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cpbartak Special user Mooresville, NC 941 Posts |
I thought some of you might be interested in this email Paul sent to his mailing list:
"Hi Everyone, This is a BIG message as I have not send out any news for quite some time and need to fill you all in with my recent happenings. You may already be clued in to some of it already but I will fill you in with details. The Car Crash In November last year I was involved in quite a serious car crash where a driver had slammed into the back side of my car. Feeling fine at the time I was dragged to hospital against my will where, as the adrenaline slowed down, the pain became obvious. It turned out that I had a strong case of whiplash and one of my major back muscles had been torn down to the bone. Nasty stuff and it left be bed bound until the start of January. Which meant I missed xmas and new year and could not drink due to painkillers :-( During that time my family and friends all chipped in to keep my products shipped out, asking me t only jot down a signature here and there. My thanks goes out to them all. Massive thanks to Phil Smith who sent me tons of audio CDs to keep my mind sane. Be nice to Phil and buy his great book Yokai. Sadly the crash meant that I had to miss a lecture I was giving at the British Magical Society. As consolidation the president Pat Cross there was an unusually large turn out, but that just made me feel I had let down more people. The Impersonator on Facebook During the months of recovery from the crash I was unable to get to the computer as sitting up was a very big deal for my poorly back. The few things that were essentials to do on the net my wonderful and amazing girlfriend Jenni too care of. One day I asked her to log on to facebook to check the email there. What she found was a ton of emails telling me to "**** Off and not speak to me again" sort of email. After a bit of searching it turns out that someone had signed up as Paul Brook and stolen my profile picture and profile information and started to add as many of my friends as possible. Once a few weeks had passed an people took this person to be me with a new account this person started to post evil and hateful comments stretching from homophobia to racism; all in my name (and image). This user was subsequently banned from the facebook website and the false profile was removed. All my friends are now back to being my friends now and know only to respond to my profile and never to add anyone called Paul Brook again. This was the more stressful as I could not deal with any of it myself, but Jenni did a wonderful job of it as well as care for me. Recovery Then Cancer Scare The first week of the new year saw me walking around without too much pain. This was just in time for an appointment that I had with an ENT (ear nose and throat) specialist at the hospital. For a number of years if not all of my life I have had restricted breathing through my nose and this has meant that upon my nose swelling slightly (due to pollens and dust and other allergens) I was unable to smell, taste or breathe. Off to have a preliminary check up to sort out the problem. However, during the check up the registrar noticed that I had a tumour in my nasal cavity. The specialist explained that it could be cancerous and that I should prepare myself for that eventuality. With a great deal of support I tried to carry on as normal before my operation date. During the operation they were to remove the tumour was to test to see if it is cancerous and to reconstruct the inner bone of my nose and place cartridge supports in the side of my nostrils. After finding out about the tumour I have been trying to keep a happy face on and do usual things that I would do but it has been so difficult. Flashing between being worried out of my skull to accepting it may all be over; all in the space of minutes at times. I was scared to death and I am man enough to admit it. Well the operation has taken place now and I am back at home in a lot of pain but can already noticed a slight improvement in my breathing, smell and taste even with the swelling. I should know in the next few days if the tumour is cancerous of benign. Oh and if you are on facebook my lovely Jenni took photos of me whilst I was still out of it and when I had come round but was still very 'under the influence'. The pics are on my profile for your viewing pleasure. UPDATE: I have just been informed that my tumour is NOT CANCEROUS. I am bouncing off the walls and the pain in my nose seems so insignificant right now. Impersonators Revenge I discovered over the past few days that I have yet again been impersonated, but this time it seems more organised and directed. A number of names in the business had been contacted, by someone using my name as their email address, in order to slag these people off. If it were not for a few savy people who realised it was not actually me I could have lost a lot of contacts and friends. A few guys thought it was me and sent me a rather nasty