[Magdalen] Fall Down Go Boom.

[Marion Thompson]

My full body slam resulting in a broken hip in Jan., 2011, was quite enough
for me in the falling department.    May you never have anything like that,
David.!

Marion, a pilgrim

On Sun, Oct 27, 2019 at 2:58 PM cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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> I fell on the floor and couldn't get up yesterday morning.  Over the
> years, I havegone down a few times, mostly on black ice situations.
> Luckily, all my falls havebeen soft falls, and no serious injury occurred.
> In this case, I twisted aroundto pick up some papers off a table and lost
> balance.
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> The amazing thing was the quick response.  I did use my Life Alert to
> summonhelp (my partner cannot lift me dead weight).  Within ten minutes of
> the fall, Iwas faced with three strapping emergency personnel, two of whom
> simplygrabbed my arms and hauled me upright.  There was no charge or even
> anypaperwork, and they left as quickly as they had come.  What
> wonderfultownship first responders.
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> I was amused that my dogs didn't recognize me on the floor, and stayed
> theirdistance growling and after awhile on my feet finally realized it was
> I.
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> And my 82nd birthday is a couple weeks away.  Falling is part of getting
> older,sadly.
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> David  Strang
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