Just to let you know...
I'm still here, still stuck in the house and still in need of $16,000 for a ramp. We have approximately $1,200 so far kept aside in an account to use for the ramp. As you can see, we have a LONG way to go! However, we want to thank EVERYONE who has donated thus far!
I want to put some photos here so you can get an idea of where I live and why it is so expensive to build a ramp.
This is looking down from the front porch. And after climbing down these bad boys, there are more steps after that and a very steep slope to even more steps.
This is a photo of part of that steep slope.
These are SOME of the steps going up the back. We live between two streets on the side of a mountain.
These are more steps going up to the top, with a long steep slope. The hills in the back are so steep that the ramp will have to criss-cross the back FOUR TIMES to compensate for the steep grade.
These are the hills in the back yard I was talking about.
In case you don't know, I struggle with more than one illness that causes me to be disabled. I have severe osteoarthritis (bone - on- bone) in all of my main joints, including hips, knees, and spine. It is also in the joints and bones of my feet, as well as various other joints.
I have had insulin-dependent diabetes for many years, and the effects of this disease are starting to really show up, such as having gastroparesis (literally paralysis of the stomach). I have sarcoidosis, which rear's it's nasty head in my lungs periodically. I have had MRSA in my lungs, which is now colonized (can act up again, later, under stress). I have severe fibromyalgia which was diagnosed in 1992 before it was the "disease of the month." My legs and lower abdomen have been affected by many abdomenal surgeries, starting at age 20, resulting in lymphedema. These are just a few of the things I struggle with every single day. I have always been very active and also been very active in my community. Now I can attend no meetings or community activities. I spent the last 35 years helping others, as a therapist, minister and pastoral counselor specializing in grief and trauma resolution. Won't you help me? Even the single dollar donations add up! THANK YOU!
If you are new here, go to the first entry and read, as that will tell you a lot of info about me. THANKS!
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I want to put some photos here so you can get an idea of where I live and why it is so expensive to build a ramp.
This is looking down from the front porch. And after climbing down these bad boys, there are more steps after that and a very steep slope to even more steps.
This is a photo of part of that steep slope.
These are SOME of the steps going up the back. We live between two streets on the side of a mountain.
These are more steps going up to the top, with a long steep slope. The hills in the back are so steep that the ramp will have to criss-cross the back FOUR TIMES to compensate for the steep grade.
These are the hills in the back yard I was talking about.
In case you don't know, I struggle with more than one illness that causes me to be disabled. I have severe osteoarthritis (bone - on- bone) in all of my main joints, including hips, knees, and spine. It is also in the joints and bones of my feet, as well as various other joints.
I have had insulin-dependent diabetes for many years, and the effects of this disease are starting to really show up, such as having gastroparesis (literally paralysis of the stomach). I have sarcoidosis, which rear's it's nasty head in my lungs periodically. I have had MRSA in my lungs, which is now colonized (can act up again, later, under stress). I have severe fibromyalgia which was diagnosed in 1992 before it was the "disease of the month." My legs and lower abdomen have been affected by many abdomenal surgeries, starting at age 20, resulting in lymphedema. These are just a few of the things I struggle with every single day. I have always been very active and also been very active in my community. Now I can attend no meetings or community activities. I spent the last 35 years helping others, as a therapist, minister and pastoral counselor specializing in grief and trauma resolution. Won't you help me? Even the single dollar donations add up! THANK YOU!
If you are new here, go to the first entry and read, as that will tell you a lot of info about me. THANKS!
MySpace Tickers: CoolSpaceTricks.com