If you would like to check out our family album, follow this link to see all the changes. As a Polio Survivor, I have a great deal of interest in the late effects of polio, or post-polio syndrome. All of these symptoms are triggered and aggravated by stress and the fatigue of over-doing. Having lived all of my life as an 'able-bodied' person without any need for assistive devices, I am finding the changes taking place in my world difficult to handle and certainly hard to take or accept. I walk with a cane, occasionally crutches, and then only short distances at a time, taking frequent rest stops.
Afternoon naps are the norm in order to keep cognitive function at an acceptable level.
I have now reached the point where i must rely on a power wheel chair or a scooter in order to 'walk' any distance at all and will be having a sleep study done soon, in order to judge the quality of my sleep. Swollowing my meds is impossible on first try unless I take them with a warm drink. I believe these are also the residuals of bulbar polio. I have joined an email list and have learned a great deal about PPS and some of the health complications of the condition. Some of these friends can be seen here.