MENSTRUAL PROBLEMS: HOW TO COPE-IN VARIOUS SITUATIONSC-AT HOME: LACK OF BALANCE
If you suffer from being clumsy or off-balance at period time, you may find, to your cost, that your home is an extremely dangerous place. The trouble is that the hazards are so familiar that we don’t notice until it’s too late. And there’s no Safety Officer for women at home. You have to learn to be your own.
It would be good sense to spend time when your life is easier and better balanced checking all the danger points in your house and making them safe.
Are all the electrical fittings correctly wired; no points overloaded?
Are there any frayed wires anywhere?
Have you got into the habit of turning saucepan handles away from you as you cook, so that
you can’t knock into them and your children can’t grab at them?
Is the stair carpet safe, or could you catch your heel in a frayed patch?
Are knives and choppers always stored out of reach?
Is bleach tucked away on the highest shelf, in its own container, not transferred to an old
lemonade bottle?
Once you get into the habit of checking you’ll find it comes as second nature. And when you’re off-balance at least you will know that your house is as safe as you can make it.
You can actually make yourself safer by doing everything more slowly than you usually would. Remember to stay relaxed. Breathe in a lower gear if you start to get flustered. And don’t rush. It’s better to be late than unconscious.
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