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BakerAunt.On Saturday. I made broth from the bones of the Easter chicken. I then used the broth to make soup with ground turkey, sliced carrots, celery, and mushrooms, chopped mini-bell peppers in red, yellow, and orange, dried onion, 1 Tbs Penzey's Ozark seasoning, and Bob's Red Mill mix of brown and red lentils, split green and yellow peas, and barley. After it simmered, I sauteed kale in olive oil, then stirred it into the pot.
Scott helped with the soup by slicing the mushrooms for me. I fell in town today, due to a new handicapped sidewalk corner that on its upper side had a sloping curb. I had stopped to tie my shoe on the regular curb, as I have often done in the past, then without realizing it, stepped on the unexpectedly slanted part and pitched forward onto the regular sidewalk. The lower parts of my hands got the major force, although I skinned the left knee and slightly abraded the other. My chin also hit the pavement, and all I could think was, "Oh, really? No one was around, so I got up and went on to the farmers market, then the thrift store, and CVS. I know from other falls I have taken in the past that eventually, but not right away, my body would inform me of what damage was done. I came home, did two loads of laundry, baked cookies, sat at the computer, and then both hands were in pain, rather like arthritis, perhaps. However, the left one, particularly the wrist is in worse shape. I cannot put any pressure on it, but it is fine when kept stationary in a certain position. I managed to cut up most of the vegetables for the soup, opting to slice the carrots and celery. However, I asked for Scott's help with the mushrooms, because pressing to hold it stable with the left hand was difficult. I have iced it and will do so again. I'm hoping it will clear up in a couple of days.
Sorry about your fall, BA.
Today I made stir fry using celery, carrot, sugar snap peas, cauliflower, leftover pork roast and a couple of shrimp. Had it with rice.
My wife complains that some of the handicap curb cuts, and especially the ramps, are too sloped, and I often have to steady her when she goes up or down one.
Hope your injuries are only short term ones.
Thanks, Mike. The knee and chin scrapes are not terrible but definitely noticeable. The nerve pain in my hands alleviated for the most part by the next day. I was careful to sleep with the left wrist propped on a pillow so that it would not move around. I'm trying to pace myself, since the last time I fell, the damage did not show up for three days.
I remember when UCLA was going to put in a handicapped walk to replace the very steep uphill Bruin Walk. They hired a company that proudly submitted a design that would have been downright dangerous for anyone in a wheelchair or using an assistive device. The professors and students at the School of Architecture stepped up and designed a wonderful counter design that gently wound up the hillside. That was the one that was constructed.