.....my wife has some people coming today to see about removing our shower and installing one with a seat so I don't slip and fall down. I wonder if a drool cup will be included? |
Wednesday, September 14, 2016
How The Mighty Have Fallen!
Posted by Buckles at 9/14/2016 10:00:00 AM
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Our daughter Karen graduated from Missouri State with degree in Biology and Sports Medicine thanks ($)to loving parents. She's a Board Certified Athletic Trainer. I figured for my contribution I'd get some professional advice about an occasional ache or pain. Her usual diagnosis and cure is either, "don't do that anymore" or "you're old". When I mentioned it to our family doctor he simply said she's right. You're not alone.
We installed a walk-in shower for hen we reach those days we need one. Just had a hip replacement and now is the time. Remember, Buckles, as a 98 year old friend told me, growing older beats the alternative.
"Falls Prevention" is a whole
renewed hot topic in all the
realms of both geriatric care
& all healthcare facilities
worldwide The statistics are
the major reason for this
increase in awareness
Just last week we spent a
few hours in a local hospital
emergency department as my
dear wife took a spill in
our neighbor's driveway &
dislocated a finger
Delia (80) and I (almost 82) had a new walk in shower installed in 2012. It has a lot of grab irons and a seat. Very nice. Our son Michael insisted on it.
I have wanted a walk in-sit down shower for quite a few years now since I started with back and neck problems. I never looked at it as a geriatric problem but a physical one. After all the surgery I have had I would hate to slip and get hurt again. I would rather be safe than sorry. I think it is a great invention. Buckles, you will love it and so will you Munzie. Then again you do have the most beautiful bath arrangement. Great idea! Love you guys
I see you still have your sense of humor! A drool cup. I doubt you are in need of that yet.
I have thoroughly enjoyed all of today's photos. There is so much history going on in this blog. Thank you so much for sharing.
Right now it's a distant consideration for me, but I have already taken one bad fall in the "salle de bain". My dear Mother always told me, "Better to be a live chicken than a dead duck."
DARLENE: My sympathies are shared with you. After my theatre fall, I had 6 bone surgeries. In my standard shower, I placed a shower chair, and still had a slight slip or two and a near-fall. It made me recall the shower-stall injury suffered by astronaut John Glenn. The same type fall led to the death of our steel arena friend, Chet Juszyk. You guys with your sit-down showers are examples we should follow. The last thing folks like us need is to break something else.
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