WELL AFTER MY ACHILLES SURGERY ON SEPT 07 I THOUGHT IT COULDN'T GET ANY WORST JUST TO FIND OUT IN NOV. O8 THAT MAJOR NECK SURGERY IS A MUST START TO LOSE FEELING IN MY RIGHT ARM CUZ OF A SLIPPED C5 C6 DISC PRESSING AGAINST MY RIGHT NERVE FOR MY RIGHT ARM AND SPINAL CORD. ON JAN 5th 2009 I WENT IN FOR FUSION SURGERY ON MY NECK PLACING A TITANIUM PLATE WITH 4 SCREWS IN MY NECK. THE SURGERY WAS SUCCESSFUL AND THE LONG COME BACK BEGAN AFTER 3 MONTHS WAS ABLE TO BOWL AGAIN BOWLED 4 PRACTICE GAMES AVERAGING 185 AND I SAID THIS CAN BE DONE. SO I CONTINUED TO WORK AT IT CHANGING MY APPROACH AND RELEASE WHILE I WAS AT IT. SO I STARTED BACK TO BOWL LEAGUE BY DOING A FRIEND A FAVOR DURING THE SUMMER AND SUPRISING AVERAGING 196. THE WINTER LEAGUE STARTED IN SEPT. AND HAD TO COME IN WITH A 193 AVERAGE BOWLING WEEK 1 (594), WEEK 2 IS THE SURPRISE I HAD THE FIRST 10 FOR 285 FOR (639), WEEK 3 (570), THEN IT HAPPENED NOW WE ARE AT WEEK 4 SEPT. 30th I HAD THE PERFECT SHOT AND CONNECTED 12 STRIKES FOR MY FIRST EVER 300. MY SET WAS 300-221-206=(727). NOW I AM AVERAGING 210 AFTER 9 MONTHS FROM MY NECK SURGERY WHEN I WAS THINKING THAT A COMEBACK IS A STRETCH. THIS IS A CLUE THAT NO MATTER WHAT LIFE DEALS YOU IT IS POSSIBLE TO GO ON AND MAKE IT BACK STRONGER I FEEL BETTER BUT OF COURSE NOT TOTALLY 100% BUT IF THIS IS WHAT I COULD SEE IN THE FUTURE THEN I LIKE IT. SO GIVE IT YOUR ALL AND NEVER GIVE UP.

I BOWL IN THE ABT {AMATEUR BOWLERS TOUR} THE TOURNAMENT THIS WEEKEND WAS AT SEMINOLE LANES, SAT. BOWLED THE SECOND SHIFT I BOWLED 171-257-201=629 SCRATCH w/HANDICAP +140 TOP QUALIFIER WINNING SWEEPERS w/+132. SUNDAY WAS SEMI FINALS BOWLED 257-229-169=655 SCRATCH w/HANDICAP +166 MAKING ME THE TOURNAMENT LEADER AND #1 POSITION IN THE STEP LADDER FINALS. THE NERVES WAS SETTING IN BEING THE ONLY HIGHEST POSITION I FINISHED WAS 5th AFTER IT WAS ALL SAID AND DONE CAME DOWN TO THE LAST BALL I FINALLY WON A TOURNAMENT  1st PLACE PLUS PREGRESSIVE POT AND SWEEPERS AGAIN w/+132 AND HIGH PREPAID GAME. I WAS ALMOST IN TEARS BUT I HELD MY COMPOSER CUZ 1 YEAR AND 8 MONTHS AGO WHEN I HAD MY SURGERY ON MY ANKLE I AM NOT AT 100% BUT GETTING BETTER AND BETTER. THIS IS TO LET U KNOW THAT IF U WANT TO ACCOMPLISH SUMTHING U CAN NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS JUS WORK HARD AND TRY AND IT WILL COME. FOR ME IT FINALLY CAME.