reply, you know who you are and you are forgiven, but ya'll still owe me one ;-) Not content with using my name outright some people assumed the identity of other performers and dropped my name into the message completely out of context. On some forums there have been false usernames posting as me as well, or blatantly trying to have people believe them to be me. Other people have reported to me that paypal details have been requested from them under the guise of checking orders. Still not sure what this person/people are playing at. I first thought it may be just a trouble maker, however, some of the emails that were sent to people contain personal information about me that very few people have access to. I will only contact you from email address on my website and I only go under my name on forums. Be aware of people asking for details about me, and if you encounter such things please take a screen shot and send it to me in an email. Not being able to perform for a number of months due to my crash and worry of possible cancer my income has been solely from my products. I have a suspicion that whoever this person/people are that they wish to cut off that stream of income to get me off the scene. THEY WILL NOT SUCCEED I am here to stay and this pathetic attempt to discredit and sabotage me has not worked. A number of people contacted me stating that I should be weary of Looch and that he may actually be a wolf in sheep's clothing. This is simply not true. Looch was contacted by a person claiming to be me and knew better than to fall for it. Road to Recovery After The Op and What is in the Pipeline As I sit here my nose hurts like hell I have bandage all over my face and not being able to shave I look like a street dweller. I have a fistful of pills to take each day and should be fully recovered in around 6 weeks. Right in time to have a horizontally impacted wisdom tooth removed. I think I am just addicted to the general anaesthetic. Until then I cannot perform so will be focusing on my soon to be released book and also a number of stand alone products that I have been working on. The book after Chrysalis has already started to be formulated and written and should be out later this year. I am happy to actually have my life back that I will be working like santas elves to get my brain children to you all. THANK YOU Thank you all for those emails and letters of support that were send to me over the past few months. I have not been able to respond to all of them but each one was thoroughly appreciated. Equally thank you all for the orders that you have placed. It has helped me to keep going during these hard times of not being able to perform as well as various things I have need to be comfortable in my recovery. Keep looking in your inbox as I feel a little celebratory something yet to be decided on its way. Cheers, - The Real Paul"
Some people hear voices.. Some see invisible people.. Others have no imagination whatsoever.
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charlesgmorgan Regular user 199 Posts |
Great news about your recovery and dodging the C bullet!!!
BAD news about the impersonator. I have been the victim of internet harassment (though not as bad as yours) for the last 5 years, so you have my sympathies on that one as well. You have opted for the best revenge ... just keep plugging along and outlast the b****rds. Cheers ..... Charles |
lgallion New user 67 Posts |
Wow, what a rough few months, thanks for passing along your story. Suddenly my problems seem a lot smaller.
The impersonation was definitely a kick when you where down. Hopefully they will get a bad case of Karma whiplash in return. Gods speed on your recovery. |
Silvertongue Inner circle One day I will die leaving behind 2426 Posts |
Sounds like a wild ride, glad to hear your pulling through mate.
For as long as space exists,
And living beings remain in cyclic existence, For that long, may I too remain, to dispel the sufferings of the world. -Shantideva Engaging in the Conduct of a Bodhisattva |
Nathan Pain Inner circle iowa 2825 Posts |
Yay! Reading that email today made me feel so good that Paul is going to be alright...now let's go kick those internet scoundrels in the butt!
Nathan
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Floyd Collins Inner circle Ohio 1633 Posts |
Quote:
On 2009-02-18 16:27, Nathan Pain wrote: I agree!!!
No one said it would be easy, or did they?
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MindSeeker Regular user 181 Posts |
Wonderful news about the cancer. Get well soon.
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Alel Special user Bay Area 668 Posts |
I recieved the email too. Great news indeed.
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wordSMITH Regular user 197 Posts |
Get well soon, Paul.
I can't say how happy I was to hear that things were picking up. |
Matthew Townsend Inner circle 1302 Posts |
Great news Paul!! Hope to see you feeling well soon!!!
Peace & Love Matt |
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