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so i wanted to make a post when i hit 1000 posts to say thanks, but i never got around to it, so this is partly that, and partly a bigger thanks
so around september last year i was diagnosed with lymphoma, this wasnt very cool, i got married a couple months before and i felt pretty lost and hopeless
as things tend to go with these things, the initial blow of the news and the way it was told to me made things sound more bleak than they perhaps were, and i wasnt in a very good place
it took me some time to refocus and get back on track, and right around the time i needed an outlet i came across geekhack
to some people this may sound ridiculous, but i cant tell you how much getting involved with this community really helped me, both emotionally and physically
just having an outlet where the entire focus of my interactions wasnt solely based around my being sick helped immensely
i dont wanna focus on being sick here, but i will say i have a positive outlook, what i would like to do is express my gratitude, both to individuals and the community as a whole
my geekhack story can be expressed in several ways, i am sure i fall into the same story in part as everyone else, of finding the community, getting sucked in and spending too much money, but geekhack is so much more than that to me, i have experienced kindness that does nothing short of amaze me, and met people i would consider true friends
i hate to name names, as it is impossible not to leave people out, and anyone i dont mention, i dont want you to think you had any less impact on me as it takes everyone to make this community what it is
but thanks to moose, jdcapre, jocelyn, spamray,glissbro, the captain, halverson, ewk808, hellocodes, shadovved, tym, foxer, the beast and inlikeflynn and everyone else
you made my life and my headspace a better place to be and for that i cant thank you enough
sometimes the forum can focus on the negatives, and that is a shame, but there are some people here that make this place what it is, and that is something special, and something i am honored to be a part of
so once again
thank you