22/01/2022
Hi everyone!! It is great to be posting on the page again as I have some great news.
As many of you know, I was always getting sick and having to cancel classes, sometimes even not long before classes would be due to start. My symptoms were diverse and intermittent and some of you could probably remember watching me suddenly yell in pain, or become ill during class. I have actually been really unwell since my early 20's - no amount of visits to hospitals, doctors, specialist could find an answer for me so it something that I just learned to live with and just tried my best to work around it.
Not long after covid started, the symptoms got a lot worse and no amount of tests that the doctors threw at me could find any possible diagnosis. By mid 2021, I was gravely ill and less than 60kg. It was looking like I had some really rare auto-immune condition of which I was going to have to go to Sydney to get a diagnosis to find a treatment. The doctors wanted to first do an exploratory operation and check all my internal organs/abdomen and what they found was just astounding!
The last half metre of my small intestine was in a loop down in my hip cavity. The docs said it was congenital meaning I was born with it because of the way the hip muscles had grown around it. It would twist and untwist and kink at the end creating blockages which stripped off some parts of the lining of the small intestine. This resulted in toxins from foods getting absorbed directly into the bloodstream and creating may of the symptoms that I was suffering, aside from the pain of the continuous blockages and raw intestines. Somehow, no doctor could never see it on an x-ray, CT Scan or MRI, or connect all the dots with all of my symptoms.
They had to cut the small intestine section out of my right hip muscle and was able to put it back in place. My intestines are obviously a bit buggered now but it all still works well enough. Apart from a little management, after six months I have made an almost full recovery and are no longer suffering any of my previous symptoms! I completed my first hard training session last night and had no problems or issues. Just amazing!
So... It is an absolutely wonderful feeling to say that finally, after all this time, Freestylers Dojo is returning to business!!!
I greatly appreciate everyone's patience in waiting for general classes to return. Unfortunately, due to the new Omicron variant effecting schools in Queensland, there may be a period before we can commence classes again at Mirani High School.
At this point in time though, I can instead offer private classes to either train freestyle martial arts/self-defence, fitness or to train to for your black belt. It will be a great opportunity for some of you to brush up on you skill level before retuning to group classes. You can train in my dojo or I can come to you. Training times are available all days of the week from 6.00am to 9.00pm. If you are interested in booking in for private training, please contact me through the Freestylers Dojo page, email or on my mobile.
Keep an eye out for future posts! Now that I will be teaching and training full time, and not getting sick😄, I will be posting a lot more stuff on our page about our training.
Take care everyone!
Rick 👊
0499829236
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