First for the people who have been helping me I want to thank you very much and say I am still hanging in here in Naples, hoping to find work at some point in the near future. I have been successful in helping my 75+ yr old parents and achieved the first part of my goal to relocate to SW Florida. Now comes the big kicker...part of the reason I moved here was to deal with my own medical issues. For the past almost 5 years I have had issues with seizures, causing several car accidents (no one got hurt thank God), and me to undergo many different medication regime's. These have not worked out so well as my seizures have continued despite different medication combinations. I just spent 5 days in Tampa Hospital at the U of South Florida Epilepsy Comprehensive Diagnostic Clinic based on referral from my Neurologist here in Naples. Bad news is I have been confirmed to have Epilepsy and medication is not controlling it...Good news is that NeuroSurgery has an 80% chance of correcting my problem, eliminating seizures and medication need all together. It is a "no brainer" for a person of my age (50) and excellent physical condition to take on this challenge! I have a few more outpatient tests to undergo in the next 6-8 weeks before surgery will be scheduled. The surgery itself will be fairly simple as all my seizures occur in one location (left temporal lobe) and it requires removal of the offending tissue. In turf terms this equates to chemical disease resistance in turf and the need to replace the resistant variety with new. In my case just removal. My goal is to take on this challenge just as I would any new construction project, bunker rebuild, tree planting or renovation I have done in the past, get it done and be ready to move on and be better than before! I hope that in 4-5 months or less I am able to go to work again so for those here in the Naples area Please keep me in mind! If all goes well I will be able to do all those things I cannot do now, like drive a car again. I no longer care about titles, I just want to be a productive team member offering my skills and knowledge as part of a group achieving their goals. Life is about living and doing I have reached all of the goals I previously set for myself, hosting the PGA Tour and Golf Course Construction, Now my Goal is to live my life and not be handicapped by it!
When the time comes I will be ready to be an asset to someone who wants one!
With all Humility and Gods help,
Gregg Rosenthal
Grosenthal13@msn.com