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permanant brain damage frome use....

HI EVERYBODY....im sorry I havent been on as much as I like but its due to a rapidly deteriorating vision problem deep inside my brain .....im very forchanete to have Barrow neurological out here to go to....there the best in the world they have narrowed it down to
to much spinal fluid pressure on my optical nerves and a narrowing of the gap in between my brain stem and the cerabellum the point of this post is to let you know where I have been my vision comes and goes but also to tell you what else they seen they took an MRI apart a picture at a time of my brain im 49 yrs old but my brain looks like that of an 80 yr old the doctor flat out ask me if I had a chronic problem with drugs???? that he has seen this in chronic drug abusers in the past the best way to describe it it looks like 1/4 and 1/2 in gaps 2 to 3 in into my brain he said for a man my age it should look like hairline fractures so 16yr on narcotics with 6 1/2 on methadone have left permanent brain damage....he also went on to say the brain was an amasing organ and would reroute tings around the damaged area but this if to let everyone know you dont get away with this scott free  please keep me in your prayers there is a lot more testing to do and probably a surgery to correct the problem....im in Gods hands and some of the best doctors in the world im a bit nervous but God has got me threw worst Thanks for your time your C/L Mark          
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Mark, you were there for me through both of my attempts at c/t and you held me like a wounded bird in the palm of your hand with God's divine intervention. You are in His palm now and always in my prayers. I've missed you so much not a day has gone by that I haven't looked for you. No one gets away Scott free but we do get choices and freedoms and you are proof of that. I trust that God will do for you what you can't do for yourself. I am with you on your path in spirit; let the healing begin. I don't sense any fear in your post so you know you're being taken care of and are willing and prepared to put one foot in front of the other and stay clean and sober. I have faith you are going to come out the other side healthier and stronger. Sharon
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Mark, this is crazy!  I'm sorry for you and I'm sure you're nervous as anything!  Did they tell you if this was a congenital or genetic thing? Just develop over time?

Well, you're in good hands with Barrow so please have confidence and just shout if you need anything...prayers are on their way...

How is it that I always find you in the middle of the night?   I couldn't sleep so I jumped on here to look some things up and here you are on the forum
(which I HAVE to check! lol)...keep me posted on this okay?
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