Got stuff , but lost crutch .

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I went to the Haight (um ~ the Haight/Ashbury area) yesterday , I got some stuff wanted and satisfied that & more some , including a new jacket - Simply replacing my last one , no nadditional clothes , I disposed of the old one - But , I lost my crutch , unfortunately !
I'd left it behind numerous times , this time it was gone when I went back .
I did not want that to happen , really .
I am still without one ~ And I do have to walk uphill , for instance , to get to these computer labs .
Additionally , I got money given to me twice by peopel , though I was not trying to beg/spange AT ALL !
I must look pretty homeless .
Same amount of clothes and endlessly having to rush for computer time & food , & getting no enough sleep + those enviormantal(sic) problems at the room .

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Renal kidney failure, congestive heart failure, COPD. Can't really get up from a floor position unhelped anymore:-(.
One of the walking wounded ~ SMASHED DOWN by life and age, now prevented from even expressing myself! SOB.
" Oh, no! First you have to PROVE you deserve to go away to college! " ~ My mother, 1978 (the heyday of Andy Gibb and Player). I would still like to go.
My life destroyed by Thorazine and Mellaril - and rape - and the Psychiatric/Industrial Complex. SOB:-(! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !!

You can probably get a replacement crutch. I'd get it as soon as possible.

I used to lose coffee cups and water bottles a lot. I know they're not nearly as important as a crutch, but bear with me. If I needed both of my hands for something, I would set it down and then walk away without it. Finally, I got in the habit of saying "cup cup cup cup..." in my head whenever I set it down. I keep saying it until I'm ready to pick it up again. I hope this helps.

...Thank you to both . New crutch/es are on the way already .
When I was there , again , I was not in begging position , let alone with a sign and there are numerous others who were that day...Actually , my clothes , with the new jacket especially , were pretty clean , and I have grey in my hair/beard and I realize I sorta look " grandpa-ish/elfin " , especially compared to more scrufy HL there...oh , and crippled . With the brace and the &&1/2 toes inside sandals .
It's still the same amount of clothes as before , I just disposed of the older jacket (which was from the same store) .
If I reeived an influx of funds , some expanded/improved clothes and at least a new ATM card to be able to save funds that way would be first in line among " practical " things to get with that .

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Renal kidney failure, congestive heart failure, COPD. Can't really get up from a floor position unhelped anymore:-(.
One of the walking wounded ~ SMASHED DOWN by life and age, now prevented from even expressing myself! SOB.
" Oh, no! First you have to PROVE you deserve to go away to college! " ~ My mother, 1978 (the heyday of Andy Gibb and Player). I would still like to go.
My life destroyed by Thorazine and Mellaril - and rape - and the Psychiatric/Industrial Complex. SOB:-(! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !!

...They brought me a cane , much shorter and with only one , rounded thing to grip upon rather than two flat things on which to grip , I didn't even take it with me when I went out , I said I wanted a big crutch as I had previously .
In my room , at its worst , that excessive glare , from the outside light bouncing off REALLY does hurt my eyes ! !! !! !! !! !! Yes , my eyes DO make a overexposed-to-bright light reaction when I go outside into the full sun from that , I DO !
Furthermore , that " lead/mercury " stuff does have an adverse reaction on me , especially when I more or less totally close the window when it is cold and I want to go to sleep (and S.F. is known for cold-ish nights , no matter what you may picture it as having) ,
I DO wish I could , somehow , get some funds to be able to get a new ATM card and expand my supply of clothes a LITTLE bit - and maybe , for an example , things like getting , maybe , a storage place and/or a P.O. pox - either of which would require large initial payment - or , say , that hair/beard cut-trim that people have suggested to me . Or others .

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Renal kidney failure, congestive heart failure, COPD. Can't really get up from a floor position unhelped anymore:-(.
One of the walking wounded ~ SMASHED DOWN by life and age, now prevented from even expressing myself! SOB.
" Oh, no! First you have to PROVE you deserve to go away to college! " ~ My mother, 1978 (the heyday of Andy Gibb and Player). I would still like to go.
My life destroyed by Thorazine and Mellaril - and rape - and the Psychiatric/Industrial Complex. SOB:-(! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !!

...In case I don't have time for a full post on this subject , though I received two substitute crutches --- One was STOLEN (not lost) from me on Friday ! !! !! !! !! !!

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Renal kidney failure, congestive heart failure, COPD. Can't really get up from a floor position unhelped anymore:-(.
One of the walking wounded ~ SMASHED DOWN by life and age, now prevented from even expressing myself! SOB.
" Oh, no! First you have to PROVE you deserve to go away to college! " ~ My mother, 1978 (the heyday of Andy Gibb and Player). I would still like to go.
My life destroyed by Thorazine and Mellaril - and rape - and the Psychiatric/Industrial Complex. SOB:-(! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !!

...It is Wednesday now , I lost the 2nd replacement crutch last night , my worker was sympathetic when I told her of the two recent gones so I guess a 3d pair will be coming in .
This is what has happened to me the past several days ~
Sat. , I woke up maybe 10-ish?? but (IIRC as for all here) my eyes were light-blitzed , and I was SLEEPY ! - I went to sleep and woke up when it was past really doable to get the computer lab and get back in time to do the laundry I had to do at the place , having put it off before (Or was that yesterday ?) .
I went out to beg Sat. nite , but , while I was resting/sleeping with my eyes clothes , my crutch , near me , got stolen ~ I saw what was clearly it later on but I couldn't go get it (in both senses of " couldn't ") .
Yesternight , I took the other crutch out (I had only used one at a time anyway) and , going around , eventually left it behind me , I guess , and only discovered it after I had bussed back home to the place and ggone inside ~ I went so far as to go a block back towards where Id've been off the bus , but it wasone , doubtless(?) some blocks back where I'd been doing my stuff .

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Renal kidney failure, congestive heart failure, COPD. Can't really get up from a floor position unhelped anymore:-(.
One of the walking wounded ~ SMASHED DOWN by life and age, now prevented from even expressing myself! SOB.
" Oh, no! First you have to PROVE you deserve to go away to college! " ~ My mother, 1978 (the heyday of Andy Gibb and Player). I would still like to go.
My life destroyed by Thorazine and Mellaril - and rape - and the Psychiatric/Industrial Complex. SOB:-(! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !!

I tend to lose things. Maybe you can tape your name and phone number to your new crutches in case you lose them again and someone finds them.

...In a short version ~ I found the old , lost , crutch (or a look-alike) .

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Renal kidney failure, congestive heart failure, COPD. Can't really get up from a floor position unhelped anymore:-(.
One of the walking wounded ~ SMASHED DOWN by life and age, now prevented from even expressing myself! SOB.
" Oh, no! First you have to PROVE you deserve to go away to college! " ~ My mother, 1978 (the heyday of Andy Gibb and Player). I would still like to go.
My life destroyed by Thorazine and Mellaril - and rape - and the Psychiatric/Industrial Complex. SOB:-(! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !!

...I lost the last crutch I had (the 2nd of that 2nd set - so my 4th now gone overall ) on Thursday?? , and won't have a replecement til' Monday at the very earliest possible

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Renal kidney failure, congestive heart failure, COPD. Can't really get up from a floor position unhelped anymore:-(.
One of the walking wounded ~ SMASHED DOWN by life and age, now prevented from even expressing myself! SOB.
" Oh, no! First you have to PROVE you deserve to go away to college! " ~ My mother, 1978 (the heyday of Andy Gibb and Player). I would still like to go.
My life destroyed by Thorazine and Mellaril - and rape - and the Psychiatric/Industrial Complex. SOB:-(! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !!