Topic: safety and ladders

[demon78]

Ok A couple of days ago I went up a ladder to drill a couple of holes in some drywall a thing I've done many times before and neglected to use a safety something that I know better not to do and the ladder skipped out at the bottom I fell 10' screwing up my left leg and cutting my forhead as I was laying there I figured Oh #$%* now I'll have to get a sidecar then I heard a dripping and looked down there was a big pool of blood and getting bigger, started to blackout and scrambled to get the portable phone then called 911 15- 20 minutes later the paramedics showed up and with a great deal of straining on their part was off to the hospital wound up with 32 stitches in my knee and 11 in my head, part of the reason I panicked was, I was on blood thinners for a DVT in my right leg any how I figured that I was going to bleed out before I got help so thank the deities for 911, the paramedics, volunteer fire fighters and Canada's health care system  piss on me for being stuppider than usual. Moral is always remember your safety training. Always. AS a postscript you don't bounce as well at 70+ as you did before.
Bill the demon.

[bwaller]

Well Bill glad you're ok afterall, sounds like a nasty get-off.

Good thing you're tougher than a boiled owl.

[MrGardman]

Damn Bill, glad to hear you are ok. I know what you are talking about with the age thing. Just because we could get away with something 99% of the time, it's the 1% that can really hurt ya.

[demon78]

Thanks Guys, it used to be that I could tell when I'd pushed to hard and was in the process of the event and every part of the process I could tell where I was, things would slow down I could say Oh #$%* this is going to hurt, now next time if  I just did that, ok I've got to be at 45 degrees and maybe 5 feet hmm how do I check that, now the events over and I'm lying there and saying what the hell happened and as far as being tough not any more I think I've been boiled too long, any way I'm starting to master the walker and I'm home and you know I could see where you could fit a 50cc honda engine in it with 4 speeds and have a quick walker only you'd have to find a new name for it, there would be a generation of  Baby Boomers that would pay for that.
Bill the demon.

[70CB750]

Glad you OK!

[Sam Green Racing]

Wow Billy, glad you came through it, it's sad how we push ourselves just to get that wake up call, take it easy Bro.

Sam.

[Duke McDukiedook]

Ladders can be dangerous things, good to hear you are on the mend.
I had a ladder fall keep me from my ski trip a couple of years ago, no fun.

[heffay]

At least you didn't fall up the ladder. That woulda been even stupider than stupider than usual.

Mend well. 

[333]

I love the fact that your first thought was your riding ability, or possible inability.


Sorry if I'm confusing with the screen name.  It's a Dive Bar thing.  It'll go back in a couple days.

Stan

[brooze72]

Ladders can be dangerous things, good to hear you are on the mend.
I had a ladder fall keep me from my ski trip a couple of years ago, no fun.

Glad you're OK Bill.  Dukie is right on, damn ladders get more dangerous as we age, my (older than me by 2 years) buddy fell off one Dec 2010 putting up the lights & still can't ride any of his 8 bikes, hoping to get him road worthy this coming spring.  Damn near killed him not riding last summer, vintage kickstarts are no help, still trying to talk him into buying an SOHC4! (with electric start).  So Bill, it coulda been worse for you for sure, take it easy man.  PS think you're onto somthing with the "power walker"

[faux fiddy]

Oh, #$%^&*!

I used to take the radio phone up on the roof and lost it... until we had a good gullewasher/ toad rrowning rain.

It washed off the roof and landed near the front porch and is a useless parts phone now...

[demon78]

Thanks guys the home care nurses and physio people have been through and I'm doing better than I thought or at least better than the hospital told me so another few circuits of the kitchen and dining room we've set it up as an oval with option for figure eight and after a bit I'll figure out the corner sliding technique (I need a long down hill with a sharp left hander at the bottom, ah well.)
Bill the demon.

[Retro Rocket]

Lucky your a tough old bugger Bill, i have seen lesser falls end up in a broken hip, which can be quite debilitating. Heal fast mate....

[brooze72]

That's the spirit Bill!  Can't take the rider/motorhead outta you

[BobbyR]

Keep up the progress Bill.

[demon78]

Stitches out yesterday yes yes, doc feels that I'm healing OK but says it probably going to be another month before I've got much energy based on the amount of blood I lost, so back to naps and laps, when phsyio comes I'll have send the walker back with her, I haven't need it for a week or so, now if I can get the right leg lump down so it doesn't sting me after I do laps life will improve.
Bill the demon.

[754]

Godd to hear you are getting better..if you get the walker hopper thing figured out out,  call it a "Hondaroo"