That Cauliflower Gratin was so good, but far too much for one, so I went to get a smaller casserole dish to hold the remainder for re-heating tomorrow.
Never thought a thing about it, but had to bend down and slightly across to get the dish.
So, I lost my balance and landed on the floor.
Even at that I wasn't concerned, but I tried to get upright using both the settee and the bed, without success.
I was pretty tired and sore by this time with all the effort, so I just lay down for a bit.
In all I spent an hour trying to get upright with no sign of success.
So, I called for help using my pendant alarm.
And (as I explained that nothing was wrong with me except that I could notget upright again) an ambulance eventually arrived.
And got me upright.
One of the guys even knew of Tom Reynolds!
So, here I am, carpet burns again, but otherwise unhurt.
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Oh dear, you poor thing. I was salivating at the beginning of your post, thinking of that cauliflower grating (and your other Recipes site), then I read that part about you falling. Glad you're okay! You need to be more careful =)
Thanks for dropping by! I'll pop back by here soon! (and by your other site too. If only to stare at the pictures and salivate... :)
Wow, great to hear from you Angry Medic. Sadly, I don't have pictures on my food blog - they really make miss bliss's site look so good. I also thinks it helps seeing what the finished dish should look like.
I tried taking a photo of my Golden Krispies using my mobile phone, but the quality was really poor.
Sorry to hear you ended up with carpet burns, but very glad your pendant was round your neck, and that you used it :-)
Shame about carpet burns.. they normally come with more Salatious stories!!! lol
much love, Anna
Ummm, mrshappyanna,
I can't think what you mean ;-)
Well ... while I'm sorry you had the fall, I'm glad that you had the pendant alarm, and that it worked.
The next thing, you know, is huge padded bloomers - the kind of things I imagine Mrs Tiggy Winkle might have been wearing under her voluminous skirts in Beatrix Potter's drawings. The way I've seen them described makes them sound like pre-inflated 360-degree air bags. I mainly say all this to make you laugh. However I do have a friend whose mother wears them. The mother has falls and the padding softens the fall (as well as reducing the chance of damage).
Seriously - glad it wasn't worse.
I am wondering whether an elderly relative of mine should have one of the alarms. There seem to be several on the market - do you have any recommendations of what to look out for?
Ummm, about the bloomers - do they act as elderly person's nappies (diapers). Anyway thank you for the laugh.
Can't recommend any alarm systems as it depends where you live; mine is based in a big city near by, which is where ambulance control is. Also our local authority has a system, but I don't think it is compatible with our in-house system.
Not sure the bloomers act as nappies, but nappies might break a fall almost as well as the bloomers.
You're right - old age is a bitch - unless you can laugh about it too.
I hope all the damage is now mended.
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