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I did (I'll assume anyone reading this knows my backstory .) get the amputation of my big toes . As it was nessecary ~ I guess ~ , that was good , and I got good care in the in the hospital (Providence , in Everett .) in the immediate two weeks afterward , when I was mostly in bed and receiving IV antibiotics , however...they DID NOT ! get me a place to stay for the second act , as I said , of recovery , learning to walk again on a long-distance basis , and they , VERY uncerimoniously , kicked me out ` on a weekend ` immediately after the IV therapy ended ! !! !! !! !!
I am now , once again , in a shelter situation , AND HAVING TO CARRY AROUND MY BALL & CHAIN , my overly heavy luggage , there is NO locker available ! ! I wonder about the state of my back , and my balance has been uncertain - In ther massive shelter I sleep in , I have a top bunk - a lot of climbing , with 7&1/2 toes !
I need , JUST AS I SAID BEFORE , " learning-to-walk-againn " therapy , or at least somewhere to rest and leave my stuff durin g the day , even if I have to cllear out , shelter-style , during the day .
Furthermorer , at times I am MASSIVELY coughing , especiaslly when I'm still , (I almost got thrown out of the shelter the other night .) , and , I hack up loogies/cough up spit LOTS - I NEVER used to do that .
Even sleeping in a garage or gardners' shack (With lots of sleeping bags and some availibility of a tilet/sink , um .) could help - Will I be crippled forever by this ? I coughed so much here the library staff was after me - Going the 6-ish blocks uphill to the library from the shelter district is , pretty much , my physical limit ~ Trying to cut down the amount of walking =I do , it has taken me 75 minutes or so/more to get up the hill , with frequent rests - Incidentally , when they kicked me out , the hospital did an ABSURD f**k-up involving " giving me prescriptions for pills & faxing them to a drugstore " that showed hey don't read what they write atall , I uppose it's " Catch-22 funny " but I don't feel like digressing into it now , I'm at least not coughing and on an energy burst and listining to Johnny Tillotsdon on YT ~ It was Staple Singers gospel before that ~ I should make my reservations " upstairs " ?
Whatever , if I don't get to rest and lick my wounds and rersonably learn to walk normally again and maybe save a little money - I don't know what I'm going to do .

Are you able to get your benefits? If so, couldn't you get some storage somewhere for like $29 a month?

...I'll maybe answer that later , kk , I am adding on to the above now:
Another screw-up the Everett hospital made was referring me to call one of their doctors to set up the removal of the stiches from my wound (It was meant to be about now , and yes , they are still there .)...but giving me neither a phone nor Web aDDRESS FOR THIS DOCTOR .
i JUST COUGH/LOOGIE SO MUCH , AND MY BACK !
(I didn't mean to capitalize the above line , butI'mrunninng outoftimeandI'mnotgonnacorrectit;-).)
Another point: I put a tear by the (the amputation) " was " nessecary " - because it was a hint/between-trhe-lines from the doctors , even late in 2014 , that , maybe , if I could get strong antibiotic treatment , and a nice place to stay in-between - maybe the wounds COULD'VE healed .
But that wasn't going to happen obviously .
Really , I need to wind up the wounds/operation's aftermath , and recover , rest...How ???????????

...I was told the hosp" couldn't find a lacve to take me " - what , I'm old and Aspie , and various diseases , and even my (piddling) jail/legal record ?
Perhaps I'm " more of an outcast then I thought I was " .

I'm coming down from Heaven to give you a Sweet Pea hug.

...I tried to answer __km but by seconds it wouldn't GPO u . Szob. Cru

...I meant , I tried to post something . FROzWN. . Oh , God , I need to heal .

