@faithwalker007

At this point, Sadie is my psychiatric service dog, and is a great help to me. Depending on how neuropathy progresses, I might need to find a larger dog, Renee. Are you his trainer? For now, balance and stability when walking are fairly minor issues, but I can see that I might need assistance down the road. I've been wanting to have a German Shepherd, but for now, my border collie fits the bill. I don't know how old she is, probably around 5, so we have quite a few years ahead together. Unless something happens like happened with Barnabas, a sudden death at 9. It's another layer of trauma to lose a service animal whose work includes PTSD issues.

I think that my feet didn't hurt quite as much today. I took an extra morphine and turned the therapy down on my scs, and being Sunday, I didn't have as many hours of working on my feet.

Snow isn't in the forecast here for a while. It was in the 70s today, but a wet, snowy winter is predicted. If trips to OHSU in Portland is in my near future, driving over the Cascades will be a challenge, and there's no public transportation system between here and there. Well, I suppose it could be possible to take the bus and find connections to the hospital. My wife is a bit fearful of going to Portland because it's a Covid19 hotspot.

I'm sure sorry that you're in such pain. I'm praying for you.

Jim