[Blind-rollers] official

[tribble]

Wow, sorry to hear about your accident, but I'm glad you are doing well!
I also had a bit of a scare with my right foot -- that is my good leg and 
the only leg I can bear full weight on. However this week I thought I had 
broken my foot -- it was excruciating -- but I had to step on it anyway to 
get in and out of the car to go to the ER.  Xrays were inconclusive except 
that there were no "acute" fractures. I was glad, didn't need a foot 
surgery, but I still had to battle pain to get around.
Fortunately I'm also doing well right now -- the extreme pain has gone away 
and my family thinks it may have been gout, which my nephew had in his foot 
a few years ago and which felt just like what I described.
I am going to look it up and read about it -- I always thought it was an 
auto-immune disorder, but I haven't read about it yet.

Oh, and speaking of my nephew, he gave us a major surprise by showing up at 
our doorstep today for mother's day -- in honor of my mother who lives with 
me.  My nephew lives in North Carolina and we live in Minnesota.  We had no 
idea he was traveling up here.  Quite fun!
He is staying a week.

Well keep rolling all!
Happy Mother's day! oh and for those of us who aren't mothers, happy aunt's 
day, or happy neighbor's day or whatever you want to celebrate!
And be sure to remember the mothers in your life.
--le

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Becky Frankeberger" <b.butterfly at comcast.net>
To: "'Blind wheelchair users list'" <blind-rollers at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2009 3:45 PM
Subject: [Blind-rollers] official


Hi all, I had an accident and smashed my ankle requiring a two and a half
hour surgery.  So for the next three months I am non weight baring.  After
the hospital stay of three days, I went to a rehab center to learn how to
transfer from bed to wheelchair, to toilet to wheelchair etc.  well you all
know the drill, smile.  It took one week.  Pretty cool showing the rehab
folks that yes one can very safely get from my room to therapy safely and
independently using a long white cane and a manual wheelchair.  My right
foot propels the chair so my right hand can swing the cane.  I just used my
normal fourty eight inch cane. The cane has a marshmellow roler tip.  I use
constant contact on the floor.

I wil know more after Dr. Z x rays my foot on Friday how healing is going.


Anyway it is great to be home!  Woo Hoo!

Becky and my full partner Jake



__________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature
database 4063 (20090508) __________

The message was checked by ESET Smart Security.

http://www.eset.com



_______________________________________________
Blind-rollers mailing list
Blind-rollers at nfbnet.org
http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blind-rollers_nfbnet.org
To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for 
Blind-rollers:
http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blind-rollers_nfbnet.org/lauraeaves%40yahoo.com