time to talk about safety
12-30-2012, 05:47 AM
#41
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It's amazing how we think we're Superwoman!! I am guilty of jumping up on flimsy chairs in the past and have had too many close calls. I now have a good, solid 3-step folding ladder with wide steps that is always handy for those high-reaching shelves. Please be careful, everyone!!
12-30-2012, 05:59 AM
#42
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Oh, no. I am so sorry to hear about your accident. How awful! Prayers for a speedy recovery.
A few days ago I also had a chair accident, but I was sitting down! I leaned over to reach for something and the wheeled office chair went out from under me and I took all the weight on my wrist and forearm. The truth is, chairs are dangerous. We should all sit on the floor!
A few days ago I also had a chair accident, but I was sitting down! I leaned over to reach for something and the wheeled office chair went out from under me and I took all the weight on my wrist and forearm. The truth is, chairs are dangerous. We should all sit on the floor!
12-30-2012, 06:58 AM
#45
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Hope you heal quickly and don't need the surgery to put in pins. I finally broke down and got a little step ladder (kitchen one with 2 steps) and it works great. Folds up easily and I keep it in the same place all the time where it is out of the way but easy to get. Took me a while to learn to use it but I finally did. Take care and hope you are back to quilting soon.
12-30-2012, 07:12 AM
#46
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So sorry about your broken wrist, but it could have been worse. I know a lady who was standing on a chair in her kitchen and fell and broke her BACK, She now has 5 or 6 pins in her back and almost a year later in still in lots of pain.
So please people use those chairs for sitting on, not standing on. I have one of those sturdy 2 step stepladders in my sewing room.
So please people use those chairs for sitting on, not standing on. I have one of those sturdy 2 step stepladders in my sewing room.
12-30-2012, 09:16 AM
#50
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I'm sorry for your pain, taking any fall can be frustrating, especially when you break any part of your body. Just try to take it day by day, one hour at a time if you have to. I fell in Feb., ruptured a C -4 -5 disc in my neck, became paralyzed for a relatively short period of time (all relative-some days lasted forever), had surgery, then spent 5 months in rehab re-learning how to use my hands and learning how to walk all over again. Hang in there - there is light at the end of the tunnel and it's great when you get there. Hope you feel better very soon.
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