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

[Denise Shaible]

Joyce,

I can't believe it, either.  I really hope you mend soon.  I have a big fear
of doing exactly what you did, falling and breaking something.  Please take
care and keep us on the Krafters list up to date.  WE all care about you and
don't want anything bad to happen to you.

Regards,

Denise


-----Original Message-----
From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of David Andrews via Nfb-krafters-korner
Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2014 6:26 PM
To: Blindhands at aol.com; List for blind crafters and artists
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] I can't believe it!

Sorry to hear of your troubles.  I broke the same bone in my foot, in
Baltimore -- but not wells street.  I think it was Chase street, but it has
been a number of years -- so who knows.

Dave

At 08:08 PM 9/14/2014, you wrote:
>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.
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>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.
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>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.
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>The bad news is, I broke my 5th metatarsal bone.  The good news is I  
>can wear this wooden shoe and walk on it.
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>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]
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>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...
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>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.
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>Joyce
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         David Andrews and long white cane Harry.
E-Mail:  dandrews at visi.com or david.andrews at nfbnet.org


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