what not to do before leaving on a trip

Mike LeClair wrote:
Then, three weeks later, trying to impress the neighbours, I lept over a four foot high iron fence, caught my pant leg and gored myself, right leg, on the pointy post piece. Missed the "boys", by less than one inch, missed the femoral artery by just a bit less, four stitches to close the hole, much embarrassment and a sever admonishment from the local ER.

Cheers!

Mike

Let me guess. This involved an empty beer can and a guy not wearing a shirt.

down home wrote:

dieharder wrote:
I once fell off an 8 foot ladder.

I was fine, though. I was only on the 2nd rung.

If you had taken you vitimens you could have made it to the top before falling off. I understand being wek and all :)

I once fell off the RV steps when the dog took a vicious turn to the left when he hit the bottom step. I fell to the right, hit the metal garbage can, broke my glasses and cut my forehead/eyebrow open for eight nasty stitches! Yup, that's me, I'm bad!

Then, three weeks later, trying to impress the neighbours, I lept over a four foot high iron fence, caught my pant leg and gored myself, right leg, on the pointy post piece. Missed the "boys", by less than one inch, missed the femoral artery by just a bit less, four stitches to close the hole, much embarrassment and a sever admonishment from the local ER.

Cheers!

Mike

Early this past spring I set up my "Little Giant" ladder and crawled up on the roof of my TT to inspect the seals, etc. Then thought that I might as well give it a bit of a wash since I was up there anyway. Got everything together and as I moved from one section to the next I pulled on the water hose which caught the edge of the ladder and knocked it to the ground. There I was! If it had been 30 or 40 years ago I may have just jumped off.. but not these days. No cell phone, no close neighbors. After spending the whole afternoon up there, thank goodness the FedEx guy came by. Now I'm much more careful (and keep my cell phone handy)

I am begining to think I will never climb one again. At lease in Mexico where I will be until May, I can hire cheap labor to wash & polish my rig.

BTW, I am not impressed with teh so called RV resort I am in in mesa. More like a walmart parking lot with 50 amp service & a pool. Are they all like that?

My old MH had the built on ladder to reach the roof which was very convenient. My current TT does not have such a luxury. I also do not own an A-frame style ladder and I don't like leaning my ladder against my TT. Mt trailer parks up next to my garage, so I place my ladder nice and stable on the cement and climb onto my house, then it's just a matter of stepping across the 6 inch gap to my TT roof. This gives me a wonderful false sense of security that I am safe and will not fall. Besides, I'm just as nimble at 54 as I was at 20, right?

Just met a fellow that started his full timing adventure doing the same thing. First week of fulltiming he fell of the ladder and broke his leg. Spent the first 4 months stuck in the same park only a few miles from his now sold house.

dieharder wrote:
I once fell off an 8 foot ladder.

I was fine, though. I was only on the 2nd rung.

If you had taken you vitimens you could have made it to the top before falling off. I understand being wek and all :)

I once fell off an 8 foot ladder.

I was fine, though. I was only on the 2nd rung.

Taking a left turn into the field.
A lot of us break things, bones, when we get older, genes and aging.
I am prescribed Testosterone. Not much an injection twice a month. Enough to keep my levels at 300. 600 would be ideal. The reason is diabetes and VA ostepneia. One place diagnosed ostoporosis. That and Vitiamin D and iron when needed. They have established minimum and upper levels and won't do anything unless you are at the lower levels. Body doesn't do that way on all, of them.
Keep the levels in the middle to high range and keep weight off and have more muscle and vigor and feel better.
Might not stop breaking a foot or leg but when I was younger I jumped off the school building, all kinds of trees, and helicopters. Never broke a thing, well I did fractured the hip the pelvis. Hit iron planking from 50ft maybe after hitting the skid too.
Dad was sound as a dollar until his death from cancer. He never broke a bone and worked hard all his life. He was raised as a sharecropper. He walked to and from work over ten miles each way for years come rain or snow.
If we maintain our bodies we are somewhat less fragile.
If I could afford it I would take HGH but it's fairly expensive and deosn't keep well but it puts back many years into your body.
This is something to talk with your Dr about. Seems most discourage it,cuts down on customers, maybe but70% of Doctors or high take Human Growth Hormone.
Might not be breaking so many ankles, legs and ribs espcailly if we lose weight and condition our bodies by working up a good sweat.

suprz wrote:

Tequila wrote:

path1 wrote:

Tequila wrote:
I am leafing a Mexican caravan in just over a week. One of the customers decided to wash & polish his rig and fell off the ladder & broke his heel. Pins & screws time. I suspect his wife is miffed to say the least. Moral of the stoy is don't climb up on your rig if you are over 55, or leaving on trip you had planned for a year, especially if you never took out cancelation insurance.

I fell off mine about 10 years back, I was lucky, just knocked the ind out of myself.

Doesn't have to be a ladder or very high. Maybe just clumsy, I fell off my tailgate when loading just before a trip. Still made trip though. I've got the worlds record for driving with cruise control. WA state to CT. In town I had a string to operate gas pedal. Swelling or pain really didn't go down, saw a DR when we got to CT 5 days later. Turns out I broke my ankle. One of the most painful things I ever experienced.

That why you always injure the left foot

I broke a bone in my left foot walking out the door to get into my MANUAL shift car to go on vacation..... That was a new experience in pain with every shift until I got on the highway...

Well I am left handed, and injured my right knee! Luckily I had a 64 Econoline van, just placed the right foot past center, and drove the auto with the left foot.