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Siwsan

(27,309 posts)
Thu Sep 14, 2023, 06:59 AM Sep 2023

Here's my tumble update.

There really isn't one except to say that I hopped out of bed like a Spring Chicken, this morning. The bruising isn't nearly as bad as I feared. There is still a swelling on my arm and both bruised areas are tender but not REAL tender.

I guess this shouldn't be surprising. I barreled through basic training with a raging respiratory infection. My lungs rattled so loud that other recruits would wake me up to make sure it wasn't a death rattle. That's no exaggeration. I ended up graduating as an Honor Recruit. Maybe they felt sorry for me.

I also dropped a roto tiller on my head and walked up to the store to buy some antiseptic. I didn't want to drive, in case I passed out. Then I went back to roto tilling the garden.

Then there's the time I managed to survive an intense encounter with carbon monoxide. Lost my sense of taste for a few months, but otherwise I had no after effects.

Perhaps I have an extremely active and protective Guardian Angel. I like to think it's Queen Elizabeth I. She survived quite a few near death encounters, too.

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Here's my tumble update. (Original Post) Siwsan Sep 2023 OP
It's weird how you can think "this one's really gonna hurt" but no ms liberty Sep 2023 #1
So true Rebl2 Sep 2023 #2

ms liberty

(9,841 posts)
1. It's weird how you can think "this one's really gonna hurt" but no
Thu Sep 14, 2023, 07:04 AM
Sep 2023

It turns out to not be too bad...but the one you don't remember doing is sore and painful for days!

Rebl2

(14,803 posts)
2. So true
Thu Sep 14, 2023, 09:19 PM
Sep 2023

I had a tiny tear in my rotator cuff several months ago and have no idea how I did it. It hurt for a few months and got better on it own. I woke up one morning with swollen upper arm and it was terribly bruised for about three weeks. Still a mystery to me.

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