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Armetta Needs Prayers

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tiredofdoctors Enthusiast
tiredofdoctors
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Just wanted to let you guys know . . . . Metta broke her arm earlier this week. Because Arizona is getting ready for the "snowbirds", doctors are taking vacations, etc., and she still hasn't been able to see an orthopedic surgeon (they want her to see one that specializes in elbows). IF she has to have surgery, they told her it would be "when they could squeeze her into the schedule". Her advice, don't f***ing retire to Arizona!!!

Therefore, she won't be able to post, answer PM's e-mails, etc... She's having a LOT of trouble with trying to type.

If you want her address, PM me and I'll send it to you . . . . .

In the meantime, though, she needs lots of hugs and prayers sent her way . . . .

Love & Hugs to all,

Lynne

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DingoGirl Enthusiast
DingoGirl
Posted

Oh! That is most unfortunate. Poor Armetta, I hope this can be resolved soon. And, what are these "snowbirds" that are causing the delay?

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
Posted

Oh no! Poor Armetta :(

Thanks for letting us know, Lynne. :)

VegasCeliacBuckeye Collaborator
VegasCeliacBuckeye
Posted

Snowbirds = More Mature folks from Northernly locales that travel south (normally Florida, Arizona or So-Cal) for the winter as the cold "disagrees" with them.

Snowbirds make a plethora of Dr. appointments and often crowd the Casinos and buffets :)

dlp252 Apprentice
dlp252
Posted

Yikes, praying for Armetta.

nikki-uk Enthusiast
nikki-uk
Posted

Oh no :( poor thing (sounds painful :o )

Hope she gets it sorted ASAP and on the road to recovery.

CarlaB Enthusiast
CarlaB
Posted

Tell Armetta we are praying for her.

So, what do you call a person from Florida who gets a summer place up north??? That's what my grandmother and grandfather did!! I've always called them "reverse snowbirds", but I don't know if there's a real term for people like them.

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DingoGirl Enthusiast
DingoGirl
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Snowbirds = More Mature folks from Northernly locales that travel south (normally Florida, Arizona or So-Cal) for the winter as the cold "disagrees" with them.

Snowbirds make a plethora of Dr. appointments and often crowd the Casinos and buffets :)

oh yeah.....I forgot about those. Thanks for clarifying, I thought it was a sports team for a minute but it is too early for spring training. :huh:

TinkerbellSwt Collaborator
TinkerbellSwt
Posted

I dont know Armetta well, but I am feeling for her pain. I hope she gets this resolved quickly. Darn snowbirds.. I know up here in NJ it gets a lot emptier during those winter months.. once spring arrives the traffic is horrible!!

Please let Armetta know that I am thinking of her also and wishing her a quick recovery

Lisa Mentor
Lisa
Posted

OH METTA, YOU DIDN'T :(:(:(

I am soooo sorry. I hope that don't have too much pain and really hope that you can get some relief SOON!!!

I will send you all the funnies that I can find to cheer you up :)

xxoo

Lisa

AndreaB Contributor
AndreaB
Posted

Our thoughts and prayers will be with Armetta as well.

Is she is Arizona? Whereabouts. We are heading to Tucson in a few weeks.

mouse Enthusiast
mouse
Posted

this will be short, as 1 finger typing is the pitts, i fall off of a ladder in the garage, monday morning and missed the bottom step. i was lucky in that, by the time my head hit, i already had other parts of my hitting the concrete floor first. it is cracked right below the joint and that has about a 16 of an inch separation. if they don't need to pin it, then i might be able to get the cast on tomorrow. if a pin is needed, then they have to fit me into their operating schedule.

i do not understand why the snowbirds can't do their medical before they come here and not overload our doctors and hospitals. i am not thinking kindly of those people at this moment.

i am on pain killers big time.

my hubby was angry that i had gotten on the ladder. he has told me for three months, since i have had worsening neuro problems, to stay off of the ladder. he did not think it was broken because i still cooked a 1 handed dinner. he felt i would be crying, etc. if it was broken. i have been married to him for 43 years and he never realized that i have a high pain tolerance - what a dork lol. i have to say that now he has respect for what i have had to indure in the past.

thank you all for the prayers and well wishes. i need the prayers just to get this in a cast.

thank you lynne for caring and posting this.

andrea, we live in a valley far west of phoenix.

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
Posted

Holy cow Armetta--I can't believe you're not even in a cast yet :o This is awful :angry:

I didn't realize all the visitors from the north created such a problem with your medical system there. Something is definately wrong with that <_<

I feel like coming down there and going upside someone's head :ph34r: Painkillers--no, you should be in a cast. I'm sending the best I can--hugs and prayers and positive thoughts that you get seen by the right people very soon.

