# Trouble and Woe **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 25, 2010, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-and-woe/537303 "2010-04-25T15:08:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2010, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-and-woe/537303/1 "2010-04-25T15:08:48Z")
If anyone has noticed, I’ve been out of touch for a while; about three weeks, I think. I fell down a flight of stairs at my sister’s house while she was out with some of her friends. I cracked my head during the fall and that resulted in a gash in my right eyebrow and that resulted in a lot of blood, or so I’m told. The blow to the head knocked me out and gave me a “slight” concutssion. My sister came home to find me lying in a pool of blood; she immediately called 911 and I was taken to a hospital. The long and short of it is that I fractured my femur and had to have surgery to repair the dern thing. The surgery went well and after two days in the hospital, I was transfered to a nursing/rehab facility, which is where I am and where I’ll stay for at least another two weeks and possibly longer. I am posting this from a public computer; I will update as my situation changes. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2010, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-and-woe/537303/2 "2010-04-25T15:14:55Z")
I’m sorry about your recent troubles, **Louis**. Get better, get the heck out of there, and go home! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2010, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-and-woe/537303/3 "2010-04-25T15:22:49Z")
Ouchies! Glad it was no worse – heal fast! ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2010, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-and-woe/537303/4 "2010-04-25T15:34:03Z")
For heaven’s sake !!! :eek: Any hot chix at the nursing/rehab place ?? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![banjoDavid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@banjoDavid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/banjoDavid)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2010, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-and-woe/537303/5 "2010-04-25T16:16:45Z")
HANG IN AND FEEL BETTER SOON I am reminded of a get-well card I got after surgery many years ago. It was passed around and signed by people at a meeting, and one guy wrote, “I don’t know you, but get well anyway.” Good luck David ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2010, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-and-woe/537303/6 "2010-04-25T16:33:39Z")
I thought we lived in Florida to avoid stairs. Sorry about your fall. Any recollection of the event? ---
**Author:** ![may\_be\_ignorant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c5a1d2/32.png) [@may\_be\_ignorant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/may_be_ignorant)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2010, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-and-woe/537303/7 "2010-04-25T18:06:23Z")
Wow, that sucks lol. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2010, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-and-woe/537303/8 "2010-04-26T13:54:51Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > I thought we lived in Florida to avoid stairs. Sorry about your fall. Any recollection of the event? Well, I’ve been sponging off my sister ever since Marcie changed the locks on our house—my sister has a two story townhouse; I was upstairs and I guess I decided to make a quick trip downstairs. I don’t remember anything until I was waking up after surgery. I’ve been told I was a very unpleasant SOB until the anesthetic wore off. But I’m feeling much better now. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2010, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-and-woe/537303/9 "2010-04-26T13:58:15Z")
> [@NinetyWt](#): > > For heaven’s sake !!! :eek: > > Any hot chix at the nursing/rehab place ?? 😃 A few, but they have learned not to let me get between them and the door so I haven’t really become well acquainted with them----but apparently they know as much about me as they want to. It’s hard to chase girls when you have to use a damn walker to get around. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2010, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-and-woe/537303/10 "2010-04-26T14:06:43Z")
Just wondering how you took a header down the stairs. Whenever I’ve fallen downstairs it’s been ass first. I assume a neurologist will check you for faulty wiring? > [@LouisB](#): > > It’s hard to chase girls when you have to use a damn walker to get around. Didn’t stop that guy on Benny Hill. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2010, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-and-woe/537303/11 "2010-04-26T14:29:55Z")
Dang **Louis**! Here’s hoping for fast healing. If you’re getting any therapy, use it as a reason to get better at nurse chasing with the walker. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2010, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-and-woe/537303/12 "2010-04-26T14:49:27Z")
> [@LouisB](#): > > It’s hard to chase girls when you have to use a damn walker to get around. Promise though that if you do have sex on a walker that you’ll come back and post about it. Get better soon. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2010, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-and-woe/537303/13 "2010-04-26T15:01:01Z")
> [@LouisB](#): > > It’s hard to chase girls when you have to use a damn walker to get around. I know a guy who plans to keep a bottle of spirits under his mattress in the home, so he can entertain the ladies. You gotta make 'em come to _you_. 😉 Srsly, though, it’s about time things started gettting better for you! I’m sending you a box of good karma today. ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2010, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-and-woe/537303/14 "2010-04-26T15:10:59Z")
Man, Louis, you’ve really taken it on the chin lately. I’m thinking about you and hope it gets better. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2010, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-and-woe/537303/15 "2010-04-26T15:23:49Z")
Did you have a nice trip? 😃 Seriously, you heal up and get well. No nurse-chasing until you’re on two legs again. StG ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2010, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-and-woe/537303/16 "2010-04-27T21:40:35Z")
Get well soon! ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-and-woe/537303/17 "2010-04-28T08:24:35Z")
feel better soon!!! ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-and-woe/537303/18 "2010-04-28T19:45:38Z")
Thanks for all the good wishes; I’ll be here for probably another three weeks and maybe more. I’m getting very impatient and short tempered. The damn therapy hurts and I still can’t put any weight on the right leg. Oh, well, this too shall pass. On the homefront, it looks as if all the papers have been signed, notarized and filed with the court; my divorce from my Darling Marcie will be final on July 1. That’s the good news. It’s also the bad news. I thought I was over it but I’m not and maybe never will be. Anyway, thank’s again for the good wishes.