tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-13:52751 Don't mourn, organize Redbird 2023-11-24T01:15:18Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-13:52751:3082531 2023-11-24T01:15:18Z 2023-11-24T01:15:18Z public 7 Everyone is basically OK, but we thought about how we're feeling today, and have postponed the Thanksgiving meal until tomorrow: I fell last night at about 5 a.m. (I think I slipped on a rug in the bathroom, while getting up after using the toilet.) After getting up and checking that nothing major was wrong, I spent most of an hour applying ice packs to various parts of my body in the hope of preventing bruising. We keep two ice packs in the freezer, a good compromise between wanting to have multiple ice packs for when we need them, and not crowding out all the other things that we want to keep in the freezer. I tried going back to bed, and discovered more tender spots, so I got up again, took a naproxen, and iced whichever spots seemed to need it most. <br /><br />The next time I went back to bed, I did fall asleep, for about an hour and a half. The ice packs and naproxen seem to have helped a lot, but I am somewhat stiff, in addition to the lost sleep.<br /><br />The other "how we're feeling today" is that <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://cattitude.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://cattitude.dreamwidth.org/'><b>cattitude</b></a></span> slept badly two nights running. Our Thanksgiving meal is just the three of us, so changing plans won't disappoint or inconvenience anyone else. Adrian made a frittata for tonight's supper, and tomorrow we will roast a duck and a pan of root vegetables, and eat cranberry relish and an apple crisp and I think a wild rice salad.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=redbird&ditemid=3082531" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-13:52751:3066262 2023-08-07T15:53:28Z 2023-08-07T17:06:47Z public 6 I fell last night, after waking up to go to the bathroom, and landed partly on my knees. The scabbed-over right knee looks no different this morning than last night, and landing on it hurt less than touching it did a week ago. But this seems worth recording.<br /><br />Possibly relevant: I had shoved my feet into shoes (without socks) rather than my slippers, and they fit differently. Usually, when I wear those shoes, I put on socks, and tie the laces. My feet have been bothering me on and off for days, and this morning it feels like there might be a bit of new bruising on top of my right foot.<br /><br />"Again" in this case means, twice in less than two weeks. Doctors tend to ask if a patient has fallen two or more times in the past year.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=redbird&ditemid=3066262" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments