Gen V Viper makes me smile :)

[Eachey51]

Guys keep posting. Im loving all these happy Gen V Viper posts, especially the pictures and videos. You guys and your incredible beautiful machines are helping me get through an extremely tough time in my life. Just thought i would offer all of you great viper guys on here a sincere thank you! Viper on my friends!

[Vprbite]

I'm sorry to hear you are dealing with a tough time. I will tell you that there are some great people in this club. When I was in my wreck a few years ago, people from all over the country were reaching out to me to try and help. People I had never met or talked to even, but they were reaching out to give their support to me. And I know what it's like to let the Viper make you smile. The way I think of it, I "borrow" the energy of the Viper when I am having a bad day or struggling with something. It really does make me feel better. I'll go and just clean the engine bay even if I don't take it out. It is also great seeing all these people jumping into their new ACRs and spanking tracks all over the country.

Though it is unfortunate you are dealing with a difficult time, I am glad to hear the club/great people here are helping you through it. I know I wouldn't be doing as well as I am now without all their amazing support.

Please let me know if there is anything I can do to help you.

--Jeffrey

[SinasViperTA]

Guys keep posting. Im loving all these happy Gen V Viper posts, especially the pictures and videos. You guys and your incredible beautiful machines are helping me get through an extremely tough time in my life. Just thought i would offer all of you great viper guys on here a sincere thank you! Viper on my friends!

Likewise man, I feel the same. Past couple weeks have been a bit bumpy for me as well but I check these forums on a daily basis out of habit now. Even just seeing my viper in the garage when I get home from work makes it allll worth it. Never thought an asset could bring such joy to my life. Best of luck to you going forward with whatever it is you are dealing with personally. Just remember, it too will pass. I am sure with some time, you will be feeling great again soon

[lochnessmonster]

"Tough times never last, but tough people do." - Robert Schuller

[Boba Fett]

Stay strong man and God bless!!

heres a cake wife had made for me on our wed day
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[ViperSmith]

Been a crazy year for me too. Best to you.

[Eachey51]

Come for the car, stay for the people. Something about the passion and soul that the viper evokes that attracts amazing people. Viper guys truely are the best. You guys rock. Jeffery if you were close by i would just love to hang out and talk cars and vipers. Its what gives me a reason to keep going.

[7TH_SIGN]

Stay strong brother. This has been a tough year for us as well. God bless.

[Vprbite]

Come for the car, stay for the people. Something about the passion and soul that the viper evokes that attracts amazing people. Viper guys truely are the best. You guys rock. Jeffery if you were close by i would just love to hang out and talk cars and vipers. Its what gives me a reason to keep going.

Don't let geography stop you. We can talk cars and Vipers from anywhere. I'm yet to get bored of either.
anytime you want, brother.

--Jeffrey

P.S. I read recently a quote by C.S. Lewis that said "hardship prepares ordinary people for extraordinary lives." And I suppose that's really it, isn't it? I mean, you gotta get wet to learn how to swim. I know for me, a few years ago I was challenged with something I would have never imagined I could have made it through. But I have. And I've learned it's ok to be proud of yourself for making it through something difficult. It helps shape us. Steel must be heated, pounded, and ground with things harder than it but if it endures that, it takes on a razor sharp edge. So, here is to all of us that we may let our hardships sharpen us like a razor.

[SRT BILL]

Well said gentleman, we all have our rough times in life and its nice to have a common thread of interest to lean on.

[timberwolf]

Stay strong brother!

[lochnessmonster]

Don't let geography stop you. We can talk cars and Vipers from anywhere. I'm yet to get bored of either.
anytime you want, brother.

--Jeffrey

P.S. I read recently a quote by C.S. Lewis that said "hardship prepares ordinary people for extraordinary lives." And I suppose that's really it, isn't it? I mean, you gotta get wet to learn how to swim. I know for me, a few years ago I was challenged with something I would have never imagined I could have made it through. But I have. And I've learned it's ok to be proud of yourself for making it through something difficult. It helps shape us. Steel must be heated, pounded, and ground with things harder than it but if it endures that, it takes on a razor sharp edge. So, here is to all of us that we may let our hardships sharpen us like a razor.

I like this. Nice job

[Nine Ball]

Tough times seem a bit contagious lately, especially for those of us in the oil & gas industry. If $38/bbl hangs around too much, I might be hanging out on Mustang forums instead.

[darbgnik]

Tough times seem a bit contagious lately, especially for those of us in the oil & gas industry. If $38/bbl hangs around too much, I might be hanging out on Mustang forums instead.

Haha, no doubt!

[ViperSmith]

Tough times seem a bit contagious lately, especially for those of us in the oil & gas industry. If $38/bbl hangs around too much, I might be hanging out on Mustang forums instead.

