Thanks for your kind Welcome! :)

March 26, 2000

Hi there!

Thanks for your kind welcome! My husband is totally disabled. He is

sixty years old, several heart attacks, severe degenerative disc

disease in his back, bone spurs growing into his spinal cord, stomach

ulcers, orchiectomy(testicle removed due to vascular problems), and

then in '94, he had a terrible saw table accident, where the blade

jumped up (defect in sawtable), pulled in his right hand, and it

mangled up his whole hand, cut off his thumb, had massive bleeding,

almost died, seven hour operation, blood transfusions, etc, and then

after that the RSD set in. Had never heard of it before, but wow,

everyday, he has to keep his hand under a heating pad a lot, and the

pain goes up his entire arm into his shoulder and neck. He was right

handed too, so it is very frustrating for him. I have a lot of health

problems, and so do our son and daughter, so we have had a real rough

time of it since 1982. He went for a while for nerve blocks, and

nothing lasted very long. He is very sad most of the time, and

doesn't go out of the house except to go to the doctor's. I am 51

years old, and have angio edema, and high blood pressure, and had an

emergency hysterectomy in '93 (almost hemorrhaged to death). Plus our

son had a rare disease called Henoch-Schoenlein Purpura in '89, at

the age of nine, and he had a bad kidney stone attack last Nov. Our

daughter is 28, and has endometriosis severely, but at least she was

able to have two beautiful children. Well, hope that is enough of an

introduction of a rough sketch of what we have been dealing with. A

whole lot more has happened, but I don't want to write a book

here..hehe..

Take care all, and hope to join in some discussions and get to know

some of you. I usually get on here late at night, and sometimes, it

is nice to be able to chat late when my husband finally falls asleep.

He has a lot of trouble sleeping. I don't get enough sleep. I handle

all the bills, and my son takes care of our old cars. We are on a low

income, but we believe in God, and pray each day. The doctors said my

husband should have been dead back in '84! Fooled them!!! My husband

has a genius level IQ, and he has taught all of us a lot! Especially

our son (He is my daughter and son's stepfather).

Talk to you soon!

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