Helmets are not only for cycling. Sometimes I think that wearing a helmet at all times would be a good idea.

This afternoon, just after I left work, I somehow stumbled just after walking down a few steps. I couldn\’t catch myself and landed on the ground, hitting my head on the cement sidewalk in the process.

There seemed to be an awful lot of blood from it. Luckily I had a cloth that I could use as a compress! I also scraped up a hand and skinned a knee.

Head injuries are nothing to fool around with, so I decided I\’d better get medical attention, just in case. Someone drove me to a nearby urgent care clinic. I filled out the paperwork (fortunately only a page or so), and only then learned that they don\’t do head injuries. I had to call my neighbor to pick me up and take me to the ER!

As it turned out, it\’s nothing serious. They patched me up with some Steri-Strips, and gave me a tetanus shot, since I couldn\’t remember when I last had one.

Much ado about nothing? Perhaps, but as I already said, you don\’t take chances with head injuries. If only I\’d had my bicycle helmet on when I tripped and fell! Helmets are not only for cycling.