This is a good friend of mine for years that ended up having major surgery and im trying to get some funds together to help pay his medical and some of his bills. He did not ask me to do this but its just something i felt i should give a try. He would never ask.

Tom lives in Norman Oklahoma and I live in Clovis California. We have only met once when he drove out to stay a week. We have stayed friends since.

His passion is coding and creating so many things to do online its incredible. He has helped us for over 10 years with a sports site we all have a great time having contests ect. His knowledge and ability to solve internet issues is at a profesional level and ALWAYS there to help.

I would like to raise a little money to also keep his internet going for a year.

here is what he sent a few of us.

In January this year I woke up one morning and my feet were numb and i couldn't walk. The DRs took MRI's and determined my spinal cord was being pinched in 2 places in my neck

and another 2 places in my lumbar spine. They performed a procedure called ACDF removing 2 vertebrae from my neck and replacing them with a 2" post to relieve the pressure on my neck spinal cord.

After 3 months with a hard neck brace on 24 hrs a day I had lost my voice and had difficulty swallowing.

My walking is still limited due to the 2 lumbar pinched nerves. I am still receiving therapy for all my post opp problems.

After hocking everything to raise my 20% for surgery I no longer have the equipment to code for this site and can't physically run about town to do it.

Tom