As the eldest of four children, with me at age 17, in 1949 all of us got polio. For the youngest two it was more like the flu, and it passed over them. My younger brother was hit the hardest and died…Continue
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I have always heard that if one is hit with Post Polio Sequale that may take place between 30 and 35 years after contracting polio. My polio was in 1949 when I was 17 years old. PPS hit me 54 years…Continue
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HI LARRY. YOU GOT POLIO THE SAME YEAR I WAS BORN. I GOT IN 1953. I WAS 3. I HAVE FRIENDS THAT LIVE IN IDYLLWILD. MY LEFT LEG IS VERY SHINNY AND DO MUCH TO HELP OUT. I HAVE A LEG BRACE, HAND MADE SHOES TO GO WITH LEG BRACE, SCOOTER, WALKING STICK AND BARS IN SHOWER AND BATHROOM. I DO ALRIGHT BUT GETTING SLOWER BY THE DAY. ALSO HAD BACK SURGERY SO ALL MY BACK IS PIPES AND SCREWS NUTS AND BOLTS. WELL THE NUTS ARE JUST IN MY HEAD. TAKE CARE AND ALWAYS BE SUNNY SIDE UP