Hi all,
It has been a long time since I've been on this forum. I really missed you all.
Having had severe health problems since a "blank" drunk driver ruined my career and life, I developed Polyneuropathy. The shortest explaination is: It is a serious neurological disease, that is usually progressive and sometimes fatal.
For the technical guys/gals here, our nerves have a coating around them called Mylyeon, which is like insulation on wires. This disease eats that coating away. This causes nerves to malfunction and later, to die. The only good part is it does not affect nerves in the brain. The bad part is it can affect all other nerves, such as nerves to the heart and other vital organs.
It starts in the feet and moves upward. It is into my lower abdomen now. I've lost the ability to walk and to have sex. (Not that women were lined up anyway!) Even worse is the literally raw nerves that hurt 24/7 in my legs. The pain is very excruitiating and unrelenting.
Around the house, with bedroom slippers on, I could slide my feet several inches. I can not lift my feet to walk normally. Now, the several inches has decreased to one inch and the resulting pain is horrible. I will be evaluated this coming Monday for the type of wheel chair that I need. It will have to be electric and one that will elevate my legs, due to another problem. At least, I'm hoping for that level 3 chair. (It has more buttons!!)
A very long way of saying: Please pray for me. Not to get well, but to adapt to one of my greatest fears in life. I will have to pay to get a hitch installed and then $2,000 for a lift, for the chair. Insurance does not pay for that or the used cart, that I bought for grocery shopping, etc. Nor, does it pay for the ramps and widening of doors or altering a vehicle to be handicap accessible. Nor does it pay for a way to carry my Phantom and transmitter, etc. If it crash lands, I probably won't be able to get to where it is. I miss this hobby and I miss all of you.
Alan Sims
It has been a long time since I've been on this forum. I really missed you all.
Having had severe health problems since a "blank" drunk driver ruined my career and life, I developed Polyneuropathy. The shortest explaination is: It is a serious neurological disease, that is usually progressive and sometimes fatal.
For the technical guys/gals here, our nerves have a coating around them called Mylyeon, which is like insulation on wires. This disease eats that coating away. This causes nerves to malfunction and later, to die. The only good part is it does not affect nerves in the brain. The bad part is it can affect all other nerves, such as nerves to the heart and other vital organs.
It starts in the feet and moves upward. It is into my lower abdomen now. I've lost the ability to walk and to have sex. (Not that women were lined up anyway!) Even worse is the literally raw nerves that hurt 24/7 in my legs. The pain is very excruitiating and unrelenting.
Around the house, with bedroom slippers on, I could slide my feet several inches. I can not lift my feet to walk normally. Now, the several inches has decreased to one inch and the resulting pain is horrible. I will be evaluated this coming Monday for the type of wheel chair that I need. It will have to be electric and one that will elevate my legs, due to another problem. At least, I'm hoping for that level 3 chair. (It has more buttons!!)
A very long way of saying: Please pray for me. Not to get well, but to adapt to one of my greatest fears in life. I will have to pay to get a hitch installed and then $2,000 for a lift, for the chair. Insurance does not pay for that or the used cart, that I bought for grocery shopping, etc. Nor, does it pay for the ramps and widening of doors or altering a vehicle to be handicap accessible. Nor does it pay for a way to carry my Phantom and transmitter, etc. If it crash lands, I probably won't be able to get to where it is. I miss this hobby and I miss all of you.
Alan Sims
