So I was walking in the woods looking for mushrooms — morel mushrooms — and I took a wrong step and I fell forward and I caught myself with my hands and I broke both wrists. Yes I found some mushrooms and yes Sara cooked them and I ate them and they were totally delicious.
My son-in-law works from home and he and my daughter live just up the hill so I texted him and he came down and called 911 and took me to the hospital and so I was saved.
At the emergency room they wrapped both of my arms up like this
and they made an appointment for me to see a bone doctor.
The bone doctor put my right arm in this awesome black cast
and wrapped the other one up like before. Yeah my left hand had a worse break and so that one had to be set.
I went into the hospital and they put me to sleep and they set my left arm and put it in a big ugly cast.
I have another appointment in a few days to have them both looked at and might get a smaller brace on my right hand and be able to maybe type a little one-handed?
Meanwhile, I downloaded this voice to text app and it’s working really well, so I decided to do this update. I probably won’t be posting every day but I might try again.
Hurrah for technology!
A WRITING PROMPT FROM ME TO YOU: A step wrong
MA
Alicia Butcher Ehrhardt
April 18, 2023 at 4:52pmThanks for the progress update – hope it doesn’t hurt too much.
Your voice to text was accurate – you didn’t say if it needed a lot of editing.
Don’t reply – just know we’re concerned about your well-being.
Marian Allen
April 19, 2023 at 2:38pmThanks for the good wishes I’m using the phone’s microphone to dictate this right now
acflory
April 18, 2023 at 6:31pmI’m with Alicia, don’t reply but thank you for the update. And I’m thrilled your voice-to-text app works so well. Once you’re all well again, I’d love to know the techie details. 😀 Oh and I’m glad the mushrooms were delicious after everything you went through!
Marian Allen
April 19, 2023 at 2:40pmThe program I use is right to voice it’s free but it has annoying commercials it works really well I had almost no clean up to do
Janie Franz
April 18, 2023 at 7:36pmI have so appreciated technology since I, too, fell face first and broke my humerus on my right arm. I feel your pain and your frustration, Marian. But it looks like you are progressing very well. I go in on Monday to see if I can stop using this sling. I have been using my arm more and more every day. And that’s a good thing. So you have only good things ahead of you now.
Marian Allen
April 19, 2023 at 2:41pmOh,Janie, your poor arm I’m so glad that I have only good things to look forward to they can’t come too soon I’m so tired of not being able to use my wrists
Dan Antion
April 18, 2023 at 7:58pmThanks for the update! I hope you continue to heal and regain some mobility. Good job posting with the voice-to-text. Hang in there and know that we’re pulling\’ for ya.
Marian Allen
April 19, 2023 at 2:42pmThanks Dan I’m doing as much as I can without giving myself a setback
Dan Antion
April 19, 2023 at 3:06pmThat’s a good plan.
Vicki Aubrey Welch
April 18, 2023 at 10:33pmSo glad you are on the mend! What a freaky accident! Today’s techie world can be wonderful. If I wasn’t taking care of my own sweet mother and all her health issues, I would come north to help you. Happy healing, my dear cousin!🌺❤️🩹🌺
Marian Allen
April 19, 2023 at 2:43pmThanks cousin my best to your mom and my best to you fortunately I have girls of my own and they’re taking good care of me. Love
Holly Jahangiri
April 19, 2023 at 6:11amSeems we all want to know the name of this app! Glad to hear you’re on the mend (also glad to hear you enjoyed those mushrooms – it’d be adding insult to injury if you hadn’t been able to!)
Marian Allen
April 19, 2023 at 2:45pmYeah the name of the app is Write by Voice and it’s free.
John Hric
April 19, 2023 at 9:06amWell I am glad the mushrooms tasted good. I hope they speed your healing and help you get back in step… a more careful one ! Get well soon.
