GIFT OF LIFE & HOPE FOR LUKE TAYLOR

Hi, I'm Luke Taylor. September 30, 2018 my life was turned upside-down, when I broke my neck and sustained a severe spinal cord injury in an off-road vehicle accident.

The crash paralyzed me below my upper chest with limited use of my arms and hands (quadriplegia). During my 4-month hospital stay, I lost my job that I loved, my beloved dog, Dottie, my home, vehicles, retirement savings, health insurance and (worst of all) my Independence. My elderly parents moved me into their guest room and modified their home to accommodate me in my power wheelchair. Their generosity has exhausted their entire retirement savings providing for my comfort and care.

Late summer 2020 I began to suffer with agonizing, non-stop neuropathic pain everywhere below my shoulders. Although I underwent 6 more therapeutic surgeries, the pain only worsened. My last surgery, September 2021, destroyed my ability to use my arms and hands and increased my nerve pains to unimaginable levels. The pain has progressed to a point where I am incapacitated, isolated and unable to leave my bed. To sit in my wheelchair, (even for a few minutes) generates unrelenting, burning, stabbing, throbbing, full-body pain for days on end. It takes it's toll both physically and mentally on both my parents and I.

Last summer I was diagnosed with the spinal cord inflammatory disease of Adhesive Arachnoiditis (SAA), Tethered Cord Syndrome and Post Traumatic Syringomyelia. SAA is an inflamed, adhesive mass inside my spinal canal that is progressively trapping and damaging my nerve roots due to autoimmunity. SAA is ranked "THE HIGHEST FORM OF CHRONIC PAIN THAT EXISTS IN MEDICAL SCIENCE TODAY!" Often referred to as "The Devils Disease", Arizona Doctors have exhausted their array of pharmaceuticals and treatments covered by my insurance plans with little or no results. I am devastated by the diagnosis, but remain positive and driven with a glimmer of hope. 

Enter Dr. Scott Falci, a neurosurgeon at the Institute for Spinal Cord Injury, located in Englewood, Colorado. This brilliant doctor is advanced in effective surgical treatments that, at best, may reverse my condition and at least, stop the progressive damage to my spinal cord. In addition, Dr. Sabrina Solt has had great success relieving central neuropathic pain and healing nerves using stem cell paste harvested from my own body fat. Arachnoiditis patients travel from all over the world to receive their life-saving surgeries.

Essential treatments known to be effective on this horrific disease are cost prohibitive and not covered by my insurance plans.

I need your help to restore hope that soon I will be able to regain some quality of life before it's too late. Any contribution you can spare is helpful. I am more than grateful to you for your generosity and pray you'll find it in your heart to share my story with your friends and associates as well. 

Without treating the underlying cause of my intractable pain, I am doomed to a miserable, agonizing, bed-bound life of diminishing quality until my early death.

I currently have 242 Facebook followers, and of those 242, they have a combination of 223,552 plus friends. If each of my friends made a donation to my GoFundMe campaign and asked their friends to do the same, in a very short time I could have the funds required to get the lifesaving treatments I desperately need. Please help by making a donation of $10 or more and ask each of your friends to do the same. 

God bless and I'll be sure to keep everyone updated on my progress.

Sincerely, Luke Taylor

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Sharing the Hope:

In the event that the funds raised exceed the amount required for my recovery, I plan to donate the surplus to others suffering from SAA pain and paralysis who cannot afford the necessary life-saving treatments. Additionally, I aim to support the following charities:

Arachnoiditis Hope Forest Tennant Foundation

Canine Companions For Independence

Paralyzed Veterans of America Arizona Chapter

More information about my condition can be found at the following links:

Sabrina Solt How I Help Arachnoiditis Patients

The Wheelchair Dad Struggle with Adhesive Arachnoiditis is real.

Arachnoiditis Hope sponsored by the Tennant Foundation

Spinal cord injury below-level neuropathic pain relief with dorsal root entry zone micro-coagulation performed caudal to level of complete spinal cord transection ~ Dr. Scott Falci