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DARKSIDER In the world of automotive hobbyists a Darksider is one who modifies and or customizes any and all sorts of vehicles. The Darksiders are in a class of their own simply because they endeavor to be different and do things that others would not attempt for a number of reasons mostly being related to a lack of ability and fear of non conformity.

This is a forum for people who think outside the box in everything they do. It doesn’t matter if you are modifying or building from scratch. It doesn’t matter what brand or brands of vehicles or components you are using. It doesn’t matter if you are working on a mini car or a bus.

We will not be asking you for donations or any kind of monetary payments. We will be asking for help in terms moderators and encouraging you to spread the word and add to our membership.



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Darksider's Realm

(this is not a place for lazy video game freaks. We Darksiders have been around doing our thing for decades before the mindless couch blobs latched onto the term Darksider)



DARKSIDER In the world of automotive hobbyists a Darksider is one who modifies and or customizes any and all sorts of vehicles. The Darksiders are in a class of their own simply because they endeavor to be different and do things that others would not attempt for a number of reasons mostly being related to a lack of ability and fear of non conformity.

This is a forum for people who think outside the box in everything they do. It doesn’t matter if you are modifying or building from scratch. It doesn’t matter what brand or brands of vehicles or components you are using. It doesn’t matter if you are working on a mini car or a bus.

We will not be asking you for donations or any kind of monetary payments. We will be asking for help in terms moderators and encouraging you to spread the word and add to our membership.

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    Life and other stuff. . . .

    FORDBOYpete
    FORDBOYpete


    Posts : 26
    Join date : 2009-06-22
    Location : East Central FLorida

    Life and other stuff. . . .  Empty Life and other stuff. . . .

    Post  FORDBOYpete Wed Feb 01, 2012 4:17 am

    Hey Y'all Getcha a cold drink of choice, relax & think as you read thru this all.
    Somehow I returned and am now nearly recovered from the most traumatic event or series of events I have ever been through. I was working on a 1938 Grumman TBF-1 Avenger War Bird. The sky became dark as storm clouds approached. It was late summer & we had a heat index over 110*F. I was atop a 12'-0" step ladder pulling a tarp over an open cockpit to keep coming rain out. I became woozy & weak, but managed to pull a tarp in place and fasten it securely. I felt weaker as I climbed down the ladder to the ground. I managed to walk to a table & sit down before passing out. I was brought back to consciousness by a felow restoration crew member but knew I was not "right". They took me home after I called my wife @ work & told her what was up.

    When I got home, she saw me & called 911 imeadiately. They came, checked me over, decided I was stable but suffering from heat stroke. They urged I go to the emergency room. I was a Mess & as a kid, Mom insisted I wear clean sox & underwear just incase I went to a hospital. I needed a shower & fresh clothes. EMT's reluctantly packed gear in the ambulance. I attempted to get up, my life went instantly, totally, DARK! I died right there on our living room floor in front of Cathy's Piano. I was DEAD, CODE BLUE. I heard a woman yellig my name at me. I felt incredible pains in my chest, I remember being jiggled, I remember a bumpy sense of motion, I remember bits & pieces of senseless sounds & lights & not much else. It was dreamlike but I could not awake. I was on life support being transported I later found out. I went to 2 hospitals before I was left at someplace. Apparently I was beyond ability of the 1st, local, hospital to deal with me.

    4 days later they removed my breathing tube and began raising my blood temperature from a cold temperature I had been placed in of a "Cold Coma". A day later they took me out of Cardiac IC Unit or Card ICU to a Cardiac Recovery Ward. The next day they mostly carried me as I went 50ft out and 50ft back in a walker followed by a nurse with my Oxygen bottle. I had gone from being Clinically Dead for several minutes in my home to a major cardiac trauma center, thru a cold coma for 13 hours, 7 hrs of Cardiac Quad By-Pass surgery, then 28 more hours of cold coma, 36 hr recovery period, a day or day & a half in the recovery ward all in about 5-1/2 days time. I've been recovering ever since.

    I have come a very long way, I owe my life to a team of EMS Techs in an EVAC Van & half a dozen doctors, specialists & nurses, as well as my family & my physician. I workout at our local YMCA on a cardiac rehab medley I wrote for me. I do feel great. My medical team is pleased. I shed over 50lbs. I reclaimed my stamina. My strength is coming back. It's 5.5 months since my incident. I'm 7 months ahead of normal recovery time. My medical team, Cardiologist, my personal Physician & my Cardiac Surgeon are proud of me. I'm ahead of being on track for a 100% recovery from being a deceased person. It's not been easy. It takes alot of dedication effort & flat out work to get where I am now on a recovery scale. I'd not be here writing this to y'all if any 1 of a number of things had been the slightest way different. I owe the Lord, My GOD, Biggest Thanks and
    my Medi Team(S) plus all who assisted & all who care about me, for their support, love & caring enough for making my life matter to them.

    I know this is a heavy deal to read. I assure y'all it was much heavier to live thru & come this far so soon without being damaged beyond some nasty scars & the long road back to being fit again. I also assure y'all I'm very well on my way to full recovery. My ribs are mostly healed. Where my sternum's cut to open my chest is nearly knit back together & healed. I'm off all Pain medications, except every so often if I get stressed/strained or over tired from activities or working out. I lost 6 inches from my waist from 36" back to 30". I shed 50+ Lbs permanently. I eat about 2/3 less per portion. I am working on learning all Heart Smart foods as my diet. Best of all I've not felt this great since I was late 20's or early 30 yrs old. That was over 40 years ago. I have a lot more respect for good health & being in shape again than I did 6mos ago. I'm glad it has gone this way for me & again I thank GOD for caring for me so well. I will try to get myself on here more Often Dave. I've truly been to a real Darkside. I tell ya Man, It is extremely lonely very, very, very, dark & very, very, very, quiet, except for Lisa's Voice. Lisa is an EMT Team Captain who broke my ribs saving my wretched Ass. I owe Lisa for what she did for me. She is my Angel of Mercy on Earth. She saved my life. She has a strong compression strength. I'm supposed to meet with EMT Lisa & her whole team, for A Group Hug & "BIG - THANX GUYS - YOU ROCK" meeting.

    Different kind of tale for an automotive oriented site isn't it?
    But now y'all know why I been absent, quiet, missing/lost & where I've been off doing what I must do to be done with my bad incident. They all told me it takes about a year. It's only been 5.5 months. Healing isn't finished yet. I've regained Good Health to a much BETTER state & condition than had when my event took place. Less weight, more fit, more aerobic Blood & circulation, better shape healthier outlook & closer to GOD, my savior & redeemer plus the effort into exercising & working out @ local YMCA.

    CIAO Y'all....
    . . . THANX for listening,
    . . . . I will be back to quote "Chuckie". . . . Rolling Eyes
    . . . . .The One, The Only, The Inevetable, the formerly DECEASED:
    .........Very Happy....______ FORDBOYpete____________. . . . . . . . cheers...._____.... Smile


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