[Nfb-krafters-korner] I can't believe it!

[Blindhands at aol.com]

Report in from Maryland.  I am not a happy person.  Cindy Z. and  I went to 
Baltimore to the NFB for a "Leaders and Ledger seminar.  I feel  we did 
learn some things and had the opportunity to meet Presidents and  treasurers of 
affiliates and divisions.  Next week they will be having the  other half of 
these folks come in for the same thing.
 
They even wanted us to be filmed in an advertisement for the Green  
collection that NFB has joined in to make some fund raising money.
 
This is the bad part...  While walking out to the area that they  planned 
on filming us, stepping off the curb on Wells Street I managed to fall  down 
in the street.  I scraped my arm and got all worked up that I  hurt my ankle 
that I had broken.    They went into the NFB and  came out with a wheel 
chair and put me in it.  I went back to the meeting  and sat there with a bag 
of ice on my annkle I had broken and finally got out of  that stupid boot.  
When we had a break toward the latter part of the  afternoon, I got up out of 
the wheelchair to walk to the bathroom.  Well my  foot on the right side 
really hurt.[not the left side that was broken  before]  We went to eat supper 
and then back to the room.  We had  another meeting to go to in the 
evening, but after getting out of the shoe,  Cindy told me my foot was black and 
blue and swollen on the right side.  I  decided to stay off my feet and 
basically went to bed.  Saturday it still  hurt, but I went to all the meetings 
and stayed in the wheel chair  Sunday  it still was hurting, my blood sugars 
sky rocketed so I called my son before I  left for the airport to tell him I 
wanted him to take me to the hospital or at  least for an x-ray.  We drove 
to Stratford and went straight to the Med Now  [walk in center].  It was 
empty at 4 PM.  I asked them if they take my  insurance as there was a sign that 
they don't wait for medicare payments.   Well they told me I needed to pay 
the $50 co pay and bill the rest to my  insurance.  My son hinted that would 
be the best spent $50 due to not  having to wait hours in the emergency 
room.
 
The bad news is, I broke my 5th metatarsal bone.  The good news is I  can 
wear this wooden shoe and walk on it.
 
Yep, it hurts, but I can live with it and some Advil.  Just need to  stay 
on top of the blood sugars[broken bones spike blood sugars]
 
The only problem I seem to be facing is since May I have been telling  
myself good foot up the stairs, bad foot down the stairs.  I did have that  down 
well, but now feet switch leaves me standing and not knowing what foot to  
lead with...
 
My sons think I shouldn't leave the house any more.  I tend to agree  with 
them right now.  If I didn't have bad luck, I wouldn't have any luck  at all.
 
Joyce