Banged and Bruised but still Bouncy Beautiful (not)!

Here's the latest in "The Life of Lizzie" saga. Yesterday at about 2pm I decided I wanted some M&Ms so I - along with my friend Gay - went to the cafeteria to buy some. As we were going down the stairs - holding onto the rail - I came to a part that had something really slippery on it causing my hand to fly down the rail and lost my balance. I was about 5-6 steps from the bottom and remember consciously holding on for dear life to the railing. I must have gone down on my knees first - yes, going down the steps - then somehow banged and scraped my shins on the way down - stretching lots of 'things' in my legs, arms and wrists. Thank goodness there was a man at the bottom of the stairs getting ready to come up and he ran to my rescue. I think he caught me (poor man - he, too will probably have a Workers' Comp claim!) and got me situated so I could sit down on the steps. It all happened so fast - but like it was in slow motion - that I'm not sure exactly what happened. After a trip to the ER - a 3-hr visit with them - nothing is broken, which they say is a miracle. My left leg had the top layer of skin scrapped off along the shin and both legs have these huge swollen bruises and I must have even stretched my arm pits a couple of inches because I can hardlylife my arms. I feel like maybe I was hit by a Mack truck. The only good thing is that I get to have 2 days off from work and probably won't have to use my vacation/sick days. When I was talking to our HR safety advocate about what to do she actually told me that quite a few people have fallen on those stairs! They are in the new building where everything is ultra modern - and slick, especially the stairs which do not have treads and have this narrow little aluminum/metal type handrail.

So, here I sit on the sofa with legs propped up - ice packs on both shins and the trusty remote, computer and cell phone within reaching distance! Could be worse but I'm not liking this. Absolutely I know how lucky/fortunate I am not to have broken anything.

Geeeeeshhhhhhhhhhh

Love ya sisters!