Posted on Facebook September 8, 2017 24 Years ago today I walked out of a Grateful Dead show in Ohio that left me with a cold as I walked through a rain soaked parking lot in bare feet and no shirt. A few weeks later my cold turned into the flu when I was in Boston at a bunch more Dead shows with Beef, and Bri. I had to miss Jerry Garcia Band shows later in the fall because I was throwing up and my body started getting bad pains in my spine and pelvis. (No "Shining Star" or "The Maker" for me.) I wasn't missin' the Dead's winter tour though, so I went out to California with Garb and Beef. (We met up with LBS and Brent Lawrence in L.A., and is where I met Stymie. :) ) I had to fly home early because real bad shit was happening in my body. (Garb and I flew together.) I went straight from the airport to the hospital for x-rays and more tests. I kept passing out on the x-ray table, and they were getting frustrated they had to keep waking me up to turn me over. I didn't care. By Christmas I could hardly walk or barely move from agonizing pain throughout my entire body. Official diagnosis in January...fucked for life. Get used to it.
I was 19 when I got the cold that triggered my collapse and robbed my body from my life in an instant. (Have to add in genetic markers and such to the cold and flu) I liked to have my fun, but I was healthy and strong, and in an instant it was all gone. Nothing in my entire body doesn't hurt terribly, and I have only slept one night through since then. I've made the best of it for what is left, all I see is the potential for what could have been, and it leaves me with a ripped off feeling because I know what I would really have been capable of otherwise. Cherish your body for the miraculous gift it truly is. Nourish your potential to manifest your dreams as much as you can!
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I am a simple guy who likes to dream of the impossible and go after it. I have found fun in writing about my journey as well as other things that inspire me too. Archives
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