Hello. I had a motorcycle accident in 1999. The very day I was promoted from part-time to full time with UPS. I was working 38 hrs a week. I have two incomplete spinal injuries. C1-2 and C5. I have feeling throughout my body, but my muscle movement is limited. I was in acute traumatic care three months and then acute inpatient rehab for an additional three months. I had a short four month stay at home and then went to a long term inpatient rehab for a total of two and a half years. It is very difficult to go through the aches and pains of a long term quadriplegic. My spine is twisted in four different ways. I have severe arthritis in my hips. The clonness (tightening of muscles) and spasms. I have a left leg below the knee (btk) amputation which gives me phantom pain. I have been through much more in the past 22 years. I have been a fighter

The core of this post: I was diagnosed with soft tissue angiosarcoma in Jan 2018. It was found on my outer hip. I went through 5-6 weeks of the highest radiation 5 days week. 2nd and 3rd degree burns from hip all the way around to my bum and lower back. I could only spend a limited time to the unaffected side because of my arthritis. I had to sit or lay on the treated area. After that mostly healed I had surgery. The Dr.. said ” Hey I think we got it. ” I had my 6 month check up and my wife asked the doctor to check my back because it was discolored. Sure enough it had spread probably during radiation. I did the opposite, surgery then the same radiation. It was diagnosed as terminal stage 3 (and now possibly stage 4) with large and medium size tumors throughout the small of my back. Prognosis given to me at that time was 6-18 months. The severe pain from the cancer and all the aforementioned symptoms of my quadriplegia have left me dealing with acute pain management.

The house I live in belonged to my father which passed away without leaving a will and it was left to my stepmother whom I lived with, my sister, and myself. It was built in the late 60s and needed a lot of repairs including an entire new truss and roof. My stepmother wanted to sell and leave me with nowhere to go and disabled housing in my area is no less than a 5 year wait. She was not willing to pay for the repairs she took her savings and moved out. My sister didn’t have the money to help me make the repairs needed. I had to either agree to sell the house and go to a nursing home or find a way to get a loan to repair the house and buy my stepmother and sister out so I could stay here. It was not an easy task being on only disability income. My friend agreed to get a loan for $135,000 for repairs and the money needed to buy my sister and stepmother out of their share of the house. It has been nearly impossible to pay him month to month. The contractors were unprofessional, and irresponsible. My roof does not leak, but the list of things that they damaged or left unfinished will cost thousands of dollars.