Oh yes, I have fallen. My latest nearly broke my foot by bending it backwards (forwards?). Had to go to urgent care for xrays - nothing more than badly stretched tendons on the top of my foot. Nice bruise several days later. Down 6 stairs I went. Funny things that go through one's brain in emergencies - I remember thinking I've got to yell really loud so Rocky (my BF) will hear me. Think the decibels actually did go up the further I went down.

I've fallen several times trying to clean black walnuts out of the yard. Bending over, uneven ground, walking on piles of walnuts that move under my feet. Yep, several falls but there have all been gentle.

Rocky got to witness one of the worst falls a few months back. We were working in the yard, I stepped one foot on a pitchfork and WHAM! pitched flat forward on my face. Rocky wanted to roll me over and I said NO IT HURTS IT HURTS. Laid there for a few moments, taking stock. What hurt was that my hands were on the handle and that's what my chest bones landed on. Nice bruise!

Lately my falls are from my bad knee giving out. Getting an MRI soon to see what's going on in there.


That human nature effect is what broke my arm years ago. Falling down a hill, I flailed my arms for balance and one of them hit a tree. Never broke a bone before, but somehow I KNEW it'd broken.