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Posted 12/22/2015 6:19 AM (GMT 0)
So watch out! ;)

2015 has been quite the hellacious year for me - did a full header down the basement stairs which resulted in fissured cartilage in my knees (3 days before my bday no less!) Fell into a woodpile (long story), tripped over my black lab in the dark - sprained foot, fell onto a boat railing and cracked my 6th rib in 2 places - I am guessing I'm just clumsy lol

Then just 6 days ago I had the DCR surgery. This is a surgery to create an alternate tear duct due to a 100% blockage in my right Lacrimal sac and so I've got quite the major shiner going on :( I have tubes in my upper tear duct down to my lower which I have to keep in for 3 months.

But the best part of 2015? My UC is in a full quiescent remission. Quiescent = dormant. :)
Posted 12/22/2015 9:23 AM (GMT 0)
Helluva time! Welcome back
Posted 12/22/2015 12:13 PM (GMT 0)
I'm getting Sherry a goalie's helmet and padding for xmas, as we'd be totally lost here without her. Welcome back, and here's to a much better 2016 to you and also all of the posters here who are struggling with uc symptoms :-)
Posted 12/22/2015 12:46 PM (GMT 0)
Glad you're back - Good Luck with future adventures !
Posted 12/22/2015 1:33 PM (GMT 0)
Thank you :) And iPoop, no need for a helmet and padding. I have my very own bubble wrap dress...no lie! Lol
Posted 12/22/2015 1:50 PM (GMT 0)
Welcome back!
Posted 12/22/2015 3:30 PM (GMT 0)
Welcome back. My mom got very clumsy, and it turned out it was early stages of Parkinson's. Worth at least discussing with GP.
Posted 12/22/2015 7:35 PM (GMT 0)
Welcome back....good to hear you had your duct surgery has been done. Hope the shiner fades quickly.


Clumsiness...which I've fallen/slipped, etc down stairs more than a few times (I call it body-shaping by Heather)...is really a lack of paying attention and making the task of going up and down a conscious thing while not being happy, singing, laughing, talking, looking around, etc.

Take good care over the festive season!

q
Posted 12/22/2015 10:07 PM (GMT 0)
I fell down the stairs once while brushing my teeth. I used to roam around the house while brushing. No more.
Posted 12/22/2015 11:07 PM (GMT 0)
Hello fellow toothbrushing wanderer. I walk all around the house while brushing lol.
Posted 12/22/2015 11:08 PM (GMT 0)
Really! I've never met anyone else who does that. I guess you've never fallen down the stairs...?
Posted 12/22/2015 11:24 PM (GMT 0)
Haha no on falling down stairs. My wife wanders too (she picked that habit up from me). We where staying with her parents once for the holidays and they looked at us like we are totally weird lol. I think they're used to it now.
Posted 12/22/2015 11:48 PM (GMT 0)
A shiner? Nooooooooooooooo!!!!! I hope you'll soon be back in good form & have an accident-free 2016! / Old Hat (35 yrs with left-sided UC; presently in remission taking brandname Colazal)
Posted 12/23/2015 12:17 AM (GMT 0)
Aah welcome back, fingers crossed that 2016 will be a better year!
Posted 12/23/2015 12:38 AM (GMT 0)
All's well that ends well and the news about your remission is really great :) I wish you Merry Christmas and wonderful New Year 2016!
Posted 12/23/2015 12:43 AM (GMT 0)
I'm pretty sure it's not Parkinson's. Stairs - sneaker caught on a stair tread, wood pile - tripped over a log in the dark same with the dog, boat railing - dock was too high and because of my bad knees, they couldn't support me as I tried to get out of the boat.

Falling downstairs with a toothbrush?! I hope you weren't seriously injured??

But thanks guys. It feels good to back up to par :)
Posted 12/23/2015 1:47 AM (GMT 0)
Toothbrushing wanderer here as well...lol.

q
Posted 12/23/2015 1:50 AM (GMT 0)
I pace my bathroom which is the size of a shoebox ....is that counted?
Posted 12/23/2015 1:55 AM (GMT 0)
Depends...are there speed bumps in there ? ;)
Posted 12/23/2015 2:52 AM (GMT 0)
Yes maam, I do have depends :)
there is a small rug/thick towel for when I get out of the shower
as well as a small step stool and than the corner of the vanity that I have broken my poor little toe on (it was in middle of the night and i miscalculated where I was walking and bam)
Posted 12/23/2015 3:01 AM (GMT 0)
I guess the step stool can count as a speed bump then :)
Posted 12/23/2015 11:53 AM (GMT 0)
I haven't fallen, thank goodness, but with my peripheral neuropathy I have to think any time I'm walking. "Heel-toe, heel-toe." I don't always know exactly how my feet are going to come down, so I have to concentrate. I think my friends love it, now they get a chance to talk for a while!
Posted 12/23/2015 4:36 PM (GMT 0)
When I fell brushing my teeth I twisted my ankle, but did not do any damage with the toothbrush so it could have been far worse! The furthest I go now is over to the pc, on the same level as my bathroom, so no more stairs.
Posted 12/24/2015 3:34 AM (GMT 0)
It could've been a lot worse! The mother in me cringes just thinking about wandering with a toothbrush.
Posted 12/24/2015 4:13 AM (GMT 0)
Serenity....you fell down the stairs with a toothbrush???
Sure happy to hear nothing serious happened...like Sherry, I actually think of that when I go downstairs with the toothbrush...but in my hand, lol.

q
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