CIDP Awareness Warriors
Hello, my name is Roger. In 2024, I was diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disease called CIDP. I started getting weak. I started to fall and I could no longer hold myself up in the shower. My bladder and bowel movements were failing me. I landed in the hospital one day and I did not leave there for four months. My disease attacks the peripheral nerves and myelin sheath which is the insulation for your nerves. I also got a stroke while I was doing my treatment. I am now paralyzed from the waist down and fully dependent. My disease affects 0.8 out of 100,000 people. I am doing infusions of IVIG to help me get stronger. I have a long way to go for my recovery, but I’m on the right path. I stay positive and have faith in God that I will walk one day. Up N Out Social helps me keep a social life. I’ve met a lot of great people on my journey to recovery.
Roger at home doing his stand up exercise on his stand up machine.
Roger loves to spend time with his family, especially with his son, he likes going to church and visiting his family. He loves any social activity with his son and in his free time he loves to design for his CIDP awareness shirts. He also loves going to all his therapies as he knows that it will help him reach his goal to get stronger and someday walk again. He also hopes to work again.
with Up N Out Social, Roger enjoys the Paddle Club, Happy Hour with Jesus, and Bingoholics activities
Roger and Coco on their way to his Physical Therapy
Roger designed the Up N Out Logo