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In reply to the discussion: When did getting up off the floor become such a freaking problem? [View all]
Dear_Prudence
(1,038 posts)58. Books!
I have artificial knees, so getting off the floor is really tough. One trick I learned off Youtube helped. If you fall, you slither your way over to the book case. You sit up on the floor. You place a book under one buttocks. Then you lean over and slide a book under the other buttocks, then lean back over to stack a book atop the first book, and so forth until you are elevated enough on the two stacks of books to stand. Well, crazy, but whatever works. (I read all your ideas, just in case I fall with no books nearby!) 📙+📘+📙 = 📚
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When did getting up off the floor become such a freaking problem? [View all]
LuckyCharms
12 hrs ago
OP
If I bend over (or fall over), I try to take care of anything at the ground level while I'm there.
erronis
11 hrs ago
#24
73 and chainsaw day cleaning up dead ash tree mess. Will update getting out of bed tomorrow.....
IA8IT
11 hrs ago
#18
Daily is my problem. Slacked off exercise after Thanksgiving. Now my jeans are too tight.
IA8IT
10 hrs ago
#32
The kids in my neighborhood kneel/lie directly on the sidewalk to chalk it
BlueWaveNeverEnd
10 hrs ago
#50
As I got older (79), I noticed that the floor is farther away than it used to be.
patphil
11 hrs ago
#20
Yep, you've got to crawl to a straight-backed chair and grab the seat to help pull yourself up.
LudwigPastorius
8 hrs ago
#65
A few months ago, I was thinking of putting a block and tackle lift thing, attached to the ceiling.
chouchou
10 hrs ago
#31
Good plan. I do floor exercises, lying on my back, kicking legs in the air
BlueWaveNeverEnd
10 hrs ago
#51