All within a month. 

The slip and fall was mine, in the ski resort of Hakuba, Japan, while walking along the snow covered street to yet another fabulous restaurant, on February 14. 

The result, in the blink of an eye, was a broken right wrist quickly followed by an ambulance trip to the nearest hospital, a manipulation of said wrist (no anaesthetic), a plaster cast and taxi trip back to our accommodation at 2am. 

Thank goodness I had brought along some strong analgesics. 

My husband Bill took pictures of the before and after xrays which were seen by our friend, Linda Baedawitz-Dodd. 

Linda sent these pictures on to her friend Matthew Nott. 

Matt advised us that if we could get home within the window of 10 days from injury to operation he would try to fit me in for a fix 'with a better outcome'.

Thanks Linda, Matt and offsider Bickram, as well as Travel Insurance Direct, for getting all the planets as well as my right arm radius, into alignment. 

At the time of the above my mother, Norma, was in Nullica Lodge, Eden, for respite care while we were away. 

The care she received while in Nullica was truly wonderful and their quick recognition of a health problem for Norma that put her in Pambula Hospital with a serious infection was dealt with very professionally and with great care and consideration of her Alzheimer condition. 

Thank you to all the staff and fellow residents who helped and showed great concern for mum's welfare. 

Thank you to the ambulance staff. 

Please don't ever change. 

I spent many days at Pambula Hospital with my mum and was able to really see the extent of care on so many varied levels. 

Dr Hamid along with all the professionals, the volunteers, workers, carers - you are an amazing team and clearly love the work you do. 

Thank you. 

Mum now calls Imlay House home and again, I am so happy with the level of excellence this facility has to offer. 

So now we come to the coach screw. 

While working on a building site, my husband Bill didn't see the coach screw sticking up out of the slab. 

He did feel it though. 

Straight through the sole of his work boot, into and through the toe end of the ball of his foot and between toes two and three.

Ouch for the injury and 'Oh no' for the ensuing infection. 

Fortunately, Bega Hospital runs a home nursing program and every morning and night we have had a troop of cheery, happy, helpful nurses come into our home to set up an IV for Bill's antibiotics. 

Thank you Dr Charles in casualty and all those lovely staff in the 'Hospital in the Home' department. 

It has been a been a challenging month but the point of this letter is to say a collective and heartfelt thank you to all for all you've done and to publically recognise just how well off we are here in this little corner of the world. 

Lee and Bill Roberts, Wallagoot

Norma Hore, Pambula Beach