Hi,
While the photo's and movies show a beautiful country side that is not the reality of it. Like most countries around the world man has managed to foul his enviroment. I considered Oregon with a job offer there but after being spoilt with choices moved here. It was a trade off but not being bombarded with crime every day drew me here. More fool me it has now caught up with the rest of the world. I went back to Texas for a while but NZ drew me back eventually. It was really nice to be in demand around the world back then. I eventually settled down designing and building scientific instruments for the NZ government until venturing out on my own.
I discovered how well induced pain can relieve accidental pain when I had a shattered heel reassembled and screwed together. I would force my nails into the palms of my hands until my next fix of pain killers. Once out of hospital the need for pain relief dissapated and I would concentrate of other things. I had shoulder surgery 2 years ago and although slow to revive from the anaesthetics, as always with me, I got up and drove home without painkillers, refusing to overnight, left the Doctors in dissmay. I feel like pain is my drug of choice, crazy I know but it gets my by. Some question why not take the painkillers, simply, only opioid based are tolerable with me and the only ones that do not destroy more of my already failing kidney function. I have an aversion to becoming addicted so refrain from taking them most of the time. I use around half a dozen per year when I'm unable to over come the severe pain at times, noticably when I'm feeling low and unable to block the pain as usual. I guess survival instinct maybe strong with this one.
Cheers