Christmas background: Pensioner hopes to walk again in the new year

Beatrice’s health is slowly improving, but the fiscal situation is adding stress.

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When Beatrice started having pain in her feet over the summer, she wasn’t quite sure why.

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“I made sure to walk carefully because I didn’t want to do any more damage,” he said.

He eventually got an appointment with a doctor and they discovered that he had what the doctor considered life-threatening blood clots. The doctor said he would need to undergo vascular surgery in September.

The surgery was a success and the initial prognosis is that Beatrice will not need a second operation. Although he cannot walk yet, there is hope that he will be able to do so in the future. A nurse comes in twice a week to clean and replace her bandages.

However, blood clots weren’t Beatrice’s only problem. He said he was late filing taxes and owes a balance. As a pensioner on a fixed income, you are not in a position to pay at this time. He said this added concern has made what was already a difficult year that much more painful.

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“There’s no one to do it for me and I couldn’t do it at the time,” Beatrice said. “Most of the time, it’s something you take for granted you can do, but when you can’t, there’s nothing you can do to make sure it happens. I felt powerless. “

Beatrice’s health is slowly improving, and with it comes the promise of being able to go out again, walk around her Ville-Émard neighborhood, and get back to a social life.

“I’m looking forward to opening the door and going for a walk again,” he said.

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