I probably will have some idea how good my bones are in a short while...
I just fell flat on my face on the brick step to my door, striking hard both knees, both elbows and the left ribcage that I fractured a couple of years ago... The ribcage is more painful than everything else...

Do I need to bump up the Vitamin D and calcium? I have to stop taking these Tuesday (7 days before all of this testing). Will it do any good to raise dose until then???

I used to think these older people who fell were really not careful. Then I got to be older. It happened sooo fast...

Cathie

Oh Cathie:

Maybe you should see your doctor???

I hope you are resting. And icing whatever hurt, when you fell!!!

Melody

cathie, you need to go get checked out. a fall like that can also cause back problems. you said flat on your face...did you hit your head at all?

i have a barfy kid home today, or i could come take you.

melody is right...you need to ice ( frozen veggies in a bag work good) the areas.

Cathie,
Just call your PCP and have him/her check you out just to make sure you don't have a fracture. It's just better to be safe than sorry. And you know the old RICE routine.

If not here's the google: http://orthopedics.about.com/cs/spra...a/sprain_4.htm

I sure hope you didn't break anything. Don't do any extra supplements. You may mess up your testing by not having normal blood levels of the particulars.

Billye

's--hope nothing is borken!

not all falls break things. They also can rip. That is how I got my terrible groin pull. It took almost a month after the fall before the tendon gave out for me.

It has been 2 yrs of pain and anguish. Tendon injuries are much worse than breaks. So pamper yourself for a while...ice it and pray.

I'm sorry this happened, Cathie.

Brick is not good....This may sound stupid, but, you may want to pad those area with cow mats. I have a cow mat outside of my patio door. If I do go down, at least I hit a rubber surface.

My daughter suggested I tile my kitchen floor (oh so trendy).....I gave her that look....I think 'Cork' is more up my alley.

Given you broke some ribs once....maybe you should consider having some xrays??? You know how bad it is to hit the ER on a weekend.

So sorry to hear this. Do you think you tripped, or is there a chance you fell from low blood pressure (hypotension)? Hypotension does cause a lot of falls.

So sorry to hear about this fall. If you remember, I posted about falling
by stepping in a pot-hole in a crosswalk a few months ago.
My doc had me do an MRI to make sure nothing was broken.
It took at least a month for the pain of the pulled muscles to finally subside.
See your doc. Get some pix of the area for him to check you out.
Falls are a real bummer!!

I am very sorry to read of this Cathie, i hope you aren't in to much pain and i also think its a very good idea to get checked out properly especially with Xrays as even small fractures can be nasty.

Brian