FIRST OF ALL GREETINGS TO WINDZ!!!!
MY NAME IS DWAYNE AKA DARRYL, I GUESS YOU CAN SAY I AM THE MADMAN OF THE GROUP. I HAVE ENJOYED THE FRIENDS I HAVE MADE AND HOPE TO MEET ALL OF YOU.
I CAME TO THE GROUP IN JUNE, I SUFFERED A BACK INJURY IN 2004, LOST MY JOB OF ALMOST 27 YEARS. WENT THRU THE TESTING AND FINALLY THE DECISION OF SURGERY. THE SURGERY WAS UNSUCCESSFUL AND HAS LEFT ME IN THE WORSE SHAPE THAN PRIOR TO IT. I HAVE LOST MOST OF THE FEELING IN MY LEFT LEG AND NOW PARTIAL FEELIN THE RIGHT ONE. A MONTH AFTER THE SURGERY I DEVELOPED A MAJOR STAFF INFECTION, WHICH ALMOST LEFT ME DEAD.( 1 MORE DAY) THE LEFT ME WITH MUSCLE DAMAGE IN MY BACK, SPASMS AND PAIN. SINCE THE SURGERIES I HAVE SUFFERED SET BACKS TO DEPRESSION. I AM BI POLAR , RECENTLY DIAGNOSED. I ALSO SUFFER FROM NEUROLOGICAL CARDIAC SYNCOPY ( BLACK OUTS FROM A CHANGE IN PULSE RATES) AS WELL AS SLEEP APNEA.
ALTHOUGH OF ALL OF THESE THINGS I HAVE LEARNED THAT, THOUGH I MAY HAVE THESE AILMENTS, I HAVE A NEED TO FOCUS ON THE POSITIVE. TO TRY TO ENJOY LIFE AND LAUGH IN IT. I DO HAVE A CARING AND SERIOUS SIDE ALSO,
MY HOBBIES ARE WOODWORKING WHEN I CAN, PHOTOGRAPHY, ENJOYING THE OUTDOORS AND AS YOU SOON WILL FIND OUT PILLOW FIGHTING WITH THE GROUP.
SO LOOK OUT I AM LURKING OUT THERE. LOL
HUGS TO YOU ALL AND MAY THE SON SHINE ON YOU ALWAYS
DARRYL