Hey now it ain't that bad

[Jdmuscle]

Tough times seem a bit contagious lately, especially for those of us in the oil & gas industry. If $38/bbl hangs around too much, I might be hanging out on Mustang forums instead.

Lol.. I certainly hope not!!! 2016 should be better for the energy industry!!

[Coloviper]

Everyone goes through those tough times and if you are true to yourself and your approach to life, you wil triumph. It is 4.5 years since I was struck with severe illness out of the blue one Friday afternoon. Until we found out the diagnosis and managed the symptoms to engage in daily life functions, it was the most painful and trying time in my life. It took 1.5 years to track down the root cause/treatments and 2.5 years of specialized physical therapy to engage in simple daily life functions again with managed pain. I was only 37 when it hit me.

In the meantime, it was so bad, I started to liquidate my mini car collection because we did not know the cause to treat. My prized 06' Viper coupe I bought after I sold my 225 staff Automation company 6 years earlier and one of my rare Saleens went as well. Still kept my S351R and a 69' Mustang Mach 1 I had for 26 years.

Keeping my head up, my purpose in life at the forefront and with support from my family, my wife and my friends, I made it through. I eventually found the root cause but pushing the medical people hard to get there. I refused to accept pain pills and nerve blocks as they were band aids. In the end, it was structural related root cause with bones and muscles issues catching up to me from injuries playing years of competitive hockey to the semi-pro level before I got smart and went back to school to get my Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering.

A bad back, 5 undiagnosed hernias in the lower pelvic area caused an eventual tilting and twisting of my spine/posture. The bulging discs in my lower back for years pinched off my pudential nerve causing the prostate to malfunction resulting in years of double digit Testosterone numbers (was on testosterone booster shots for 4 years prior to even get my testosterone to the low part of normal) , an eventual chronic prostate infection grew poisoning my body, my liver, etc. finalizing with what sent me to the ER that Friday afternoon 4.5 years ago which was complete pelvic floor collapse and chronic spasms that do NOT let go. Extremely painful spasms from equipment in front to the exit in the back. Could not sit for more that 30 seconds without going into full spasm down there so had to lay and work for 3 months until the daily specialized physical therapist sessions and nerve extensions exercises released the exterior muscles. Oh but interior muscles down there were still in spasm which you can not really feel but affect the nerves in the area, resulting in throbbing pain in the equipment up front and spasms at the inner thighs because the pudential nerves finger out all over down there. I won't go into the detail of the specialized physical therapy to get those interior spasms out of spasm but to say they are interior muscles and how do you get there. 2 hernia operations, a back surgury, 10 MRIs laying and sitting, myriad of blood tests to check for every type of disease, undiagnosed food allergies which caused IBS symptoms down there due to hypersensitive nerve situation, etc. etc.

I never wavered but took it one hour, one day at a time, until I just got through it. Today, I am happy to say I am 42 years old, no longer on any medications, and can manage any small lingering spasm symptoms myself. In this overall "life" correction, it removed my prostate infection completely, all my blood work returned to perfect normal (except cholesterol, metabolic syndrome stuff from a little overweight), my testosterone returned to the low side of normal naturally (no more ED problems at all), my wife and I conceived a son 2.5 yeas ago and might have one in the oven today, pelvis and spine are now aligned back to normal and best I have felt in 15 years. I am also not on a single medication for 2 years now.

Just have to get my fitness level and shape back to my fighting weight again which is my goal for 2016. My belief is extreme stress causes small problems in the body to become major problems. Case in point my good 35 year old real estate friend almost went bankrupt in 2008 causing unbelievable stress. Lost almost everything and his marriage. He bounced back but out of the blue 6 months ago they found a baseball sized cancerous tumor in his head. Pulled it out a day later after found and he went through chemo, etc. he is 100% cancer free now but they can trace the growth of it back to about 2008 and the stress. He is making 0.5mil every year on real estate here now so bounced back.

Selling my company and carrying it through 2 mergers/acquisitions, a severance package, while reestablishing my career during a time when my wife was laid just off after 15 years as a senior interior designer for a home builder here caused the extreme stress to push the issue. I pulled through that though and am much smarter and stronger for it. Well reestablished as one of the Leaders again in my very specialized area of what I do but for another privately held companies.

I am not sure of what you are going through but as bad as it seems, there are others who have it worse and they pull through. I am sure you will pull through and be much stronger for it. The human body and spirit is amazing how resilient it can be.

[Malu59RT]

Wow Coloviper, what an amazing story of what you have been through!