Marian Allen
April 19, 2023 at 2:47pmThanks John. The first thing I’m going to do when I can use my wrists again and tie my shoes is to buy some good hiking boots
circadianreflections
April 19, 2023 at 11:10amOh gosh, I know how you must be feeling! I was in a full arm cast from shattering my wrist when I was 35…ice skating.
I hope you heal up quickly and are just like new after some PT! I also hope you’re not in the cast long.
Marian Allen
April 19, 2023 at 2:49pmOuch! At least I didn’t shatter my arm I just broke one wrist and displaced the other one a little bit just enough to have to go under anesthesia and have it reset
Holly Phillippe
April 19, 2023 at 1:44pmI am so glad you are healing and I am sending you some good healing vibes my friend. A lovely Haiku for you…..
A step wrong you say
Mushrooms rued the day today
Time to eat, hooray
Marian Allen
April 19, 2023 at 2:49pmLove it Holly! Thanks for the haiku
bikerchick57
April 22, 2023 at 9:53amOhmigosh, Marian, I’m so sorry this happened to you. One broken wrist would have been bad enough, but two? It’s a good thing your daughter and SIL live close by so you have continued help if/when needed. I hope your wrists heal quickly, but take the time to rest and recover.
Marian Allen
April 22, 2023 at 12:07pmThanks. I have one daughter and son-in-law on 1 side of me and another daughter on the other side of me and 2 daughters on the other side of our little tiny town so I have plenty of help. Hopefully this won’t be too much longer
Carl R. Moore
April 23, 2023 at 8:35amHope you’re still recovering well–I’ve been following through Sara. My relationship with mushrooms is mostly good, many are delicious. What few missteps I’ve had tend toward more, ahem, psychological situations 😉
Marian Allen
May 3, 2023 at 7:52amThank you for the good wishes. I’ve loved mushrooms since I was a kid and an aunt took me to gather some field mushrooms.
Damyanti Biswas
April 27, 2023 at 9:24pmoh dear. Feel better soon–I hope things are a lot better by now. Good thing you got the help needed at the right time. Waiting for your to post again! And btw, what app is it–sounds amazing!!
Marian Allen
May 3, 2023 at 7:55amThe app is called Write by Voice and it is pretty amazing. I do continue to improve my healing. 6 more sleeps until I see the doctor again and then I hope I get these casts off. Then it’s just a matter of building the strength backup in my arms.
Marion Driessen
April 30, 2023 at 8:41amThat must have been one hell of a fall you took, dear Sister. How’s the healing process going? I can imagine you are going nuts, as the independent lady you are. Big gentle hugs. I won’t say “Try to take it easy’, since you have been doing nothing but since that unlucky day. Thinking of you and wishing you all the best. “Beterschap!”, as we say in Dutch, get well, or at least better, soon.
Love, Marion
Marian Allen
May 3, 2023 at 7:59amThank you my dear sister. It was a hard fall I took. Our ground here is full of clay and rock so it does not feel good to fall on it. When my son-in-law came and found me he said he was amazed because every other part of the ground around me was full of poking up sticks and I had missed almost all of them. When I get back to regular posting I’ll post a picture of the eating utensils I McGyvered so I can feed myself.
Marion Driessen
May 4, 2023 at 7:10amClever lady, to artfully avoid those nasty sticks! I would love to see a picture of your fabrication. You had me grinning about the ‘McGyvered’, and my mind is making up all sorts of possible utensils. Proud of you!
Marian Allen
May 4, 2023 at 10:49amI’ll post a picture of my utensils after the ordeal is over. 😄
slfinnell
April 30, 2023 at 6:23pmAnd here I thought WordPress was not sending me your updates again. oops! So sorry you have had this setback. Healing thoughts and prayers for a speedy recovery.
Marian Allen
May 3, 2023 at 8:00amThank you so much. 6 more sleeps until I see the doctor again.
Yeah, Another Blogger
May 3, 2023 at 6:59amGet well soon.
Marian Allen
May 3, 2023 at 8:00amThank you.