[nagdu] one more time

Sun Feb 6 09:50:40 UTC 2011

Stepper,
    Thank you very much for sharing your story! Arnold Schwartzneger, watch 
out! Best wishes on your new life!

Fraternally yours,
Marion


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stepper" <stepper12 at cableone.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2011 3:46 AM
Subject: [nagdu] one more time


> Hi to all listers.
> This is Stepper once more.
> Those of you that know me from being here on and off for years, and those 
> that don't I will give some  background to this writing tonight.
> First of all I have been sitting here for a couple of hours trying to 
> decide if I really wanted to say anything right now or not?
> I have come to I can't stand it another minute.
> But first, for those that are new to this list.
> I have been working on recovering from multiple cancers, and all the 
> horrendous treatments that go in to that.
> Plus as a result of all this, my back is trashed after being pretty much 
> home bound, and bed ridden for almost eight years.
> I have been working towards my recovery as far as building my strength 
> back up for the last couple of years now.
> I have had two dogs for a total of 17 years.
> I haven't had a dog since 98.
> I have tried twice for guide dogs from GDB in the last 5 years, and failed 
> both times.
> Both times I failed because I wasn't strong enough. but didn't realize 
> until making the trips first to the Oregon campus, and the second the 
> California campus.
> I after getting to each because the trips themselves took my strength 
> right out of me, and I couldn't recover once there to continue.
> My last try was almost a year ago to California during Spring break at the 
> end of March in to the month of April.
> What has made the difference now for me is this.
> I have a pain pump for my back for the last couple of years.
> The drug in it was and is Dalottid, which is 100 times more powerful than 
> Morphine.
> Plus I was taking after getting my pump still Narco 10.5, of three to four 
> a day, and it wasn't enough.
> What has now changed all this, is now I have a new non narcotic drug that 
> is, and this is no mistake, is "one thousand times" more powerful than 
> Morphine.
> Its made from what started out as from the venom of a south seas snail 
> believe it or not.
> You can look this up on the Medtronic's web site.
> It has taken months to get this wonder med to where it started working, 
> because they have to give it in such small amounts or it will really screw 
> you up.
> Fast forward now.
> I now, and have for several months been getting better every month.
> I can walk a couple miles, and during that time walking I stop at street 
> corners and do 10 to 15 push ups each block, at the beginning and end of 
> each block.
> That can mean getting in from 150 to 200 push ups in a walk.
> Plus at home in my home gym, Where I have the following equipment, in a 
> separate building in my back yard which is also my office space.
> My building is 10 by 20 feet.
> Its totally finished as a office would be.
> My exercise equipment is. Which I can use once again is.
> 1. Nordic Track Elliptical which is electronic, and will tilt up to 30 
> degrees, and 10 resistant levels.
> 2. A York Stepper with upper body levers.
> 3. A Shwinn Air Dine that I rode 3256 miles in 2010. It has 21856 miles on 
> it since 1985.
> 4. Nordic Track Skier
> 5. York weight machine with butterfly and leg attachments.
> 6. A Minnie trampoline.
> I have my computer TV and all that stuff across the far end of my 
> office/gym.
> I also am working out an hour now daily, and plus in my workout every five 
> minutes I change equipment, and drop down and do 15 push ups throughout my 
> workout, which is about 150 a workout.
> The next I do weights, for 30 minutes after warming up.
> This time in 2009 I weighed 210 pounds and was 28 percent body fat.
> Today I am 165 pounds and 15 percent body fat.
> Ladies and gentleman I am not telling you all this to brag, I am trying to 
> show what this new miracle new drug called Prealt has done for me.
> Its unbelievable!
> Please! If you have back trouble that seems beyond help write me, and I 
> will send you a article written by my pain doctor about this stuff.
> I have three crushed disks, two bulgingdisks, and ten of my twelve faset 
> joints are fractured. Fasets joints is what your hips hangs off of.   A 
> surgeon will not touch me, none of them.
> I am getting my life back!
> I am 64 years old.
> By the way I am now after 10 years off Narco but for a pill once in a 
> while meaning several days.
> I tell you all this to tell you this.
> Tonight I was the speaker at a meeting where I told my story of recovery, 
> of about 120 people I was told.
> I haven't been able to stand for 45 minutes in once spot for more then 10 
> years.
> But I was able to do this tonight.
> While up on stage I for the first time surprised my wife by telling her I 
> had a surprise for her.
> What she didn't know, was I had applied at GDB once more on October 8th 
> 2010.
> I felt if there was going to be a turn around, after all the time and 
> money they had put in to me, GDB should be able to get the miricle story 
> of this if I can do it. I told her at the end of my talk that in two 
> weeks, on Feb. 19, at 9 a.m. I was to have a home visit, interview, and 
> yes, Juno walk from GDB for the third time, to see if I couldn't receive 
> home training for a guide dog.
> My wife started crying, I started crying, and she came up on stage and we 
> held each other crying together and laughing.
> The place went nuts!
> Without her knowing I had worked through it with GdB on the computer, and 
> asked that they not call my house because she would see the number on 
> caller I.D. and wonder way GDB was calling.
> I haven't have told a soul but for my best friend including my three 
> children because I just if it doesn't work out didn't want to go through 
> all that with them one more time.
> I have sworn my wife to not saying anything as well.
> I know this was pretty long, but thought I may encourage someone out there 
> not to give up no matter what.
> You know, there's only so much diing you can do before diing."
> Thanks, and please think about me with this third chance, which is known 
> at times, the third chance is the charm
> Stepper
>
> stepper12 at cableone.net.
>
>
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