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I thought that till I caught a toe on the edge of a rug. The toe is still sore & the edge of the rug is damaged. (plus sooner or later you're going to step on something sharp - or worse, squishy ! (A friend of mine trod on his goldfish when he got up one morning - the fish had committed suicide in the night and he said it spoilt his whole day. The fish's day too, presumably.) > Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 23:10:20 -0700 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: ProtectaCap for falls > To: [log in to unmask] > > I don't wear shoes at home, in fact bare feet are safest. its Parkinson's > > -----Original Message----- > From: A Phillips > Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 8:38 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: ProtectaCap for falls > > sorry to hear that. I may be stating the blindingly obvious, but have you > checked your shoes ? > > i recently came upon a tourist who had fallen down a flight of stone stairs > and broken her ankle - she was wearing comfortable but slippery-soled canvas > shoes that were useless when wet, as the stairs were (it was an old historic > building with a dodgy roof). slippers are often well - named. > > Amanda > > > > Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2012 20:20:47 -0700 > > From: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: ProtectaCap for falls > > To: [log in to unmask] > > > > I have fallen twice within the last two weeks.. The first gave me a huge > > hematoma on my right upper thigh. It had just cleared up when I fell again > > in the kitchen, this time into the refrigerator hitting my head. I have a > > lump on my head and an awful looking black eye. Apparently I’m OK, but it > > is getting scary, especially with wires in my brain. > > > > I went on line and found Plum Enterprises which makes protective headgear > > for folks like us. The site is www.plument.com if anybody is interested. > > The helmet is costing me $277.93 but will be worth it if it prevents > > serious injury. It is very light weight. They also have other protective > > devices for hips, etc. > > > > Ray > > Rayilyn Brown > > Past Director AZNPF > > Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > > mailto:[log in to unmask] > > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn