My story starts in 1959, age 5 by meeting an army man on leave. I survived after baptism, after a doctor told my parents I'll be dead by morning. I am 64 now, life was OK till age 40. The body breakdown starts.
Affected by 7 of 15 problems that can happen, I write today as a fall started additional problems. Now, out of hospital, I am not the same this time as my independence is in trouble.
Doctors have taken care of me since 1999 very well. However that ended in 2017. Meds gave me a life now those are gone. Leg replacement disabled me. In 2005, eyesight going, liver going. Then, skin, balance. Memory loss slured speech surgeries, arthritis loss of two fingers function.
Sometimes my eyes act like a film watching got stuck in frame scarey but what worst is my pain. I moved to Oklahoma city, one last try in my search for my disabilities.
Frank Abel
March 2024
