--- In bluerollersppssupport@yahoogroups.com, rogerreed4
<no_reply@y...> wrote:Hi, i'm 51years of age had polio as a 4yr old
child always have had limp due to 2" shortness of left leg even
though i had leg lenghthed when i was 12years of age.I now to have
post polio spinal muscular atrophy and i am finding that i am in
constant pain in neck,shoulders,back in fact every where.I also find
that my arms are getting very weak and also my good leg (non-polio
leg)has anyone found any tablets which are any good at helping with
sleep etc.If you have could you let me know please.
>
> I need somebody to describe how they feel with post-polio.Describe
> the pain and where it usually is and all other syptoms.For some
> reason I can't except the fact that I've had polio.They say,I had
> polio around 18months old.I had it very bad.Now I'm dianogised
with
> post polio,fibromyalgia,wore out jionts,wore out knees,o/a,40
degree
> scoliosis in the thorcsic area,mild scoliosis in the lumbar,ddd,I
> also lossed alot of muscle in my left leg.I have server pain down
> right leg and grion area for seven years.I've got weakness and
> fatiqued.I have swollen ankles and a pain in my lt. hip so bad
when
> I walk up or down hills that I can't hardly stand it.I'm 45yrs.
old
> and wore out.I worked almost 30yrs.in a factory on production jobs
> 8,10,12hrs. now i can't hardly mow my grass.I need someone to
> explain how they feel.I have to wear socks to bed at night to keep
> my feet from freezing off.