...Now I'll explain the prescriptions f**k-up . The Everett , WA , hospital announced that they had faxed my prescriptions " to a Walgreens' that was nearest to thye shelter " I said I was going to , in Seattle .
Well , it was a Walgreens' all right ~ I SAN JOSE , CALIFORNIA ! The Walgreens' that I did indeed use - when I lived there !
It was still on my records , as I hadn't settled anywhere long enough to name a new place .
Even the paperwork they gave to me CLEARLY stated that it was a Wal's in Silicon Town , giving both SJ's name and 408 area code more than once , in large print ! !! !! !! !!
DON'T THEY EVEN f*****g READ WHAT THEY HAND OUT ?
They were so hurrying to get me out the door ...........
Another point mow:
I have only one set of clothes , what I am wearing - One pair of pants , and numerous shirts & jackets , literally 12-14 of them , to keep me warm ~ I should get another set , but , frankly , though it's not too far a bus ride away , I'm a little loath to go to the Goodwill nearby ~ It's more carrying my ball & chain (the nluggage) , AND , frankly , getting another mess of torso-clothing like that would be a pretty large additional load onto my ball & chain - And , really , a not inconsiderable amount oif money to spend at once , if I bought 12 more tops - As is , I've just bought a 2nd pair of (drugstore , I haven't had prescriptions for years & years ) glasses .
I get my benefits , kk , but in small slices ~ And , I have been told that the storage places here demand that you submit credit card information , etc. I don't have a cc , just a Green Dot pre-paid ATM card .
I spend too much of my money on getting myself something/" trating myself " deli-/type food , and maybe should go downhill to the Shelter District's free feeds ~ But , with my ball & chain , I just want to minimize my walking !
If I could just leave my stuff somewhere...
If I could just rest some more ...

Yeah....that's a pretty bad screw up! Can't you go back to the hospital and point out their mistake? I know you know that you must be calm about it, and not fly off the handle.

...I don't want that hospital anymore , anyway , if I can avoid .
Look , today , walking around in various retail places where I put my bags down while I was there and was walking not carrying the luggage/ball & chain...I was trying to keep my balance , I was wobbling , like a toy soldier doll that was running out of energy...I NEED A PLACE TO REST FOR A WHILE !
NOt think newagey thought about getting betterm or get people's spare veggies !
I'm already a cripple now , if mildly , in the sense of being an amputee , but , if I don't get a place to rest , perhaps I will never learn to walk properly again ...........

My friend: you have to at least try the agencies which B19 and Goldfish mentioned. Even if you're unsuccessful initially, you might be put on a waiting list. You have to do SOMETHING, my friend. Otherwise, like you said, things will get worse.

I know it sucks being homeless. And I know how dispiriting it is. But you have to do SOMETHING, man!

...Was any org beyond Union Gospel Mission mentioned ?
I really yhtink lining up at any of those places is unlikely to get me anything beyond what I already have at the shelter I am at .
If I could just rest a little . If I even had to return to homeless status after a couple of weeks of recovery , okay...........

This. As I said in the other thread: You have to do 100% of what you're capable of doing to help heal yourself. Not contacting those resources is falling short of that. Do all of the other zero cost things you can do, too. Get sleep, drink water, think positively, exercise as best you can, and eat as healthily as you can. Also, look after your surgical wounds to the best of your ability. Do everything you CAN do and things will get better, bit by bit. Don't do what you can and it will either take longer to heal or things will get worse.

Someone mentioned a possible free source of healthy fruits & veggies.

Even if nothing more than the UGM was mentioned, you still haven't contacted them to see if they can help with what it is they say they have to offer: which is a place for men to recover from illnesses.. which is exactly what you keep saying you need! email them and inquire as to whether or not they can help you. You might get lucky and get everything you need right now.

Look in your thread entitled "ME."

There's a list of them.

...I REALLY CANNOT go pick up other peoples' spare garden stuff that I have no way of cooking , preserving , or whatever ! !! !! !! !!
And , what I said about the descriptions of what some agencies offer giving the impression that they offer considerably more thatn they offer (Perhaps based on old/inaccurate information)....Well , there's an example in my papers folder , which I'll try to cite .