabbed over. Apparently all colour drained from my face.
Anyway, now you all know how stupid I can be.
On the upside neither my glasses nor my phone were destroyed, despite falling twice as far as me. In fact, the phone didn't even disconnect the call I had going at the time. Talk about impressive (and lucky). Yay!
Again, I reiterate, if you're thinking of falling down stairs, don't ;)
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Date: Wed, May. 7th, 2008 07:49 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: Wed, May. 7th, 2008 08:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: Wed, May. 7th, 2008 08:52 pm (UTC)I seem to have an instinctive "save my glasses" reflex when doing such things, which I fully expect will one day result in some sort of nasty head injury, but in the mean time will save a few quid on specs, and reduce the risk of eye damage.
Glad the phone's okay, too. Perhaps a minor concern in the context of what might have happened, but an annoying one nonetheless. Skin grows back, shiny doesn't!
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Date: Wed, May. 7th, 2008 09:00 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: Thu, May. 8th, 2008 05:30 am (UTC)no subject
Date: Thu, May. 8th, 2008 09:15 am (UTC)*hugs*
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Date: Thu, May. 8th, 2008 10:03 am (UTC)no subject
Date: Thu, May. 8th, 2008 06:05 pm (UTC)Hope you heal up soon
xx