Regards from Errol, Narangba, Queensland Australia.( and it has been hot
again Monday 28Dec98).
-----Original Message-----
From: Barbara Dusel <barbd(AT)adept.net>
To: tmic-list(AT)eskimo.com <tmic-list(AT)eskimo.com>
Date: Saturday, 26 December, 1998 2:45 AM
Subject: shoes and ask for prayer
>Hello everyone,
>
> Someone asked about shoes. We had that problem with William's shoes
>a few years back. He really is size 11, but we ended up with Gym Shoes,
>New Balance, EEEEE (5 E's) and we tried everything, called everywhere.
>The swelling has a lot to do with it for him - we have experimented with
>different variations of medicines to keep the swelling down. I know
>neurontin contributes to the swelling and some of the other stuff he
>takes also contributes. (maybe baclofen just a bit).....The 13's weren't
>even working until some guy told us to take out the sole and buy some in
>a grocery (more of a flat insert)....that did the trick for him! We're
>getting ready to need some new shoes pretty soon, so I don't
>know.....what we'll do this time. I've seen a couple of ladies in wheel
>chairs with great looking shoes. One girl I asked and she said they
>were Reebok (sp?) but I don't know where they were ordered from. They
>were a bigger size and had velcro. We tried several mocassin type
>things, even a bootie from Kmart once, but they made the feet sweat, so
>he finally gave up on those.....Anyway, we sure can understand the
>problem. I think reducing his neurontin helped more than anything, but
>don't do that without asking the Doctor. I'm not a Doctor. (smile)
>
> By the way, William is doing very bad tonight. We had the hardest
>Christmas day I ever saw. He has the transverse myelitis, and then also
>just had radiation for prostate cancer. After 37 treatments, he quit,
>and the side effects just set in really bad---bad bad diahrea and a lot
>of pain and incontinence. It's almost unbearable.
>For some reason, he tried Depends once and can't deal with them.
>
> Please say a little prayer for him, okay? I know you all have
>posted a lot of things and we haven't really answered or encouraged, but
>we've been down at the Cancer Center. I'm going over there after while,
>again, but by now he might have pushed his button to go off to the
>hospital. It's really hard, here. Thanks.
>
>Barb D. in Louisville
>
>