Well, It's been 2 years since I really have been here on DA and updated anything. It's been a rough ride in life lately and I've been spending all of my time trying to get back on my feet again. It all started to go down hill and out of control 2 years ago this month when I started having really bad pains just below my ribs. After a couple days went by and it was only getting worse, but I was still in denile that it was anything serious. Not having insurance I was trying to avoid the doctor at all cost, but on the third day my mother stopped by and convinced me to go to the emergency room to get checked out. (She works in the medical field).

Well, it turned out that she saved my life by getting me to go. They did a couple blood test on my and my blood toxins were literally off the charts. They said that normal readings were in the low 200's on both and both of mine were well over 2,000! I had acute pancreatitus. This was around 5pm in the evening and they said if I had waited till morning to go in I would have died that night. They said I should of never been able to walk in the ER as bad as I was. So they imediately put me on an IV and call for an ambulance to take me to a larger city that has the means of helping me. So they ended up starving me for 4 days. No food, no water... NOTHING, just my IV. They had to shut my body down in order to do surgery on me. On day 5 I went into surgery first thing that morning and had my galbladder taken out. after a day and a half of recovery they sent me home were I finished recovering for the next 3 weeks.

Then I lost my job and things have just kept going down hill. I've been waiting to hit bottom for a while now, but I'm still waiting. In the process of all the crap, I've lost most of my passion for photography, travel and most other stuff I once loved. I've been wanting to get back to my roots and spend some time out in nature just me and the camera, but I haven't been able to aford to do that, so I sit here at home going more and more crazy by the day. Now were heading into winter before long, which makes going outside not very fun and enjoyable.

Nonetheless I'm still trying to get back into doing the photography that I onced loved and that my followers here on DA once enjoyed. If anyone would like to make a request for something. It might give me a starting point to work from and if I can I'll do my best to get the shot you'd like to see. If you'd like to make a request just drop me a line and I'll see what I can do. Well... This has become a book already, so I'll end on this note. I'd love to hear from any and all of my old followers that are still out there. Hope all is going great from everyone and I look forward to seeing all your new work!