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judy22
judy22 Member Posts: 117 Member
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
Thanks to all who posted. I have been drinking orange juice and they were a little better and then Just call me Gracie. Sat i fell off of my mother's porch Banged up both knee's Both are bruised and sore After the pain and the scare it was kind of funny. My big old tail out in the yard. Oh well just call me Graceful from now on. Judy

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  • georgeann
    georgeann Member Posts: 43
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    Judy,
    Welcome to the "klutz" klub, of which I am a lifelong member. Shortly after my second surgery I was downstairs. Quite literally slipped on a dried bean (I was doing a project which was another long story). Fell flat on my face, bruised both my knees, and hit my recently cut breast so hard the incision opened up. While painful, my daughter watched the whole incident. I've also fallen through a plate glass door ... etc, etc, etc.
    Georgeann
  • inkblot
    inkblot Member Posts: 698 Member
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    georgeann said:

    Judy,
    Welcome to the "klutz" klub, of which I am a lifelong member. Shortly after my second surgery I was downstairs. Quite literally slipped on a dried bean (I was doing a project which was another long story). Fell flat on my face, bruised both my knees, and hit my recently cut breast so hard the incision opened up. While painful, my daughter watched the whole incident. I've also fallen through a plate glass door ... etc, etc, etc.
    Georgeann

    Well, ladies, include me in the club! I fell on the pool deck recently. Was on crutches initially and am now on 3x weekly physical therapy (for a month) and onto a cane. I'm faring better with the cane than I did with the crutches and am so happy just to be off them! Using them made the surgery side incredibly sore!

    I was cleaning the pool with the skimmer pole...was done and walking to put the pole back into the holder and just stepped off into thin air. Not paying attention, I guess. My right inner thigh went straight down into the water over the coping edge. Pain was off the scale. So sudden and shocking that I almost fainted. Meanwhile, left leg got caught in the fencing, broke my great toe, sprained my arch and ankle, twisted, bruised and sprained the left knee! If that wasn't enough, I was home alone and had to get myself up and back into the house to the phone. I must have looked hilarious!

    I'm wondering what all these accidents we're having are about??? Before bc, I always had an especially good balance, very active and physically fit, etc. Heaven help us!!!

    I'm familiar with the "chemo brain" syndrome of forgetfulness, some mild coordination problems for some women, etc., but I believe we're getting out of control here! Besides, in my case, I should think any such syndrome would have happened sooner and disappeared by now. (I'm a little over a year out of chemo) Anyone have any other info about it?
    Maybe for some of us it just hits much later?

    Well, onward and upward. Hope everyone is healing well and let's all "watch our step".

    Love, light and laughter,
    Ink
  • georgeann
    georgeann Member Posts: 43
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    inkblot said:

    Well, ladies, include me in the club! I fell on the pool deck recently. Was on crutches initially and am now on 3x weekly physical therapy (for a month) and onto a cane. I'm faring better with the cane than I did with the crutches and am so happy just to be off them! Using them made the surgery side incredibly sore!

    I was cleaning the pool with the skimmer pole...was done and walking to put the pole back into the holder and just stepped off into thin air. Not paying attention, I guess. My right inner thigh went straight down into the water over the coping edge. Pain was off the scale. So sudden and shocking that I almost fainted. Meanwhile, left leg got caught in the fencing, broke my great toe, sprained my arch and ankle, twisted, bruised and sprained the left knee! If that wasn't enough, I was home alone and had to get myself up and back into the house to the phone. I must have looked hilarious!

    I'm wondering what all these accidents we're having are about??? Before bc, I always had an especially good balance, very active and physically fit, etc. Heaven help us!!!

    I'm familiar with the "chemo brain" syndrome of forgetfulness, some mild coordination problems for some women, etc., but I believe we're getting out of control here! Besides, in my case, I should think any such syndrome would have happened sooner and disappeared by now. (I'm a little over a year out of chemo) Anyone have any other info about it?
    Maybe for some of us it just hits much later?

    Well, onward and upward. Hope everyone is healing well and let's all "watch our step".

    Love, light and laughter,
    Ink

    Ink,
    Another perfect example of the attack of the Klutz. Unfortunately I cannot fall back on the rationale of the cancer treatment. I've been a Klutz (with a capital K) all my life. I have odd scars and cracked bones to prove it. Perhaps all these treatments will have the opposite effect on me and I'll grow less so with time. I can only hope :)
    Georgeann

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