Difficulty standing from seated position while handcuffed due to knee pain.
Cannot stand for long due to multiple factors: joint and back pain, weakness and fatigue, POTS, and burning in his spine. If he stands for too long, he gets a cascade of worsening symptoms affecting his brain and body and is often laid up in bed for days afterwards.
The same is true for walking. He uses a cane to walk now, but he's getting so much worse so quickly that a wheelchair or walker now seem more appropriate.
Increasing difficulty using his hands for many purposes. He has to fill out so many medical forms and grievances. In particular, his impaired hands and wrists are constantly painful and he's often unable to use them for other things.
He cannot clean his own cell due to trouble bending down, hand pain, increasing and severe exhaustion, joint pain generally, worsening POTS, chest pain, lightheadedness and dizziness, pressure and pain in head when leaning over, weak shoulders and arms, weakness in legs. (He cannot lean over for long due to the above-mentioned pressure and pain in his head, which worsens if he does. The pressure builds first in his left temple, then affects the right, and both pressure and pain can make it hard to think.)
Needs close to 16 hours of sleep to function.
Even with a very short day, he must remain in bed for most of it or symptoms escalate rapidly.
Sometimes struggles to finish a full phone call due to weakness in his tongue, jaws, and throat muscles, and gets tired chewing and swallowing as well.
Sometimes can't hear well due to chronic ear infections.
Must sleep with head elevated or gets pressure and pain in temples.
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