I had been very lucky. I had been shooting weekly with Chris Tilley and Martin Little. I had progressed from unclassified to B class in Open. In August of 2004 I was headed to Jacksonville to shoot with Danny Bone. It was raining and I didn't feel well. I took the the kids to the movies instead. By the end of the movies I was in pain. Saturday went by and Sunday dragged on. I went the the Doctor Monday. He send me to get a CT scan. They found a perforated colon. I was in surgery 20 minutes later. Three months later the 2nd surgery, over Thanksgiving, has been 3 times worse than the first. I'm connected to a wound vac. I haven't shot a match in 4 months. I'm really sore. I'm hoping to shoot by March!!