Wow, Bob.

That is quite a complicated set is circumstances!

It is nice to hear from you though, but I am sorry you
had to go thru all that!

I hope you will stay with a while this time. I am still on
Vacation with my new iPhone .

Thanks Mrd D.
IPhones are great, aren't they. If a cell phone link exists, you've got a mini 'puter in your hand. I have one as well as my wife has an I pad mini that can wifi or phone link. We can GPS thru that as well as our Garmin and stay in touch on vacation.
We recently visited a friend who retired to Roatan Honduras and spent a week on the island with him. We were never out of touch cause she brought the iPad along and lotsa free wifi areas especially where we were staying.

A lovely island, tropical rainforest nwith deciduous trees and lotsa different palms. Different species of hummingbirds abound. Caymans and monkeys in the canals and interior & delightful friendly people. But it is a third world country, very poor once you get away from the touristas for gringos.

It is the 2nd largest living coral reef in the world and a diver's and snorkelers paradise (I don't / can't do either because of my PN & emphysema)m, but
I don't know how he can stand it there. Nice weather, moderate temps of 82-85 but very high humidity. I was soaking wet anytime we were out of A/C - and very few places had A/C. Our friend built on the breezy side of the island so he constantly had trade wind breeze, but the humidity was still there once you got out of the wind.

This trip is a whole other post as it was exciting (and I did it as a cripple - wheelchairs & walkers thru airports) and lotsa photos. I'll put up a bunch on my page at a later time.
For now...I gotta go.
Stay well,

.....and you have hired a contractor to put in a railing, yes?
be well..

I'm looking forward to your travel
Photos, Bob. Whenever you get them
Up just let us know. Try to keep the sizes
800 px or less for easier viewing.

--and I certainly agree with you about the domino effect of a major fall or other trauma exacerbating existing conditions or provoking new ones.

BUT--I am somewhat relieved by your postings, as eloquent as ever--your mind is still working fine.

Don't be a stranger--post when you can--my Jewish grandmother worry tendencies spark up when we don't hear from someone for too long.

Mrs D,
I resized all of the posted ones to 800x600 pixels
and posted them on my members page
For those new, click my 'nide' monicker and go to
the album titled 'Roatan 2013'
Hover cursor over photos for part of caption,
or double click photo for larger view, and full caption.

I enjoyed your vacation pics but sorry you're having to endure so much pain. Hope it settles back down for you soon.

Falling on stairs can be catastrophic. The inadvertent blessing at my house is the ramp that I installed several years for my aging dog to use to avoid added injury to her leg.

She died in the interim, but the ramp stayed.

Once my neuropathy manifested itself in the form of pain, the attendant problems with numbness and problems with telling exactly where I was placing my left foot have shown me the blessing of using the old dog's ramp.

Chris

YES !!
Definitely..... within one week

A fall definately can trigger dormant things in the body.

My MIL was basically healthy beyond normal 60 yr old complaints until she fell off a ladder, which triggered the mesothilioma dormant in her body from aspestos which lead to her death a year later.