Aw man. I'm sorry. That's just one of the fun perks of life though! I know plenty of sighted people who've gotten really hurt in silly ways like that. Slipping on spilled water, running into a glass door, getting whacked in the face by a low branch, walking into a pole... Those things happen to everyone. I agree though, it's extremely frustrating when you feel like you could've avoided an issue by simply not being blind. It sucks.

Hope you feel better soon! You're alive, you're ok, you can keep on walking after this incident. It's gonna be alright friend.

Wish I could give you a kiss.. This happened because you’re human , not blind.. Don’t be ashamed.. I mean I’m sighted and about 3 weeks ago I fell down the stairs so vigorously all the hair pins popped out of my bun. I still have a bruise! 🥰😘

I had a dumb injury the other day. On Sunday I walked off a curb and slipped because it was wetter outside than when I had entered the church like two hours before. I skinned my knee, and tore a hole in my new khakis which I honestly was more upset about, lol. So my friend who was with me asked "so does this happen often?" "less often than you would expect, maybe six times a year or so that I take bad tumbles"

I'm really sorry that happened to you. Don't be mad at yourself.

I have things like this happen to me a lot.

I don't have any vision, so I use echo location to walk around my dad's truck. It just so happens that he is a roofer, and sometimes he forgets to tell me he has a ladder sticking out the back of the truck. My echo location doesn't always catch it because it is right at my forhead, and I run right in to it. I hope your shoulder gets better.

Sorry about the injury, I had to adjust my habits after running into a trailer hitch on a truck. People are required to put a red flag on overhanging loads, but doesn't really help us. Sounds like just bad luck, could have happened to a distracted sighted person too. If it's a big concern, and you have the disposable income, you could get iGlasses, they are worn like most eyewear and detect obstacles around head height.

Hi, by law when a vehicle has something sticking out beyond the trunk that thing needs to be marked. A red flag at the end of the trunk, for example. Unfortunatly there is not a skill you can use.
When I go have lunch at the restaurant next to my office I stay away from the truckers because they may have things sticking out of there huge vehicles. like you, I learned that the hard way.

Oh wow, are you at the hospital then?!! I don't know how someone could dislocate their shoulder and not go to the nearest ER. That is not a thing that heals on its own. Sorry this happened to you!

I had something similar happen to me once. I was learning O&M skills for the first time with a white cane. I marveled at how the echo off of its metal tip could alert me to things around me, such as when I walked near a bush, or past a utility pole. You could \*hear\* that stuff!!

Well my cane couldn't alert me to the bucket hanging off of the end of a huge bucket truck. I could \*hear\* that a very large vehicle (or something) was to my right that was never there before. But there was no way I could know about the bucket. And BAM! I hit it with my face and head. So embarrassing!! But to this day I can only laugh, as it was some kind of a sign. A few years later, I'd meet the man of my dreams---my husband---who as a profession drove and operate a bucket truck every day in his career as a tree surgeon. Now I joke to people I'm married to a "surgeon" who is on call 24/7, and cuts off limbs almost every day. They ask what KIND of a surgeon is he?-- and I say, "A tree surgeon!" to laughs all around. :-) Too bad the pay isn't as high, hahahah.

Hope you feel better soon, codeplay! \*I had an O&M instructor tell me of a scary thing that happened to him: His cane missed the open manhole, which was not blocked or barricaded, and he FELL IN! He was hurt a little, and completely embarrassed, but he survived. Shit happens.

Ouch. Get well soon.

If it is any consolation the worst moment I had involved an estate agent's (realtor's) sign that had been zip tied to a fence, but fell over horizontally at more or less face level. I walked into the edge of it. Staggered back into the apartment looking like something out of the texas chainsaw massacre still clueless about what I'd actually hit.

I am over being blind several times a day.

Unfortunately, something like that isn't picked up by the cane. It's too high up, and it projects outwards. There is currently no good technique for protecting yourself from that if you can't see it. While there are canes with ultrasonic sensors, the cost makes it difficult for most people to get. And it's not realistic to put your hand up constantly.

If you have some vision, a good flashlight can help, but is no guarantee (once again, due to the height).