[lochnessmonster]

Everyone goes through those tough times and if you are true to yourself and your approach to life, you wil triumph. It is 4.5 years since I was struck with severe illness out of the blue one Friday afternoon. Until we found out the diagnosis and managed the symptoms to engage in daily life functions, it was the most painful and trying time in my life. It took 1.5 years to track down the root cause/treatments and 2.5 years of specialized physical therapy to engage in simple daily life functions again with managed pain. I was only 37 when it hit me.

In the meantime, it was so bad, I started to liquidate my mini car collection because we did not know the cause to treat. My prized 06' Viper coupe I bought after I sold my 225 staff Automation company 6 years earlier and one of my rare Saleens went as well. Still kept my S351R and a 69' Mustang Mach 1 I had for 26 years.

Keeping my head up, my purpose in life at the forefront and with support from my family, my wife and my friends, I made it through. I eventually found the root cause but pushing the medical people hard to get there. I refused to accept pain pills and nerve blocks as they were band aids. In the end, it was structural related root cause with bones and muscles issues catching up to me from injuries playing years of competitive hockey to the semi-pro level before I got smart and went back to school to get my Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering.

A bad back, 5 undiagnosed hernias in the lower pelvic area caused an eventual tilting and twisting of my spine/posture. The bulging discs in my lower back for years pinched off my pudential nerve causing the prostate to malfunction resulting in years of double digit Testosterone numbers (was on testosterone booster shots for 4 years prior to even get my testosterone to the low part of normal) , an eventual chronic prostate infection grew poisoning my body, my liver, etc. finalizing with what sent me to the ER that Friday afternoon 4.5 years ago which was complete pelvic floor collapse and chronic spasms that do NOT let go. Extremely painful spasms from equipment in front to the exit in the back. Could not sit for more that 30 seconds without going into full spasm down there so had to lay and work for 3 months until the daily specialized physical therapist sessions and nerve extensions exercises released the exterior muscles. Oh but interior muscles down there were still in spasm which you can not really feel but affect the nerves in the area, resulting in throbbing pain in the equipment up front and spasms at the inner thighs because the pudential nerves finger out all over down there. I won't go into the detail of the specialized physical therapy to get those interior spasms out of spasm but to say they are interior muscles and how do you get there. 2 hernia operations, a back surgury, 10 MRIs laying and sitting, myriad of blood tests to check for every type of disease, undiagnosed food allergies which caused IBS symptoms down there due to hypersensitive nerve situation, etc. etc.

I never wavered but took it one hour, one day at a time, until I just got through it. Today, I am happy to say I am 42 years old, no longer on any medications, and can manage any small lingering spasm symptoms myself. In this overall "life" correction, it removed my prostate infection completely, all my blood work returned to perfect normal (except cholesterol, metabolic syndrome stuff from a little overweight), my testosterone returned to the low side of normal naturally (no more ED problems at all), my wife and I conceived a son 2.5 yeas ago and might have one in the oven today, pelvis and spine are now aligned back to normal and best I have felt in 15 years. I am also not on a single medication for 2 years now.

Just have to get my fitness level and shape back to my fighting weight again which is my goal for 2016. My belief is extreme stress causes small problems in the body to become major problems. Case in point my good 35 year old real estate friend almost went bankrupt in 2008 causing unbelievable stress. Lost almost everything and his marriage. He bounced back but out of the blue 6 months ago they found a baseball sized cancerous tumor in his head. Pulled it out a day later after found and he went through chemo, etc. he is 100% cancer free now but they can trace the growth of it back to about 2008 and the stress. He is making 0.5mil every year on real estate here now so bounced back.

Selling my company and carrying it through 2 mergers/acquisitions, a severance package, while reestablishing my career during a time when my wife was laid just off after 15 years as a senior interior designer for a home builder here caused the extreme stress to push the issue. I pulled through that though and am much smarter and stronger for it. Well reestablished as one of the Leaders again in my very specialized area of what I do but for another privately held companies.

I am not sure of what you are going through but as bad as it seems, there are others who have it worse and they pull through. I am sure you will pull through and be much stronger for it. The human body and spirit is amazing how resilient it can be.

Great story. Very inspirational. We all have our struggles in life, some more than others. Mine were mostly limited to my childhood. At the lowest point, I was hitchhiking on the side of the Interstate through Flagstaff, AZ, with all my worldly possessions on me at the age of 13. Fortunately a "hippie" couple picked me up who were travelling across the country in their Ford Econoline with their washer and dryer in it, on their way to California. I'll never forget it. Anyway, the point is, ultimately my rough childhood prepared me for life's challenges as I would grow up. Anything I have come across as an adult pales in comparison. The phrase, "That which does not kill us, only makes us stronger", is very true. You hang in there, and eventually things will start to turn around.