An update to any who remember Im a 37yo man who has never married and no kids was finally skilled enough to go on his own and start his own const. co after a yr and a half having to shut it all down lose my home and leave the state i lived in to move in with family. I am unable to work and in debt over my ears. Now here I am been diagnosed with RA in my knees hips shoulders back and hands. Severe disc degerative disease and also spinal stenosis and to top it off deposits of fat and tissue on my spine that thank god is NOT cancer YAY. But here I am 37 and walking with a cane now. Taking lidocaine shots in my knees and shoulders doc say it doesnt last me long enough to take the discomfort of having my hips done. I take 15 mg of prednisolone a day 50,000 mg of Vit D 2 times a week 200 mg of celebrex 2 times a day cymbalata for depression 60 mg 2 times a day Folic Acid 1 mg 1 time a day Hydrocodone APAP 7.5 500 tab twice a day and Tramadol HCL 50 mg as needed Prilosec OCD 1 time a day And just starting injections of methotrexate 1 time a week at .4

Surgery is just a temp fix at this point with the stenosis and deposits compounded with bulging discs and I do NOT want to go that route untill I 100% HAVE to. Seeing the career I have trained for and worked over 20yrs learning and perfecting my skill and complete knowledge of residential construction and its all gone in a relative small amount of time. Im on food stamps and public assitance for my health care all i have now is I have an appointment with a SS lawyer to try and have some kind of income. I cant work I cant sit long I cant stand long walking is a joke on my little old man cane and yet all I can do is keep going on.