08/06/2025
A little background for myself..
1. Back problems 09/2022
2. Married 09/2023
3. Wife decided she wasn't in it 100%
Separated 12/2023
4. Started fixing house to tell 03/2024
5. Wife led me on and we tried working on it.
6. Last appointment with surgeon turned out back is worse than we thought.04/2024
7. Wife left again, this time I'm done, filed for divorce 05/2024.
8. Fixed my house almost entirely myself with a few key people, while working 10 hour + days, and back issues.
9. Finalized divorce, House listed for sale and sold end of 07/2024
10. Put deposit down on a new place 08/05/2024
11. Surgery scheduled for 08/06/2024.
12. Inspection 08/06/2024
Surgery was 08/06/2024 - surgery for L1-L2 laminectomy decompression and L4-S1 full fusion with cages and hardware. Found out they couldn't actually get a cage inside L5-S1 because I was bone on bone and had no disk! Of course 😂.
13. started driving after 1 month... Definitely wouldn't recommend it right away. Very hard to do so 9/24
14. - fighting with state insurance to actually get approved, which took until FEBRUARY!!!! 10/24-02-25
15. - also fought with disability REPEATEDLY on something I have paid into for years.. that also took till end of January 25' with constant issues throughout the whole damn thing. 10/24-01/25
16. Bought a vinyl cutter and started learning a new thing for myself and to create my own business! 11/24
17. - recovery was very slow, started PT finally. 03/25- present
18. - doing much better with my back, only to still have some slight pain or problems with standing a lot or walking still. But getting better! 06/25
19. - finally went for an EMG and MRI for my hands constantly going numb ( been going on for over 10 years) 06/25.
20. - need surgery for carpal tunnel and cubital tunnel in both left and right arms! Awesome 💪 over achiever here!!!07/25
21. - surgery for my left arm today.. already home, everything went well and slowly recovering. Very tired and groggy obviously but in good spirits! 08/06/2025 - I didn't even realize this is exactly one year after my spinal surgery!!!
All of this while mind you, learning a new business, starting a new business, trying to get my name out there to do something with my life and always pushing forward! If I can give anybody advice, it is to never give up on yourself and to strive to do the best that you can no matter what your situation or outcome! I can't help that I have had an ordeal with my body, but what I can do is stay positive and always push forward and never look back! I will make this business something successful. I will do this with or without the people in my life no matter what I do!! I will never let anybody that has a negative impact on me take me down!!!
