Hello my friends.

I am looking forward to the end of this year as a huge amount of 2023/2024 has seen me in pain, in traction and in despair. As you all know a year and a half ago I had to have my second cervical fusion and I have not been able to bounce back as I did after the first one. I have now been diagnosed with Adjacent Segment Disease which means my vertebrae will keep collapsing until they finally collapse me for good. The surgery also caused significant nerve damage to my hands, the left one specifically. All of this means I have been unable to work full time at my day job and I have had to give up my career as a stagehand. I can't carry heavy items and I don't even trust my hands enough to put in time in wardrobe. My heart is so broken. Also this year I have lost both of my grandparents who raised me and I feel as if most of the things I loved in this world are now nothing but memories.

Going into 2025, I am trying to put off having the nerve surgery on my hands so I will be able to put in more hours at work and try to at least catch up on the massive debt that has been building this whole time. I know many of you helped me out last year during my recovery and I am asking one more time for some help to get me back in a position to at least be more prepared when my next surgery is scheduled. I have been slowly going thru all years of music memorabilia and auctioning all I can. Unfortunately the buyers aren't biting as often as they were.

I know that many of you, your friends and your families have also had unbelievable tragedy with the hurricanes this year and are needing help as well.

I hope that some of you might donate in the holiday spirit to as many of us unfortunates as you are able.

My holiday wish is that by lifting some of the financial weight it will help ease my physical and mental recovery by having just a little less stress going into the new year.

Dog Bless all of you for reading this and I hope your holidays are filled with love and friendship.