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Ellen Mitchell

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I've broken a bone in my foot...... It happened on Friday afternoon, I went over on my ankle. I didn't do anything about it immediately because although it hurt, I could still walk, albeit with a limp. So I just thought it was bruised. I did all the right things, ice compression and pain killers. Saturday morning.......my foot was black and I couldn't put weight on it. Off to A&E, X-ray, fractured right metatarsal! I'm now strapped up with a black boot that looks like a storm trouper from Star Wars.....plenty of time on my hands now to put paint to paper! Ellen

Peter Davison

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Bad luck but a silver lining if it gives you more time to paint. hope its not too painful.
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Robert Jones, Napa

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Distressingly easy to damage ourselves - you and A G Holder are both arty hobblers now. Bad luck comes in threes, they say - looks around nervously to see who's next and hopes it isn't him....

Michael Robinson

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Oh Ellen, what a thing to happen! As you say you can now paint as often as you want so we are expecting lots of great work from you!!;) Definitely no housework though!

Michael Robinson

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Ellen I am so sorry to hear this and send my best wishes for as non-painful recovery as possible. Take all the extra help you can get, and enjoy some extra painting time. All the best.

Alan Bickley

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Yes Ellen, take it easy and try and drum up some inspiration, don't sit around watching daytime TV, it's a waste of life, I'm sure you won't. Is there anyone out there who hasn't broken a bone in their leg or foot?, I had a bad break playing golf of all things a few years back now, I always get laughed at when I tell people. Syd, that is so bad and I wish you a speedy recovery along I'm sure with everyone else. Try substituting the pain killers for a wee dram, so much nicer and more effective.
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Robert Jones, Napa

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The POL autopsy page ....... make sure you get physio, Ellen: I did when I broke my wrist, and have a full range of movement now; when I broke my back years ago, though, the only treatment was bed rest and a bit of physio: but next to no follow up, and I've had trouble with the back ever since. Hope the rest of you are all knitting together satisfactorily too.

Michael Robinson

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Happy Birthday Ellen! I broke a bone in my foot a couple of years ago, I didn't know it at the time. I went to my GP three times before he would send me for an x-ray. The radiographer told me it had been broken but was now on the mend, she told me if I had come sooner I too would have had one of those big boots! I should have gone to A&E but didn't think it was bad enough. Oh Syd, so sorry to hear you have been 'under the knife' and I hope everything heals up quickly. I thought you had been quiet over the last few weeks, understandable under the circumstances. Get well soon.

Michael Robinson

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Good news Ellen, so pleased for you.

Michael Robinson

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Great news Ellen, don't do too much though, make sure you rest it well.
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Only just caught up with this - here's my very best wishes to you Syd and hope you make a full recovery soon - see you at the Louvre - there's a tousled headed lass waiting :)
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Jim Morris

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Tough luck Ellen. I've a tale of woe to tell too. Went to see our son in California a few years back and he persuaded me to go out in a boat with him. I was a bit wary as I have a dodgy knee ( a lifetime football cartlige injury) and I was also 69 at the time. The surf over there isn't mill-pond at best and coming back in,a very large wave got under us and threw me backwards. I was kneeling up to padddle at the time and got thrown back on my knee which cracked. Had to get the life guard to get me off the beach in a Range Rover and, as we were going home on the following day I declined to go to hospital (we had insurance, but did I need that sort of aggro, no thanks) My knee came up like a football and the pain from cabin pressure during a 14 hour flight was beyond description. Within half an hour of getting home I was in our local A&E (which luckily is very near ) and I spent two months off work in a leg brace. Not fun, so you have my very deepest sympathy. A 69 year old taking on California surf is just about as daft as it gets. Get well soon. 😉
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