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littlemissmartypants

(31,428 posts)
Sat Apr 5, 2025, 11:16 AM Apr 2025

I'm hurt and bummed out.

I had planned to go to my local hands off protest today. My sign is nothing special. Not like all of the really great ones DUers have been sharing. It's just this:

It's the same sign I've been carrying since the Moral Monday marches in Raleigh ten years ago.

Here's the thing. I fell. I am literally hurt. I'm having trouble walking. I'm going to cover myself with ice packs, take acetaminophen and maybe get my lidocaine patches and some medical tape together and patch myself up. Again, literally.

I hate to use the darn things though because they're so expensive.

Anyway, I'm really hurt. I'm thinking about driving myself to the emergency room and if the pain gets worse, I will try. Right now, I'm self evaluating and sad because I really, really wanted to join in today.

Thanks to everyone out there who is standing up for all of us who can't right now, for whatever reason. It means a lot.

❤️pants
RESIST!!

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I'm hurt and bummed out. (Original Post) littlemissmartypants Apr 2025 OP
Where do you hurt ? dweller Apr 2025 #1
I fell on my right ... littlemissmartypants Apr 2025 #5
Here's a link to the live feed of protests dweller Apr 2025 #9
Thank you!!! wolfie001 Apr 2025 #15
Retired RN SimplyHadEnough Apr 2025 #18
Look after yourself first! buzzycrumbhunger Apr 2025 #2
That is terrible. I will raise my fist for you in solidarity at my event. Nanuke Apr 2025 #3
Your spirit will never be broken, LMSP! True Dough Apr 2025 #4
Take care of you. applegrove Apr 2025 #6
Dear smartypants, Niagara Apr 2025 #7
Live your poster! There will be other protests, but livetohike Apr 2025 #8
Get looked at orangecrush Apr 2025 #10
Littlemisssmartypants, please go to the ER or Urgent Care. MIButterfly Apr 2025 #11
Please go get yourself checked out JMCKUSICK Apr 2025 #12
I feel you -- was planning to go to one near me but got injured 2 days ago 0rganism Apr 2025 #13
April 19th is the next scheduled event. Hope22 Apr 2025 #37
Oh man, that sucks! Feel better and get checked if it's bad... I'm always too much n pain for going to stuff.. FirstLight Apr 2025 #14
Be easy on yourself littlemisssmartypants. you are there in spirit x 1000. Feel better....drink water. c-rational Apr 2025 #16
I am right there with you LMSP! OldBaldy1701E Apr 2025 #17
Your health comes first peiod. William769 Apr 2025 #19
so sorry sorry you fell. SleeplessinSoCal Apr 2025 #20
Call someone to drive you to Urgent Care, pants. sheshe2 Apr 2025 #21
I agree with getting a driver when you're injured Skittles Apr 2025 #35
I hear you, pants, and am so sorry you fell and are hurt. From this nurse's perspective, please, please go to the ER and wordstroken Apr 2025 #22
Get thee to ER/Urgent Care NOW!!! The injuries you described are not to be niyad Apr 2025 #23
Love the sign. Get checked out please. nt LittleGirl Apr 2025 #24
Sorry about your fall. Great Poster. I guess this one might be too strong.. surfered Apr 2025 #25
In the words of the Sons of Liberty group: Otterdaemmerung Apr 2025 #31
I think the consensus here is you go get checked ! dweller Apr 2025 #26
So sorry about your accident, I love your sign. Walleye Apr 2025 #27
I love your sign. But your health comes FIRST. Irish_Dem Apr 2025 #28
Your spirit is at the protest. You take care of yourself. LoisB Apr 2025 #29
That's a great sign. Otterdaemmerung Apr 2025 #30
me too!.. stillcool Apr 2025 #32
I'm so sorry! Keep us posted. Falling is never a good thing. Solly Mack Apr 2025 #33
I'm with you - soldierant Apr 2025 #34
I'm so sorry to hear you were injured & prevented from attending protests! SheltieLover Apr 2025 #36

dweller

(27,776 posts)
1. Where do you hurt ?
Sat Apr 5, 2025, 11:19 AM
Apr 2025

And yes you should go and get yourself checked . You may have a serious injury that may get worse .

