Falling - I hate it!

I did  it again - lost my balance and took a painful tumble.  I was at the gym with Jeannie last night and on the treadmill.  After about 5 minutes I decided to remove my fleece pullover, which I do every time I'm on the treadmill.  Maybe I was tired, but when pulling it over my head I don't know how it happened but I was down and moving on the belt towards the floor.  For some reason I really hurt my arm which was bleeding and bruised, but going off the belt and onto the floor was the worst.  It knocked the air out of me.  I felt like a fool as people were trying to help me up, get assistance, etc.  I just needed to stay where I was until I could get air back into my lungs.

So this morning I'm feeling a little sore and bruised, and my ribs are achy, but I'll survive.  I wanted to continue on with our workout but Jeannie cut everything short - didn't do her regular workout at all.  She didn't even stay in the sauna for as long, with the excuse that her blood sugar was getting low.  I don't know if she was just worried that I would hurt myself further or if she herself didn't feel like continuing.  When she dropped me off I ran in to get her a banana to help raise her blood sugar.  I  will probably skip the treadmill this morning, although I do much better in the morning than later on in the day.

I have the prescription for new glasses in hand, and will take it to Walmart Optical this morning.  I'm really anxious to see how much improvement they bring.

Later:  I'm back from ordering my glasses.  They will be in by the 16th, although past experience has shown it usually takes less time than they estimate.

I'm going to try the heating pad for my aches & pains.  It seems I just get over one incident and then another one happens.  I refuse to give up (or to grow up, for that matter!)