Take care :)

Do not even consider answering--you need to relax and save your strength ;)

AndreaB Contributor
AndreaB
Posted

I agree with Patti.

Sounds like you are a bit far away to stop off and visit. :(

Canadian Karen Community Regular
Canadian Karen
Posted

Metta! Don't make me come down there and give you a whooping! What the bleeping heck were you doing on a ladder??????? GRRRRR! I'm thinking it has to be your left elbow, as your right elbow is probably has so much strength in it from years of "exercise"......... :rolleyes:;)B)

Those darn Snowbirds - I mean, c'mon! Booking all these appts? Whaz up with dat? :huh:

Do you guys consider only Canadians snowbirds, or also people from the northern states?

Hugs and hope you get it resolved reeeeeel soon!

Hugs.

Karen

Judyin Philly Enthusiast
Judyin Philly
Posted

HI Armetta

Patti wrote me and told me to ck the forum as you'd broken your arm.

thanks Lynne for posting.

Agree,,,WHAT WERE YOU DOING ON A LADDER???? BUT I KNOW , I DO THE SAME THING AS WE WANT THINGS DONE, RIGHT?????

SO SORRY. YOU'VE HAD YOUR SHARE OF GRIEF..HAVING BEEN ON MUCH LATELY SO THOUGHT THINGS WERE GOING WELL WITH YOU.

PLEASE TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOURSELF AND PRAY YOU CAN GET IN TO SEE THE DR'S SOON.

HUGS pRAYERS AND LOVE

JUDY

tarnalberry Community Regular
tarnalberry
Posted

ugh! armetta, I hope you're feeling better soon.

Ursa Major Collaborator
Ursa Major
Posted

Yikes Armetta, that doesn't sound good! I understand about the terrible pain a broken bone can cause, I broke my right ankle four and a half years ago, and I was in awful pain for weeks. I hope you get it casted soon, that should help the pain at least a little.

Darn Canadian snowbirds (I can say that, I am German :P , and I LIKE Canadian winters, anyway)!

Make sure you don't hide all the pain, so your husband (friends, neighbours, kids, grandkids) will want to take care of you and pamper you! And don't cook, for heaven's sake, let others do it. It's too complicated with only one arm, and you need rest to heal.

I will pray for you as well.

debmidge Rising Star
debmidge
Posted

Armetta, sorry to hear about the break; hope you get relief soon.

I didn't realize that Snowbirds took going to different doctors so casually; yeah, why don't they visit their home state doctor before taking their extended vacations.....

Karen:

Here in NJ if you are from northern or western NJ and you take a day trip to southeast Jersey by the seashore the seashore residents call you "Bennies" which is a mean slur (although I don't get it....). South Jersey people do not like the residents of their own state using "their" beaches (in many cases they are public beaches however or owned by the State of NJ). You're not a "bennie" if you rent a room or house for a week or more; it's just the daytrippers they don't like (supposedly these daytrippers aren't spending enough money while they are down there for the day - but that's not what I remember when I was daytripping there. We'd go to restaurant, go to board walk and spend a lot of money on rides and snacks, pay for parking, etc. So these towns ARE sharing in the spending wealth. Sometimes you'll see signs that say "Bennies Go Home." - D.

mouse Enthusiast
mouse
Posted

all of your prayers an well wishes must have worked. i don't need it pinned, nor did i need a cast. they put it in a removal splint. this is so neat. they wet this pad and form it to where they want the angle to be and then wrap it in an ace bandage that has a velcro closure. after 2 hours it then hardens and keeps the shape. i am allowed to remove it for showers only, which is awesome.

i have to get another x-ray next friday and then see the doctor the following monday.

he said that we had been putting the ace bandage on and holding the arm in the right postion as it is healing in the proper position.

because of the deep cut i got during the fall, i have to take anti-biotics, which is a pit. it is not infected yet, but he does not want it to.

i am to stay on pain pulls until i don't need them anymore, which i hope is soon.

thank you all for caring.

nikki-uk Enthusiast
nikki-uk
Posted

Armetta, great you don't need it pinned or need a cast - but still a pain eh? :(

Hope you heal really quick , put your feet up and let your dear hubby do the chores !! :)

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
Posted

That's pretty good news Armetta, considering. Take care! :)

dlp252 Apprentice
dlp252
Posted

Wow, Armetta, glad you were able to get it taken care of so quickly!!!

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