What constitutes a "fall"?

Having a fall is definitely a phrase reserved for older people and isn’t fair! Anyone can fall trip stumble or whatever.
Phrases reserved for the elderly, old, past it, seniors, pensioners etc are annoying.
I have been blessed on the phone twice today, once by the GP
Reception staff ( I was booking a flu jab) and then by an Insurance firm when I was checking a household clause in the contract.
I wish all the gratuitous blessing would stop.

BlueBelle

I had a spectacular move from one level to another (thanks *agnurse for the definition) on the beach during the ‘real’ lockdown I saw a piece of something sticking up and my inner self said ‘ make sure you miss that’ whereas my outer self said ‘ of course I will, I can see it, dah’ then my foot made contact I then went on a free fall Each step taking me further and further from the object, but getting lower and lower it was very slow motiony and must have looked very funny
I eventually hit the deck but because sand is soft I only hurt my dignity
As with all falls I jumped up with the ‘ I meant to do that’ look on my face I nearly took a bow but resisted

Is that what’s called a ‘pratfall’ ? or merely a tumble?

My son had a dissecting cerebral aneurysm aged 35 - it really isn't funny at all. Be more careful please. You seem to have upset a lot of people.

63 year old here and I have had falls which are associated with weakness and imbalance. In the Spring of 2019, age 62 I attended a falls class which lasted 12 weeks. The other attendees were 15 to 20 + years older than me. So it happens but in truth I think you had an accident which could have happened to anyone. My leg at times will give way. I am under medical observation following MRI. I may have MS and I hope I am not developing a form of dementia. I had 3 significant falls in one year. My head was cracked open by one and Inhad to have staples.

Absolutely not funny FH. My father had an aneurysm, the after effects of which sadly killed him.

May I suggest you check first any medical references you might make to ensure you are using them correctly.

Yes, ^soop* and you and Mr. Soop understand the seriousness of it.

My husband has an abdominal aortic aneurysm. It is regularly scanned and monitored.

Yiayia4

Not at all funny my DH is very lucky to be alive after a cerebral aneurysm!

Very lucky indeed ?

Not at all funny my DH is very lucky to be alive after a cerebral aneurysm!

Oh... that's horrific!! X

My friend's husband phoned me one night, as we were planning to go away on holiday as couples.
His wife, on a line dancing weekend came back the next day to find him dead on the floor. He had a fatal cerebral anuerysm. No warning, nothing. I was the last person he spoke to.
Not something to make light of. ?

Another saying used, and I think too lightly is "OMG I nearly had a heart attack when I saw x" and it is usually something minor.

My apologies Maw I totally forgot about cerebral aneurysms.

FlyingHxndbag

*MawB2*, is it not like a funny turn? She got up as she heard me heating up the soup and needed the toilet. X

No I’m afraid not, FH it can be abdominal, as Charleygirl says or cerebral (in the brain) -in my MIL’s case.
The latter is nearly always fatal, the former (as happened to my FIL) can be survived depending on exactly where and with very speedy medical attention- FIL was lucky, he was rushed into Dumfries (I think) and they saved him.
DH’s was actually very close to his heart and as well as beginning to tear had distorted his aortic valve, necessitating a major op in London.
You might have meant apoplexy ?

No, an aneurysm, its full word being abdominal aortic aneurysm is a bulge in the vessel which leads from the heart to the abdomen and if not treated quickly with major surgery can cause a rupture with severe bleeding and death.

MawB2, is it not like a funny turn? She got up as she heard me heating up the soup and needed the toilet. X

Aneurysm not plural - blame the iPad.

That’s not funny FH , my MIL died of a ruptured aortic aneurysms and DH had urgent open heart surgery for his (also aortic) aneurysm close to the aortic valve.
You do know what an aneurysm is, I take it ?
Sorry about the soup - though at least laminate floor is easier to clean up than carpet.
(Is your mother usually up at 6 am? )

Chewbacca I dont know whether that constitutes a fall or not but it made me laugh (sorry!) because i am sitting on the turn in our stairs which has the best view of next door. The prospective purchasers are inside - there were lots of them!!!

Up to now, I've never fallen and am cautious of uneven pavements and flipped up rugs inside. I try to have a firm grip on terra firma at all times and look where I'm going as mum used to say.

The nearest I came to falling was after a TIA when I went to cross a road and turned my head to the right to see if anything was coming. Went as dizzy as an ant and grabbed a neighbour's arm as he was passing ( he was 96 and really stepping it out ) horrible feeling though.

pensionpat, I did something similar at 6am on Wednesday morning. I was eating a bowl of soup (don't ask), and got fed up with it halfway through. I stood up to take it to the kitchen and slipped on the laminate floor in the sitting room, fell and poured the soup all over me and the living room. Mum almost had an aneurism. X

I had to! The damage was considerable.

If I fell over now, I'd be inclined to keep it to myself and not tell a soul!

That was understandable grumppa, it's concentrating on something other than where your feet are heading that can cause problems!

Grandtante
Having fallen over/tripped over an obstacle and damaged myself enough to attend hospital twice in a couple of years, no-one has suggested (yet) that I attend a falls clinic.

I think yesterday’s experience was a fall. I changed direction slightly in a department store basement, my right knee gave way, and I crashed to the floor. I didn’t trip or slip, I was simply distracted by the sight of a Nespresso counter.