✌🏻

littlemissmartypants

(31,428 posts)
5. I fell on my right ...
Sat Apr 5, 2025, 11:26 AM
Apr 2025

Hand with my fingers in a weird position, my elbow which is also scraped up from the rocks on the ground and my hip/back on the same side is what's hurting the worst right now. I also landed on my knee on the same side but side ways so I just got scratches and scrapes there but not too bad.

Thanks for asking, dweller.

❤️

buzzycrumbhunger

(1,604 posts)
2. Look after yourself first!
Sat Apr 5, 2025, 11:22 AM
Apr 2025

Is it an option to drive by the protest a time or two and honk and wave to support them?

Like maybe on the way to the ER, if you’re really in that bad a condition? It seems like having a medical emergency at a protest would not be helpful in general.

True Dough

(25,633 posts)
4. Your spirit will never be broken, LMSP!
Sat Apr 5, 2025, 11:25 AM
Apr 2025

But please do have a medical professional take care of your physical ailments! Wishing you well!




Niagara

(11,375 posts)
7. Dear smartypants,
Sat Apr 5, 2025, 11:37 AM
Apr 2025

I'm joining you in the "feeling under the weather" category and I'm not attending todays "Hands Off" protest either.

I wish you a speedy recovery and I'm hoping that you can get checked out by a medical professional to make sure that you're alright.

💙RESIST!

livetohike

(23,945 posts)
8. Live your poster! There will be other protests, but
Sat Apr 5, 2025, 11:37 AM
Apr 2025

first take care of yourself so you can attend later. Hope it’s just bruising .

MIButterfly

(1,876 posts)
11. Littlemisssmartypants, please go to the ER or Urgent Care.
Sat Apr 5, 2025, 12:17 PM
Apr 2025

You never know what kind of damage there could be on the inside and if it's nothing serious, you will be relieved. At least you'll know.

Please take care of yourself and I hope you feel better soon. ❤️

Edited to add: I slipped and fell back on my couch a few years ago and bent one of my fingers. I went to Urgent Care the next day and was told if I had not gone there as quickly as I did, my finger would've stayed permanently bent. Now you can't even tell which finger it was.

JMCKUSICK

(4,942 posts)
12. Please go get yourself checked out
Sat Apr 5, 2025, 12:22 PM
Apr 2025

littlemissnartypants. Please, delaying any treatment for what could be a broken bone etc could make things much worse. I wish you well, I pray you are ok and recover quickly.
Please keep us posted.
Love, John

0rganism

(25,453 posts)
13. I feel you -- was planning to go to one near me but got injured 2 days ago
Sat Apr 5, 2025, 12:28 PM
Apr 2025

I'm hopeful this will not be the last opportunity for Americans to peacefully assemble and petition the government for redress of grievances.

We'll be there next time.

FirstLight

(15,757 posts)
14. Oh man, that sucks! Feel better and get checked if it's bad... I'm always too much n pain for going to stuff..
Sat Apr 5, 2025, 12:38 PM
Apr 2025

chronc arthritis and weight and being too sedentary ove rhte past 5 years has taken it's toll. I can't stand for more than 15-20 mins.
So I am waving my fist in solidarity too!

c-rational

(3,126 posts)
16. Be easy on yourself littlemisssmartypants. you are there in spirit x 1000. Feel better....drink water.
Sat Apr 5, 2025, 12:56 PM
Apr 2025

OldBaldy1701E

(9,990 posts)
17. I am right there with you LMSP!
Sat Apr 5, 2025, 01:09 PM
Apr 2025

My back went off on Thursday. I felt sure it would be okay enough to do some walking and stuff by today. Wrong. It is still acting up and hurting. All I can do is sit or lay down.

Thanks to all those who are doing something. Something that will get attention. Something that will prove our displeasure and our willingness to straighten it out.

