in search of a friend or two

[Guest guest]

Greting to you all. I am new to this site..Mye-name is

" squarehead " (I am Norwegian),and my name is Ken.

I am 52, and married to a wonderful woman, who tries

her best to be a support to me, but we have had a

" roke reversal " : I used to be the breadwinner, and she

stayed at home..not anymore. I am a twenty year

trucker, never had an accident, or a ticket, but last

October, I awoke, on a run to Pipestone, Mn. to hands

so swollen,they looked like sausages! I could hardly

bend my legs, and I called my honey, and asked her to

meet me in Knoxville, Tn. and take me to the

hospital.(I live in Asheville, N.C., and Ryder, who I

worked for, was located there.)

I spent days and days in the hospital, and they

diagnosed me with severe R.A., affecting nearly every

joint in my body.

My company, who I worked for, for many years just

up and abandoned me. What good is a trucker to them,

who can no longer drive?

When you're a ttrucker, you don't have much of a

social life, and very few chances to make friends,

bedause you are on the road all the time...so here I

sit, day after day,in my wheelchair, wishing I had

someone to talk with, someone who knows of the pain I

live with day after day. I give myself two injections

of Methotrexate every Tuesday,to total 80 units, and

an injections of Humira every Sat. On top of that, I

must take Folic acid, Mobic, and

antidepressents...this in addition to the Meds I must

take for high blood pressure.

The state was nice enough to see that they built a

thirty foot wheelchair ramp, and deck for me, and

provided a power wheelchair for me,because I have

" trigger finger " , and cannot use my hands well,

anymore. Unfortunatly, I have no way to get around,

because my disability checks aren't enough to buy a

van I can put the chair in.

So , here I sit. Is there anyone out there who will

e-mail me, anyone I can talk to, and be friends with?

Do any one of you feel inclined to be a friend to

me? God Bless you all, and may your hurting diminish!

Love, ken

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