tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32487323.post5440203790121844679..comments2023-12-25T03:15:00.044-08:00Comments on Rants From The Rookery: The earth is getting fracked to death and other excitements... ellroonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11335409429673647381noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32487323.post-89902924611736380922013-10-06T22:54:50.538-07:002013-10-06T22:54:50.538-07:00I've had a few of my older relations get stuck...I've had a few of my older relations get stuck on the floor... interesting to learn what the term 'dead weight' means.<br /><br />But now it's my term to struggle to get out of the sofa or off the floor...ellroonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11335409429673647381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32487323.post-69429635605526132212013-10-05T09:44:08.050-07:002013-10-05T09:44:08.050-07:00Getting up off the floor.
I have been trapped on ...<i>Getting up off the floor.</i><br /><br />I have been trapped on the floor three times in the past few years. <br /><br />Once, I fell and had to call Stella at work to come home at lunch to help me up (thank goodness for cell phones!). <br /><br />Another time I managed to crawl to a chair and pull myself up (gawd, my arms ached afterward!). <br /><br />And then there was the time that I had to crawl to and open a folding chair (with its lower seat), climb onto it, and finally transfer sideways into a wheelchair.<br /><br />I am slightly more mobile these days. Most of the time I can go from room to room with only a cane or walker. But I am very, very careful never to allow myself to become stranded on the floor.Steve Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587223243120009776noreply@blogger.com