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This is terrible! You could lose your feet to amputation! I used to work in health care, and I have seen it happen. Perhaps you could ask to see a social worker, the next time that you are at the hospital for foot care? Tell that social worker that you need help with housing and such. That is what they are paid for. It sounds like you are building an addiction to the codeine. It is very easy to do. But being high will stop you thinking clearly and taking control. It sounds like you are overwhelmed and not thinking clearly. Please seek the services of a social worker at the hospital! He or she will do the thinking for you!

It might be a very good idea for you to try to get some shoes if your shoes are wearing out, if you can not afford shoes then I would suggest that you should try to make some of your own.

One book exists which tells you how to make some simple clothing from nothing is the "Nuclear War Survial Skills" (http://www.oism.org/nwss/)

Ch. 15: Improvised Clothing and Protective Items tells you how to make warm clothing out of almost nothing and how to make warm overshoes. It also has a photograph of a Ho Chi Minh Sandal which might be a useful thing for a homeless Aspie.

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Health is a state of physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity I am not a jigsaw, I am a free man !

Diagnosed under the DSM5 rules with autism spectrum disorder, under DSM4 psychologist said would have been AS (299.80) but I suspect that I am somewhere between 299.80 and 299.00 (Autism) under DSM4.

I agree, GET SOCIAL WORKER HELP. Stop trying to take care of yourself, you are describing failure. Have yourself commited, if you need? You literally need to get back on your feet.

...All of this noses around what I didn't quite get to say before , which is that , with my foot's condition , I tend to think that " riding a bus to somewhere " when I have nothing waiting for me at the other end might not be a good idea - Yes , including with the pills - Including the pain pills , which even have a warning on their packaging , " don't stop abruptly " .

Are you going to see a Social Worker? Or get yourself admitted for depression. The way that you are going, bodes failure. We are your friends, and care about you!

So you went to the homeless shelter in a neighborhood in which you live?

Ok, now first go there and remember, remember always we care about you, even if we live on the opposite coast, like I do.

It is a difficult situation where you are at and not an easy one to deal with. HOWEVER, bitching about it makes it far, FAR worse. Remember, the old Malawian proverb, which I learned, because I know a lot of people from that country, at least virtually, is "If you ask for rain, you'll get mud". So,pretend it to be a sunny day, at least the sun might still shine.

At that's the point. Find the sunny side of town, and in a city like San Francisco, you should be lucky. People do care about others in that town. Go to a social worker, or perhaps the social services department of the city, spend your last money on Muni fare if needs be http://www.sfgov.org/site/mainpages_page.asp?id=38534 and talk to them about social workers.

Auties usually DO have tremoundous marketable skills. The trick is presentation and applying to the right places at the right time. I am sure I can sell myself in a place which relates to my talents in geography, history and politics. I am sure you have talents that you have ,and knowing auties their hobbies are usually their interests, so why not get paid for them?

It's stupid!

...I tend to try & stay out of shelters...I am already long-established as " homeless " .
Really , I need sufficient rest/access to care so that my feet could get better ...After that , well...

I agree with everyone else, please for our sake see a social worker.

It seems to me the best thing you can do is get someone to help you could up with strategies to get out of your current situation. A social worker will know what to do, and can advise you on the best course of action.

Living in Australia, I can't really give any practical advice as I have very little idea about how the Australian government system works let alone the American system. But like I said, please see a social worker, as they will know what to do.

I hope you're ok wherever you are.

The shelters are not too bad if you can tolerate having religion drummed forcibly into your ears. It may not seem nice on the surface, but that crap helps drive away people who don't want to be helped. If you have a high tolerance for that garbage, then life there is pretty bearable, and they're usually pretty non-sectarian. If you're a non-religious fellow, it'll be all the more encouragement to get a job and get packing as soon as possible. They're nice people and all, but there is only so much of that swill you can take before you lose your ability to swallow.

And for any smug religious people who are inclined to point out that most of these charities are backed by religious institutions, you're wrong. They are backed by people, just so you know. In fact, most of the really smug religious people I have known, most of them Southern Baptists, practice an unadulterated contempt toward the poor and the needy. Nearly every homeless shelter I have ever seen is strictly non-sectarian.

...One point...........
One of my problems is , that , as I see it , a share of money that should be mine , originally coming from what my maternal grandfather left my mother when he died , with me intended to get a share of that share as long as I lived - Or so my dad told me . - was stolen from me by my female cousin on that side .
I think that - IF I could get some HELP - I could get the money which is rightfully mine back - at least part of it - But , well...........
I have the story , in a condensed form , written out , but I don't have the time to write it out again on this board .
If anyone here would like to read it , and could give me an E-mail address to send the story to you at , please ?
I just don't have the time + energy to write it all out agin , up here .
Shelters don't really allow you to , bare minimum , rest .
That has been my experience of them .
They won't even let you easily lie down on a mat , even , it is all " hurry up and wait " , much as I am told the Army is , before you can do that .

...I've perhaps talked about my foot problems at least some , and the , at least partial , SF General help that I've been getting for it .
Some people say " Leave town " --- but , barring an eccentric millionaire who wants to give me money to make a new start , I , at least from one side of it , seem to see that leaving here for someone where I know no-one - And , leaving those pills behind , including the " don't stop them abruptly " pain-killers - might be fool-hardy .
If that selfsaid eccentric millionaire was willing to give me enough money to find a place where I could lie down , in bed , much of the time , eating there...If I was here in SF , too , I could possibly get a nurse sent to me a couple days a week to clean my foot , too , that happened before...If I could get enough to lay down , and just try to get better , well...

It's all a matter of time. You can't stay on painkillers and have your foot like this forever, can you? Are you talking weeks or months?

1) how long is it going to take your foot to heal?
2) How are you using a computer? If you can do that, can't you learn to clean and dress your own foot?
3) How bad is the pain with and without the pain killers. Is the pain strictly for your foot?
4) Are the doctors saying your foot is getting better or worse?
5) How long has your foot been this bad?