Administrative Note

by Natasha Chart · 2009-08-09 00:24:00 UTC
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Hey folks,

Sorry to leave you hanging lately. I broke my foot last week right after I got back and after years and years of no insurance (and the fact that it didn't actually hurt as much as a migraine) I'd half convinced myself that it was just a sprain. Until the end of this last week, when more of my foot was covered by spreading bruises than not and it became clear that it needed to be x-rayed and properly seen to.

It's hard to even sit up for long, the swelling and bruising get worse when it isn't elevated. (Don't get me started on how bad it is getting downstairs from the 3rd floor.) Also, there's the prescription pain medication. As you can imagine, this situation isn't good for my computer use or focus.

Steph Larsen has written many times in this space about the need for universal healthcare in order to preserve farming as a viable small business. A lot of independent contractors and small business owners, or people who would like to be small business owners, know the truth of it. I broke my 5th metatarsal, the most commonly broken bone in the body, and I can right now barely do a job that involves typing from my home. This could mean the end of some people's entrepreneurial dreams, or the loss of a part time job with little security that supported a small business, like a farm. And many farmers do have second jobs to support their farming, both for the extra income and if possible, for even more valuable health coverage.

I'm lucky to have recently married into health coverage, but if it isn't retroactive to our wedding day, this one injury is likely to wipe out most of our recently acquired financial cushion. We were a little slow with the paperwork, being kind of busy and all.

Anyway, I hope I'll be back making a nuisance of myself again soon. But extensive reading and research, or even a lot of typing, are just not happening right now. Sorry.

cheers,
n

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