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

[slery]

Joyce,

Maybe this is God's way of telling you need to spend more time at home
crafting! Just couldn't resist.

Cindy S.

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> bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Henrietta Brewer via Nfb-
> krafters-korner
> Sent: Monday, September 15, 2014 5:52 PM
> To: Blindhands at aol.com; List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] I can't believe it!
> 
> Hey Joyce,
> We don't have to go there. Our kids have to give us some
> room to grow as the "old widdows" we are. lol
> 
> You might need some more training and you surely need to get
> stronger. But we don't have to be shut ins.
> 
> 
> On Sep 14, 2014, at 9:08 PM, Joyce Kane via Nfb-krafters-
> korner 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.
> >
> > 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.
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