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Charlie Knight
and
his milestones for
December 26, 2010 to January 01, 2011
contact him by
email at ni_ck@ymail.com or ceknight@student.stcc.edu or
U.S. mail at 32 Byers Street, Apt. # 101, Springfield, MA 01105
if you can offer help or assistance in any way.
I am nirmally writing this on a day near the Sunday following the week I am speaking about.
In this case I am writing these on January 24th, 2011, to try and "catch up"
Sunday I witnessed the vows and took some pictures of it all. In the afternoon the Minister and her husband invited the two people and myself and the man that drove us all to the church for a nice meal at the Dakota resturant. They have a nice buffet at a singleprice on Sundays before a certain hour to help get people into the resturant on what would have been a "dead" time. The meal and fellowship were good. I believe I have met this minister before. On the way back I was not feeling well at all. We rested at my friend's place and then I left the meals I was going to also give another friend and brought her presents back with me. I was feelilng so ill. In a horrible snow storm my friend's friend, I should say he is my friend now also, drove me back to Springfield and I got some gas and some windshield wiper fluid for him. He was so good to me. I had called My doctor and got some advice and rested monday and a good deal of Tuesday Morning. Then at noontime or so I took a bus to Boston to the Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance meeting where I met many people and talked about a project I wanted to have done online, so people in need could get advice and assistance and maybe avoid becoming homeless. I took the bus back in a few hours and then went tosee another doctor on Wedneday. Bob Maurice took me around to get soda and ice cream and buy a cake because no one had told me if we hand any soda and cake left over from the Christmas Dinner. All they did was complain about our assistant resident manager at the board meeting the 20th. I did not want to have a fuss so I bought the stuff. Bob helped me and we got back in time for the birthday party. The people that were going to make certain that cake and soda were left after the Christmas Dinner at the place on the 19th did not show up at all. I did the whole party with Bob Maurice's help. Then we took the extra cake and ice cream back to Amity Lodge so we could have it with our first meeting in January.Thursday I had an appointment that was canceleld and Friday and Saturday I tried to rest. I have such a awful feeling something is not right.
So this ends my comments for 2010. Ask me where I will post anything for 2011 as I have run out of space at this server.
I feel like the caged screws in my back are moving. I wonder what will happen to the spinal cord if they break apart? I am scared.
Thanks for praying for me.
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I think the folding bicycle I got was an expensive bicycle but I have ruined any value it had by scratching it so when I tried to get off of the train tracks. If you click on this link it will tell you a bit about this happening.
Please
continue to pray. My back and especially my neck muscles often hurt,
but the pain in the hands is decreasing. But after the accident my arms
hurt and my neck again. The professionals still say I need hearing aids
in both ears. I am happy with the way the 2nd opinion Doctor is
proceeding, cautiously and by getting lots of empirical information
before a decision is made .I am under MassHealth paying for my MediCare
so I have experienced first hand what "ObamaCare" would be like. As I
said, it hurts, but then relieving the pain is not a priority when you
are not an important person. I was happy NOFA thought they could use me. I can not seem to even volunteer, no one seems to want to use me .
God is healing that spine and I might not need another operation.
I will take buses and hitch hike if need be to get to the family home and start throwing out things out. But in reality, I might not be able to do any of that this fall.
I often feel I have not made the right decisions most of the time. I just does not feel good to think you are a called a worthless nobody by many people and the inference is that can not contribute much at all to life and the "society" is taking care of your minimal needs until you finally hurry up and die. That review of my life is so depressing. It seems that every time I have had an opportunity to make a decision, I have made the wrong one. People seem to say I make the wrong decisions BUT if I do follow their advice, and it turns out wrong, I am still blamed for doing so anyway. When I came back from Grand Lodge I was told that regardless of what some people may think, the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, I.O.O.F., sees a value in me and I should focus upon that positive expectation. I just do now know what to do. I will be away from Saturday anyway through maybe Tuesday of next week. I am hoping to get my stuff out of Alice's home which she is trying to sell. I am despairing as I don't think I can do that. I seem to be so strangely ill.
Glendi was our Greek Festival at St. George Greek Orthodox Church, which I was not help at for a third year in a row. I hate being old and sick.
My lodge (Springfield # 235, I.O.O.F.) has asked me to be Secretary for another year. So I know what I am doing for the 1st and 3rd Mondays this year.
I think one needs to rely on GOD and test the advice you are given and then go forwards;"full speed ahead"! I would like to attend Grange, but can't get there.
I think back on the Cathedral of the Pines I went with Ray Laborde and his wife Pauline to and the "Steak Roast" I went to at Amherst Lodge at one of their members large back yard in the country. I do like the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the good works of beneficence that they do..
The Bible Reading Guide that it seemed God prompted me to assemble for the Orthodox Study Bible is in a PDF format for people to look at, perhaps others would enjoy keeping up with it.
Blessings,
charlie, nektarios ippotis
The info. below is still sort of ok.
I have made a tri-fold resume like a brochure, my doctor said no work for at lest the next 3-6 months, ouch. It was last year, October 18th, when many donated to the Western Massachusetts Arthritis Foundation Walk. My back hurts, my neck hurts, I just plain hurt. I hope people will donate also again this coming fall.
Soon I am helping in the Relay for Life of the American Cancer Society. We had meetings on it this week on the PTK induction ceremony next week but I did not go.
What
follows are the new information about my injuries and the progress from
my NeuroSurgeon! I am in great pain and have difficulty doing many
things.
I said last before that I would probably take them down
from here. Now I will keep them up a little longer so you can see what
I am having difficulty in healing from.
Click on the images above to go to links to more information
I
saw my primary care physician and she showed me my x-rays. I got
the discs out I was given to sent to the 2nd opion doctor and took
screeen shots of them.
I will put it in that space below to try and show you what is happening to me.
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are some of the things I have found. The screws come in from the
back, and the extra skin must be to hide the ends of the screws. You can see the screws in the image to the left. There is no image at t5 as the vertebrae burst. Looking to the right you see the screws and the long wire or plastic that goes through the screws and tries to hold my back in place. Note that at T4 both of these wires are joined together. I am so sick as I write this. I will tell you more later. |  |
The
new medicines are helping the pain in the left had some, but moving it
and exercising it seems to be the best thing. I thank God for my
current Primary Care Doctor and for the "Second Opinion Surgeon" that
said I could ride a bicycle and be more active if I was careful.. But
after the July accident I have not done so. I hurt a lot in my
shoulders arms.
Thank GOD for any and all improvements.
Especially I thank God I can walk and do some things. I am told that
because of the vertebra injured, medically, they did not even expect me
to walk.
I pray this fall and the coming winter are full of blessings for you and yours.
My email is ni_ck@ymail.com or the college at
ceknight@student.stcc.edu
as I hope to be able to take at least one course in the Spring.
The
telephone number in Springfield is (413) 732-7077 or you can write to
me there at 32 Byers Street, Apartment # 101, Springfield, MA
01105-1221.
It looks like I will be there throughout the winter this year.
I feel so much worse in many ways than I did when I was in the Rehab. Hospital.
Often have to rest up all day in order to go to a meeting at night for 2 hours
and then I am so tired I am glad to get to bed.
But sleep does not come with the Narcolepsy, so I am up and then back to bed all night long.
I feel so rotten and worthless because I came to Springfield trying to get work and could not do so
and now I have to spend over 20 times the cost of repairs to tear down the family home.
I feel so rotten and worthless and it is no wonder no gal wants to even
be an escort with me to a free meal. Thanks for your prayers.
I feel I have let down God and humanity.
It is no fun feeling that you are
just worthless.