Health Boards
Thu-24-02-2022, 17:05 PM
I learned the hard way this week. No matter that I keep the shower stall clean, using a squeegee on the walls and floors, drying with a cloth after showering. Each time I shower, the moisturizer creams or the coconut oil makes the shower stall floor slick.
I'd forgotten my razor on the bathroom counter and turned off the shower's flow, quickly stepped out of shower to fetch the razor, quickly hopped back into the shower stall to shave my legs. A sudden loss of balance and nothing to be done for it.
I fell against the stall's built-in bench, striking my side between my ribs and hip on Tuesday. I was temporarily immobilized by pain and could only call out in agony. My partner rushed in, assessed the crisis, covered me with a towel, and sat on the floor nearby until I could move.
The rest of Tuesday was pained with little mobility. I slept sitting up. On Wednesday, a trip to "same day" care for doctor and x-rays took three hours. But nothing was broken. Kidney is okay. Heart is okay. I got prescriptions for Tramadol and Lidocaine Patches.
I'm resting and hoping to be able to work on Saturday.
So this is my warning to not try gymnastics in the shower or bath if you are also using moisturizers and/or coconut oil. (And it's my appeal for sympathy since it still hurts, even though it's 70% better than Tuesday.)
I'd forgotten my razor on the bathroom counter and turned off the shower's flow, quickly stepped out of shower to fetch the razor, quickly hopped back into the shower stall to shave my legs. A sudden loss of balance and nothing to be done for it.
I fell against the stall's built-in bench, striking my side between my ribs and hip on Tuesday. I was temporarily immobilized by pain and could only call out in agony. My partner rushed in, assessed the crisis, covered me with a towel, and sat on the floor nearby until I could move.
The rest of Tuesday was pained with little mobility. I slept sitting up. On Wednesday, a trip to "same day" care for doctor and x-rays took three hours. But nothing was broken. Kidney is okay. Heart is okay. I got prescriptions for Tramadol and Lidocaine Patches.
I'm resting and hoping to be able to work on Saturday.
So this is my warning to not try gymnastics in the shower or bath if you are also using moisturizers and/or coconut oil. (And it's my appeal for sympathy since it still hurts, even though it's 70% better than Tuesday.)