RESIST!

sheshe2

(95,568 posts)
21. Call someone to drive you to Urgent Care, pants.
Sat Apr 5, 2025, 01:20 PM
Apr 2025

It sounds as if you banged yourself up pretty good in that fall. You really should get it checked out so you heal properly.

Let us know how you are doing when you feel up to it.

wordstroken

(1,402 posts)
22. I hear you, pants, and am so sorry you fell and are hurt. From this nurse's perspective, please, please go to the ER and
Sat Apr 5, 2025, 01:21 PM
Apr 2025

. . . get checked out right away.

If you don’t want to call an ambulance, for a few bucks you can call Uber or Lyft. Most times they can be there in less than 10 minutes, even rural. If we lived closer, I would drive you to the hospital and stay with you as advocate to be sure they took good care of you.

Right now it’s time to focus on you. Please take care of you. And please bring us up to date on how you’re doing.

In the meantime, I’m with you in spirit, and all of us in your DU family will keep you updated on the Hands Off! protests. Plus you can stream the action when the timing is better for you.

We need you.
Much love and hugs.

niyad

(129,333 posts)
23. Get thee to ER/Urgent Care NOW!!! The injuries you described are not to be
Sat Apr 5, 2025, 01:28 PM
Apr 2025

taken lightly. Please take good care of yourself, my sister. Don't make me come get you!

Love your poster, and thank you.. One of the things I have noticed in posters, etc., that I have been seeing, is that none of them are saying, "Hands Off Women". Distressing omission.

Sending vibes for swift and complete healing and recovery.

dweller

(27,776 posts)
26. I think the consensus here is you go get checked !
Sat Apr 5, 2025, 01:38 PM
Apr 2025

Please update us here when you can on how you are doing
Hope you are feeling better


✌🏻

Walleye

(43,691 posts)
27. So sorry about your accident, I love your sign.
Sat Apr 5, 2025, 01:40 PM
Apr 2025

I feel lucky I got home without falling. That was the only thing that made me hesitate to go. But I knew it’s close to home and the streets are very familiar. Still, every walk to the store now is a life and death adventure. Good luck hope you start feeling better real soon

Irish_Dem

(79,367 posts)
28. I love your sign. But your health comes FIRST.
Sat Apr 5, 2025, 01:56 PM
Apr 2025

Go to ER if you have to.

Let the younger people protest today.

Otterdaemmerung

(136 posts)
30. That's a great sign.
Sat Apr 5, 2025, 02:19 PM
Apr 2025

Don't sell yourself short. Sure, it's great to be able to make it when you can, but you have to take care of yourself first. You can't pour from an empty bottle. Take refuge in the fact that we're not on our own. There are new people with fresh energy, spirit, and capability joining our ranks every day. Do them the kindness of letting them take your place, even if temporarily, and give them the encouragement they need.

stillcool

(34,407 posts)
32. me too!..
Sat Apr 5, 2025, 02:48 PM
Apr 2025

I've got some wicked arthritis/bursitis going on. I went to a protest in February and was fine, but a snow shoveling experience kicked my butt. Now I'm doing PT, and eating ibuprofen like candy. I could probably get there okay, but getting home and walking the next day could be issues. Not worth the risk. It sucks missing out...it's such a feel-good when you really need it. Hope you feel better soon. There will be more, keep your sign handy!!

soldierant

(9,253 posts)
34. I'm with you -
Sat Apr 5, 2025, 06:31 PM
Apr 2025

I saw a picture here that said "Things are so F***ed Up that even the introverts are here." Well I'm an introvert - but up to about 12 years ago I was still at protests. That last one I had to take a wheelchair to - I already couldn't stand long. No, it's not introversion that's keeping me home, It's arthritis and osteoporosis, Do get checked. I'm not all that good about that myself - so do as I say, not as I do.

SheltieLover

(76,122 posts)
36. I'm so sorry to hear you were injured & prevented from attending protests!
Mon Apr 7, 2025, 08:37 AM
Apr 2025

Sending you healing vibes. I hope you are all better very soon.

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