Accident Prone?

[mattie7632 24]

I'm talking a poll!!

My surgeon said that chubby bubby's are accident prone. So, are you or were you "accident prone?" Does your mother worry more that YOU will get hurt, and not the others? Does your husband call you "Grace" even though your name is Jane? How bout it, let's hear about it! Are you clumsy?

My answer: YES

[BandedJulie 0]

Oh boy am I ever accident prone!!! I've fallen off the front steps to my house so many times that I've actually "learned" how to fall so I don't hurt myself too badly! It's crazy!! I'm hoping once I drop a good bit of my weight that my balance will become better and I stop falling down the steps... It hurts!! LOL

[mattie7632 24]

how funny! Yeah I've had some nice trips and slips myself......I always thought it was my shoes...I'd prefer to just think that

Oh boy am I ever accident prone!!! I've fallen off the front steps to my house so many times that I've actually "learned" how to fall so I don't hurt myself too badly! It's crazy!! I'm hoping once I drop a good bit of my weight that my balance will become better and I stop falling down the steps... It hurts!! LOL

[sam3841 57]

I am Miss Clumsy. I was in the kitchen, alone, at my friend's house, a lot my friends were over and I fell. Everyone was like its okay its just Stacy! I think it is because we don't have a lot of muscle (if you are like me) so we have bad balance or our balance skills are lacking.

[tanqueray 16]

I have always been clumsy! In fact, during my colleage years, my sorority had a "purple foot" award for the person that did the dumbest/clumsiest thing during the year. I won four years in a row.

Addicent prone? I have fallen off horses (which led to an ACL knee tear and surgery), broke my tail bone (again on the horse), fell off a bar stool and tore my knee (again) fell down steps so many time I lost count, broke my small toe on my right foot 4 times (the last one last summer when I walked into the corner of the sofa), broke my small toe on my left foot two times, tore by nail off on my second toe by opening a door on it. My newhew broke my nose when we were playing "upsies"--he was a toddler and I was raising him above my head and he dropped his head and it landed on my nose (really? how does that happen), and it goes on and on....

I have been heavy all my life but I am now "just overweight". I am still clumsey. Obviously losing weight didn't help me in this regard. (but it helped me in many other areas!)

[Phranp 46]

Okay ... noooo ... I have never heard of "chubby bubbys" being accident prone and noooo I am not accident prone. The last time I broke a bone I was 5 years old ... that was 50 YEARS AGO. I suppose if you count falling while snow skiing, I have taken a tumble or two, but that was 20 years ago and about 100 lbs lighter than when I got my band. LOL

Seems crazy to lump overweight people into such a group. Hmmmmm. Doesn't seem productive for a doctor to mention it .. but ... hey ... I may be totally missing your doctor's point.

I have a number of friends that are overweight (birds of a feather ... etc.) and none of them are particularly clumsy or accident prone.

Interesting post/poll though.

~fran

[mattie7632 24]

Oh my gosh! I think you take the cake! You poor thing that's too many broken appendages!!!!

I have always been clumsy! In fact, during my colleage years, my sorority had a "purple foot" award for the person that did the dumbest/clumsiest thing during the year. I won four years in a row.

Addicent prone? I have fallen off horses (which led to an ACL knee tear and surgery), broke my tail bone (again on the horse), fell off a bar stool and tore my knee (again) fell down steps so many time I lost count, broke my small toe on my right foot 4 times (the last one last summer when I walked into the corner of the sofa), broke my small toe on my left foot two times, tore by nail off on my second toe by opening a door on it. My newhew broke my nose when we were playing "upsies"--he was a toddler and I was raising him above my head and he dropped his head and it landed on my nose (really? how does that happen), and it goes on and on....

I have been heavy all my life but I am now "just overweight". I am still clumsey. Obviously losing weight didn't help me in this regard. (but it helped me in many other areas!)