Re: POI - is 3.6 the latest supported version?

Scott,

No, it's not and I know I speak for everyone here that our thoughts and
prayers will be with you. Please don't be afraid to ask for help with
anything during this.

I've been through a 2 years fight with breast cancer with my wife (which
included a lot of surgeries, chemo, radiation, etc) and I know how much I
appreciated everyone who helped out with things. Even if it was just to
say hi.

So please, ask. You've given so much to the community that I'm sure we'll
all be more than happy to help in ANY way.

Brad
www.bvstools.com

On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 11:24 PM, Scott Klement <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

wrote:

My health is not good.

For those not aware, I had damage to my spinal cord on January 5, 2013
that I had been working hard to recover from, spending 5-6 hours every day
working on recovery. Things were going very well until August 2014. At
that point, I could walk for about a mile, stand for about an hour at a
time (albeit with pain) and even do things like take the 'L' train in
Chicago which entails walking up and down many flights of stairs.

Starting in August 2014, things got gradually worse, something the doctors
said wouldn't happen... I got weaker and in MUCH more pain. By January
2015, I was no longer able to walk with a cane, and instead needed a
walker. By April 2015, I could only walk very short distances, and needed
a wheelchair for longer ones, and the pain was/is still getting worse.

The doctors were stumped for a long time. My neurologist gave up, said he
couldn't find anything. My physiatrist also ran out of ideas, but kept
looking and doing his best to help with the symptoms.

Eventually, I tried a Rheumatologist, and he found that I have a disease
called Sjögren's syndrome. This is an auto-immune disease that is best
known for giving people dry mouth and dry eyes, but can attack any part of
the body. In less than 5% of the cases, it attacks the spinal cord, which
appears to be what is happening in my case. I went to Mayo Clinic for a
second opinion in May, and at first they scoffed at the idea that i could
possibly have Sjögren's, because it seemed to very unlikely that I'd have
two very rare problems attacking the same area of the spinal cord. But
after they did all of their testing and examinations they changed their
mind and confirmed this diagnosis.

We have been using steroids to suppress my immune system (since Sjögren's
is an auto-immune disease -- it means my immune system is what's attacking
me). This has helped, but is not a long-term solution, since the problems
the steroids cause is almost as bad as the disease, and in the long term,
steroids can cause some much more serious problems.

So, next week I'm going to start chemotherapy (to suppress the immune
system, it's not for cancer in this case) which is the best long term
solution they have. The studies they did showed that it works in 9/16
cases, so that's more than half, so hopefully it'll work for me. We'll
see. The best they can do, though, is drive it into remission. There is
no cure.

Hopefully that's not too much info...

-SK