Dave's Medical & Living Expenses
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Hello, my name's Dave Olden, and I live in Victoria BC.
I'm an aspiring illustrator and storyteller .... and, as you can tell by the photo, I'm a Star Wars fan. I have been since 1977.
On December 11th, crossing into a parking lot, my foot caught on an unseen branch, and I fell hard. My forehead impacted pavement, and my left wrist broke.
There was surgery on the wrist on December 14th.
December 23rd, at the Orthopaedic Surgeon's, x-rays were taken, and a fibreglass cast applied (That's the cast you see in the photo). Recovery time to get full use of my hand back will be anywhere between "3 and 6 months". There will be physiotherapy, which will need to be paid for. I will be billed for the cast, and there will be other costs I don't have bills for yet...
My pharmacy told me (on the 23rd) my pain prescription (Tramacet) is not covered. That's $57. I don't have that. Without pain meds, it has taken, on average, 6 hours for me to get to sleep each night.
I do not have food or money. PROPER NOURISHMENT is ESSENTIAL, especially for a body trying to mend.
I can't prepare meals (ie, I cannot open a can with one hand). I have not eaten, and need prepared meals.
I have no means of transportation, yet I need to pay for SAFE travel and other daily living expenses.
I live alone, in a small room in a rooming house.
I do not have family support. No one to help with driving me around, nor help to feed me or assist with daily needs.
I am left to help myself, without the strength, finances without the resources to do so.
Yes, I am considering a claim against the property owner where the injury occured. But I have no lawyer.
Even if a lawyer can be found who will take me, it is not a guaranteed case. From a lawyer who turned down the case, in his final email, "From my perspective it will be an uphill battle persuading a Court that there is something negligent in this situation.”
So even with a lawyer, it will be a long and difficult case. It could easily take months (or years).
Yet I have these immediate needs.
I am asking for your help and understanding, and donations to help support me, in the absence of friends or family.
I'm an aspiring illustrator and storyteller .... and, as you can tell by the photo, I'm a Star Wars fan. I have been since 1977.
On December 11th, crossing into a parking lot, my foot caught on an unseen branch, and I fell hard. My forehead impacted pavement, and my left wrist broke.
There was surgery on the wrist on December 14th.
December 23rd, at the Orthopaedic Surgeon's, x-rays were taken, and a fibreglass cast applied (That's the cast you see in the photo). Recovery time to get full use of my hand back will be anywhere between "3 and 6 months". There will be physiotherapy, which will need to be paid for. I will be billed for the cast, and there will be other costs I don't have bills for yet...
My pharmacy told me (on the 23rd) my pain prescription (Tramacet) is not covered. That's $57. I don't have that. Without pain meds, it has taken, on average, 6 hours for me to get to sleep each night.
I do not have food or money. PROPER NOURISHMENT is ESSENTIAL, especially for a body trying to mend.
I can't prepare meals (ie, I cannot open a can with one hand). I have not eaten, and need prepared meals.
I have no means of transportation, yet I need to pay for SAFE travel and other daily living expenses.
I live alone, in a small room in a rooming house.
I do not have family support. No one to help with driving me around, nor help to feed me or assist with daily needs.
I am left to help myself, without the strength, finances without the resources to do so.
Yes, I am considering a claim against the property owner where the injury occured. But I have no lawyer.
Even if a lawyer can be found who will take me, it is not a guaranteed case. From a lawyer who turned down the case, in his final email, "From my perspective it will be an uphill battle persuading a Court that there is something negligent in this situation.”
So even with a lawyer, it will be a long and difficult case. It could easily take months (or years).
Yet I have these immediate needs.
I am asking for your help and understanding, and donations to help support me, in the absence of friends or family.
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Dave Olden
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Victoria, BC
