Nada's Reaction to Me Having An Accident

November 29, 2010

I slipped and fell in the tub Friday afternoon on the very slippery tub. I used

a new conditioner for my hair and apparently it made the tub like a skating

rink. I've never fallen in that deep tub at the apartment here before! Anyway

I did a " Kermit the Frog " and my knees went bow legged and my legs went straight

out on either side of me. I tried unsuccessfully to get up and started shaking

all over with the water streaming down on me. I was afraid I broke something!

I pulled myself up on the tub, turned off the European shower head and within a

few minutes managed to push myself onto the commode as I was shaking too much to

stand up.

My friend Sue was coming over and thank God she was but when I didn't answer the

door, she called me on her cell and when I didn't answer, she panicked. I

managed to hobble over to the door and unlock it but was very shaky still and it

hurt to put any weight on my right leg. I plopped into the wing chair nearest

the door and finally after about an hour she said I should 'try to stand up and

force yourself to walk'. I didn't do so well and was about to call 911 but

decided against it as I don't have insurance - can't afford it. She gave me

Ibuprofen and the pain started to decrease a bit but my leg to the left of the

knee was all swollen. Later that night I was able to stand up and walk even if

it was stiffly. Sue stayed with me and couldn't have been better to me. I'm

much better now and I know I'm just bruised and might have pulled some muscles

as they are still stiff but I am walking a bit stiffly but no more shakiness or

any other problem with it.

Nada happened to call for the sixth time that day to tell me HER tales of woe

(same tale over and over and over) and asked for once how I was. I told her I

had had an accident and briefly what happened. Her response?! " I fall every

DAY and no one cares about me! I have it worse than you do! You only fell

ONCE! Big deal! Grow up and don't look for sympathy because you're not going

to get any. "

Do any of you experience the same thing with your nadas?

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