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

[slery]

Oh, my gosh Joyce! You are a mess darling. It's a good thing we love you.

Cindy S.

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> bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Joyce Kane via Nfb-
> krafters-korner
> Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2014 9:09 PM
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> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] I can't believe it!
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> 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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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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