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Hi my name is Anthony rixon.
in 2013 I had a problem with the nerve's and bones in my feet the right foot being the worst. I had 7 operations to get the problems corrected but with each op I had more problems especially extreme pain in my foot which made walking very problematic and over time gave me ankle and lower leg pain as well which was very extreme and painful to the touch.
The problem became so bad that in 2013 I had my right lower leg amputated which was the most painful experience of my life, before the operation I had 7 epidurals because they could not get the needle in my spine because I have bone degeneration of my lower and upper spine. This includes compression of the main nerve down my spine giving me bladder issues which mean I have a superpubic catherter directly into my bladder which is incredibly painful due to problems with my nerve in this area.
After the removal of my right leg the problems with my left leg came to life. My doctor described it as a patient he had in a&e had a scaffold pole in his side and a crushed foot but he never felt the foot pain until the stomach pain had been removed.
over the next year I had operations on my left foot to try and stop the pain but to no avail and in 2015 I had my left leg amputated below the knee to try to remove the pain.
The operations on my leg have worked to a point but I still suffer severe pain in my legs, hips, spine because of arthritis.
I also have due to using a manual wheelchair arthritis in my hands and weakening of the arms and wear and tear of the shoulders.
I am on very high doses of painkiller which have only about a 20% success rate due to my body not allowing these painkillers work includind oxynorm of which I take 100ml a day which should knock me out but it only scratches the surface. so my days are spent in extreme pain most days but I try not to let in get me down as I volunteer in my church keeping it open and doing the odd things with the verger. Without this my life would be spent laying on my bed sleeping as I have sleep apnea and sever shacking of the legs in my sleep.
I go in a minimum of 3 days a week for 3 hours a time and depending how I feel maybe a few other days.
This has saved my life and give me a purpose as I have tried suicide due to my health and mental problems which I wont go into if you don't mind.
I am trying not to end up in an electric wheelchair and would like a triade hand bike which clicks onto my wheelchair which then enables me to get around with power and would change my life in respect of being able to go off road with my family on there bikes and because I get very tired pushing my chair it gives me the option of power and hand power.
thank you for reading and I know I could have written this better but it takes a while doing the typing with my arthritis but any questions I will answer.
in 2013 I had a problem with the nerve's and bones in my feet the right foot being the worst. I had 7 operations to get the problems corrected but with each op I had more problems especially extreme pain in my foot which made walking very problematic and over time gave me ankle and lower leg pain as well which was very extreme and painful to the touch.
The problem became so bad that in 2013 I had my right lower leg amputated which was the most painful experience of my life, before the operation I had 7 epidurals because they could not get the needle in my spine because I have bone degeneration of my lower and upper spine. This includes compression of the main nerve down my spine giving me bladder issues which mean I have a superpubic catherter directly into my bladder which is incredibly painful due to problems with my nerve in this area.
After the removal of my right leg the problems with my left leg came to life. My doctor described it as a patient he had in a&e had a scaffold pole in his side and a crushed foot but he never felt the foot pain until the stomach pain had been removed.
over the next year I had operations on my left foot to try and stop the pain but to no avail and in 2015 I had my left leg amputated below the knee to try to remove the pain.
The operations on my leg have worked to a point but I still suffer severe pain in my legs, hips, spine because of arthritis.
I also have due to using a manual wheelchair arthritis in my hands and weakening of the arms and wear and tear of the shoulders.
I am on very high doses of painkiller which have only about a 20% success rate due to my body not allowing these painkillers work includind oxynorm of which I take 100ml a day which should knock me out but it only scratches the surface. so my days are spent in extreme pain most days but I try not to let in get me down as I volunteer in my church keeping it open and doing the odd things with the verger. Without this my life would be spent laying on my bed sleeping as I have sleep apnea and sever shacking of the legs in my sleep.
I go in a minimum of 3 days a week for 3 hours a time and depending how I feel maybe a few other days.
This has saved my life and give me a purpose as I have tried suicide due to my health and mental problems which I wont go into if you don't mind.
I am trying not to end up in an electric wheelchair and would like a triade hand bike which clicks onto my wheelchair which then enables me to get around with power and would change my life in respect of being able to go off road with my family on there bikes and because I get very tired pushing my chair it gives me the option of power and hand power.
thank you for reading and I know I could have written this better but it takes a while doing the typing with my arthritis but any questions I will answer.
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