Oops!

In the bathroom this morning while standing on one leg to put on my underwear, that knee gave way, sending me falling against the cabinet and then onto the floor. My right arm was cut in a couple of places, one cut on my right little finger, and a wrenched toenail, which also led to bleeding.

The first thing I did was finish pulling on my underwear. In addition to my wife, our youngest son and his wife are here, and I wanted to limit the amount of exposure. I then got my t-shirt from the counter and got it on. Dragging myself from the bathroom to the bedroom took only a couple or three minutes. I then braced myself against the bed frame and pushed to my feet.

My wife responded to my question, “Might I have some assistance?” She said, “What do you need?” I replied, “I need my walker from the bathroom. I sort of fell.”

When my wife reached the bedroom door, she said, “You’re bleeding.” She did a quick inspection and then brought out the walker. I sat. She then got a wash cloth, wet it, and began washing my cuts. With that done, she got bandages and band aids and applied first aid.

I got dressed while my wife put away the bandages and then got cleaning materials. I had bled not only on the bathroom tile floor, but more on the bedroom carpet. My wife reminded me that with the walker in the bathroom, I could have sat while putting on underwear, and she highly recommended that I do so in the future. I agreed.

That all happened more than four hours ago. I am still leery of placing weight on my left knee. Even a little step causes a pain around 7 out of 10.