Dear Reallusion members and staff, I need your help. My name is Francis McCann and I have been a Reallusion member for 8 years and throughout these 8 years I have spent a lot of time and money on the Reallusion site.
I am a qualified carpenter and joiner by trade and have worked in the building industry for the last 25 years. However in 2004, following an industrial accident, I was informed by the doctors to give up woodwork to prevent paralysis and since then have been living with chronic pain and forced to take a huge amount of medication. But that didn’t stop me.
After studying at night school and gaining a distinction in AutoCAD Design, I decided to explore my creative side and study in Digital Media and Design at Yorkshire Coast college gaining a foundation degree. However, this was a huge struggle for me as I also have a severe stammer, asperges and dyslexia. As you can imagine this made life a lot harder for me until I came across Reallussion. Reallusion helped a significant amount with my college work, as I used it to do all my college assignments and continued to use it afterwards to help me learn as much as I could.
Unfortunately, over the last few years my disability has become increasingly worse and it has gotten to a point where even the simplest of tasks are difficult to do on my own. Tasks like having a bath, getting dressed, making a simple meal and even moving around freely can be almost impossible at times.
My 13 year old son has made me a gofundme page to try and help his disabled father and when I read it I burst into tears. Sometimes you just don’t realize how much your illness/disability can affect your family. It would mean a lot to, not only me, but my whole family if you gave just a few minutes of your time to make even a small donation and to share this post around to help us.