Dream of falling

I was in hospital and very sick, I had to stand on a ledge beside a man that was bandaged from head to toe, i was very scared of him and didn't want to stand beside him, but i did. He was on my right. the ledge was very thin and a black hole below us, we could fall easily. on the wall opposite me were three swords. I felt more and more scared beside this man and got off the ledge , he went crazy and took a sword and chopped my right ear off. the nurse was upset with me for getting off, i got back on the ledge, throughout the night i kept nearly falling into the black hole but the bandaged man kept grabbing me back.