[ONE Android Development] Purerawenergy:
Yes, she's leaning on a Suzuki.

Thanks for the kind words I truly appreciate it. Unfortunately not everyone in these threads shares your feelings (or Jorge's) about sharing personal stories, tragedies, romances, etc, and I totally understand, there is a lot to process hearing about my accident and outcomes.

Before my accident I played semi-pro ball as a striker for a Nicaragua team, "Managua" in New Orleans' Pan American Stadium. I also played coed volleyball, men's softball and flag/tackle football at the UNO campus, pretty much doing something physical all year round even weight training to stay in shape. I rode a 2009 Yamaha RI 1000+cc's and occasionally a 1987 Harley Davidson Sportster that I was fixing up, but honestly I chose speed over comfort. I worked as Assistant Catering Director of a $2m catering firm for more than 15 years and divorced in 2007. I decided to leave N.O. and headed for home where my family lives in sunny and beautiful West Palm Beach, FL.

One afternoon (a few months after I arrived) an older woman pulled out in front of me while I was accelerating on my bike to pass a car and I crashed right into her at around 60mph. The damage was severe, a broken neck at C-5/C-6, reinjury to my lower back L4-L5, 6 broken ribs, smashed right hip, broken right collar bone, broken right foot and toe, crushed right hand and my helmet busted apart knocking 4 teeth out and left me needing reconstructive surgery on the entire right side of my face and nose. I was in a coma and on life support for close to a month and awoke to being in a body that I could not move with a tube stuck down my throat that was doing my breathing all while suffering from ICU Psychosis, it's a natural defense that allows your mind to play tricks on you so it doesn't have to process everything that's actually happened to you all at once, which 'could' cause a mental breakdown or complete hysteria.

I spent so many years doing what the doctors said could NOT be done and actually began to walk a bit, but after 6 years of physical therapy my back gave out because of a 20+ yr old injury which stunted any further progress and actually began to revert me back to how I was shortly after the accident. And then suddenly I was hit by the physiological impact of all the things I had lost, realizing that I would never be the same again and the old me was gone forever.

Jorge has been a wonderful friend (besides being the excellent developer we know him to be) and his allowing us all to speak freely and from the heart has helped me process these thoughts, feelings and emotions though I know it has not been easy for members who just want to check in for updated roms or support and have to read through these huge posts and also deal with the emotions that surface from me from time to time. I really want to thank those who take the time to read these (David for example) and pray that these stories may touch someone, somehow, somewhere because just being able to express them is a huge part of MY recovery and I thank you all for listening, reading and understanding.

As always my prayers are with each and every one of you and I appreciate your understanding.

Respectfully,

Thomas

---------- Post added at 05:23 AM ---------- Previous post was at 05:13 AM ----------

It's a personal choice to update however if you follow (read) this thread you can learn which (if any) of the builds are problematic. I'm still on 4.14 and I haven't had any problems, it's fast, responsive and battery friendly.