My husband took a fall a month ago and we are still in the recovery process. It didn’t appear to be a major fall; he took a tumble doing his daily exercises landing on his left side hip and butt. He continued with the class and seemed to be doing somewhat okay that day. Two days later we were at urgent care where he was referred to a lab for x-rays. The images confirmed that there was no bone or joint damage, just soft tissue. The bruising increased daily and by the end of week one he had a huge purple blotch from his left butt cheek down the back of his leg to his knee and even into his upper calf. Needless to say, standing was difficult, sitting even more so. The only relief the doctor suggested was icing it and taking acetaminophen.

He couldn’t exercise, he couldn’t ride in a car, somedays he struggled just to bend his leg to get out of bed. My role of helper increased as I tried to find ways to assist and also things that might alleviate his discomfort. I know he was struggling because he actually stayed on the OTC pain meds for over a week, something he hates to do.

This one fall has limited his activities for a month now. He is still not back to fully exercising. He can get in and out of the car and ride short distances, so we are able to get out of the house some. Life is slowly getting back to a somewhat normal state however everytime something like this happens, it seems to take him down further than he is able to recover. His set point changes to a lower level than where he was before. I hope that isn’t true with this incident, only time will tell.