[nfbwatlk] Appointed to the SRC Council

Jim Portillo portillo.jim at gmail.com
Sun Nov 30 21:44:48 UTC 2014


And here I thought only roofers had to deal with shingles. :) 



Sent from my iPhone 6!

> On Nov 30, 2014, at 2:38 PM, Mike Freeman via nfbwatlk <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Debby:
> 
> Congrats on your appointment.
> 
> Sorry you have shingles. As you indicate, many people have rather a tough
> time with it.
> 
> Your urging all to get the shingles vaccine comes rather too late for me,
> however. I got shingles in my forties. It was in a nerve around the middle
> of my body. Felt like someone had slugged me in the stomach. Other than
> that, though, shingles didn't affect me as severely as it seems to many
> others including my late father.
> 
> Here's hoping you recover quickly.
> 
> Mike Freeman
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbwatlk [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Debby
> Phillips via nfbwatlk
> Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2014 8:11 AM
> To: nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [nfbwatlk] Appointed to the SRC Council
> 
> Good morning all! FRIDAY I received a letter from the Governor's Office
> informing me that I have been appointed to the State Rehabilitation Council
> for Department of Services for the Blind.  
> I had put in my application so long ago that I figured I had not been
> selected.  I am very excited about this, however I'm not sure I will make
> the first meeting, which is on Friday.
> 
> I also went to the doctor on Friday because I have been having very painful
> headaches on the right side of my head.  The Aleeve
> (spelling) I had been taking was no longer working to get rid of the pain
> and I rarely get headaches.  Well, it turns out that I have Shingles.  As
> cases go, mine is fairly mild.  But it's still very painful, and I feel
> pretty drained.  So I will decide by
> 8:00 tomorrow morning.  If I were to decide right now, the answer would be
> no.  I hate to miss the first meeting, but I have to make a decision at some
> point so flight arrangements can be made and so forth, so after talking with
> Deb LEWIS, I told her I'd make the decision by tomorrow morning at 8:00.
> And here's a piece of unsolicited advice: if you are 60 or older and have
> NOT received a Shingles vaccination, please do so.  I will tell you that
> even my hair hurts.  Yesterday we had to run one errand and by the time we
> got home, I was wiped out and ready to go back to bed.  Poor Neena is not
> getting her walks, but the cold makes my 
> head hurt more.  I'm ready for spring.  Lol.    Peace,    Debby 
> and Neena
> 
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