Embarrassing situations I have gotten into due to crutches:
-My first day back at work, when the parking deck stairway tired me out so badly that I had to pause mid-way up the steps to the capitol to catch my breath
-Tripping back down said stairway on the return trip to my car
-Tripping on flat ground
-Not being able to shove my crutches into my tiny two-seater
-Hopping out of my two-seater on one foot, accidentally closing my coat in the door, and not noticing until it jerked me backward in front of a dozen college students
-Having to carry the ugly black bookbag I've had (and subsequently torn up) for three years instead of my sleek black coach purse
-Getting caught in an extremely heavy door with said bookbag, leading me to hop and and shuffle through with an entire committee watching
-Using a public restroom (will not explain further)
-Slipping on a tile floor after coming in from the rain
-Dropping a stack of papers while trying to carry them and crutch at the same time
-Date night with my sorority, where my crutches got knocked down into spilled drink after spilled drink
-The next day at work, when the plastic and metal strongly smelled of alcohol
Are you more likely to get injured again using them?
ReplyDeleteOh lordy, thank goodness when I broke the foot last OCtober, I just had a one of those black pressure boots, no crutches needed.
Btw - I got your blog from ALH...