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worry yourself about being alone?
Are there neighbors nearby you could call?
Not that it would help if you fell down and got a broken hip...the first time my MIL broke her hip she was in her mid 80s and ended up lying on the kitchen floor for about 4 hours before the Meals on Wheels person came and heard my MIL yelling from inside her mobile home.
In a way, it was sort of humorous, as Mom told us all that she fell near her stash of old newspapers that hadn't yet been thrown in the trash so at least she had something to read while she waited to be rescued.
That was Mom...always making the best of a bad situation... 
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