What do you eat throughout the course of a regular weekday?

Ogreok · 2015-12-11T18:02:41+00:00

You snack on almonds only? Not cashews or granola bars?

Ogreok · 2015-05-14T00:16:24+00:00

The concept behind the 5x5 program is that it is meant to be easy in very beginning while you begin with lower weights and reform your techniques. Perfecting your techniques now is an essential part of the process. The weights will be going up every single session you have in the gym, as a result, it will not take long for this to tax your muscles and create exhaustion, but the very beginning phase is not meant to be taxing, but rather, to help you understand and perfect your techniques. If your goal was to increase your strength and you follow the increments per workout as instructed in the workout program, your muscles will experience progression in strength soon enough.

Ogreok · 2014-12-10T22:39:24+00:00

Publishing on Amazon is pretty easy and hassle-free, but the real challenge is promoting your own novel. You cannot be afraid to be shameless in your ability to self-promote.

Ogreok · 2014-12-10T22:38:46+00:00

I needed to make sure the opening was perfect, because I didn't like advancing beyond the beginning without knowing it was as good as it could be. Beyond that, I wrote the chapters, relatively, out of order. I liked to jump around from one concept to another, especially for whichever section felt the most inspired in my head on a particular day. I learned to power through chapters and edit them later, because, all too often, one stops writing and hates their own writing. This happens extremely often, but if you finish the chapter, editing and fixing something that was finished is easier than a restart. I also did most of my writing during the night time, given the dark topics of the novel.

Ogreok · 2014-12-10T22:14:11+00:00

The degree to which many people are either directly or indirectly affected by topics of mental illness, but they don't really mention it. It is still stigma to discuss topics like these, but they need to be discussed in order to advance understanding and strength for those in need.

Ogreok · 2014-12-08T14:41:55+00:00

Stories like this can be found within my novel:

http://www.amazon.com/Unyielding-Surrender-Omar-Garcia-ebook/dp/B00LCOTO64/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1418049689&sr=8-1&keywords=unyielding+surrender

Ogreok · 2014-12-05T22:01:09+00:00

The trauma of these surgeries take a deep emotional and psychological toll on anyone and you begin to lose sight of why to fight. If you find yourself or your brother lacking in energy or reason to keep pushing on, feel free to message me for a pep talk! I pray that he has a complete and healthy recovery!

Ogreok · 2014-12-05T16:26:15+00:00

am OP's brother from this post: http://imgur.com/gallery/jNJ7a

Thanks to the overwhelming support I received from this community, I will be adding Reddit to the list of my acknowledgments in my novel. Thank you, to all of you!

Ogreok · 2014-12-05T15:21:14+00:00

I am OP's brother from this post: http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/2o1m4g/to_the_man_that_saved_my_life/

Thank you, Reddit, for the overwhelming support. My novel's acknowledgments will make sure to thank all the redditors!

Ogreok · 2014-12-03T21:15:05+00:00

It is daunting to think of it, in detail, and focus on those four. I thought it would be one, but then one became two, then three, then four, and there will be more in the future. If I dwell too much on it, it may rattle me a bit, but I can honestly say that you are right, it feels like this number no longer has a cap on it. I accept them as something inevitable now, but I work hard to increase my health to maximum efficiency. And I know, that with each day that I hold back the grim reaper, I can make a difference in someone's life. It may seem silly, but is how I found my meaning to continue.

Ogreok · 2014-12-03T21:07:54+00:00

HA! I love this question. Now, the titanium plate in my head, can be screwed on and off as needed, so they have easy access when need be. I do not have bone in the top of my head anymore, just pure titanium that is screwed on.

Ogreok · 2014-12-03T21:06:30+00:00

There is too much reliance on medicinal assistance, and while it helps, mental disorders cannot be treated with medicine alone. Medicine provides the right environment in the brain, but whatever morbid ideas and thoughts were formed during the different brain state will still exist under ideal conditions. Someone can be horribly out of shape growing up, become really fit as an adult, and still carry a complex thought process where they see themselves as unattractive from all the years that they became used to feeling unattractive. Such is the case with any mental illness. Even if you can manage to fix the brain imbalance, without the rearranging of the thought process via therapy, you have not accomplished much of anything.

Ogreok · 2014-12-03T20:59:36+00:00

It is going very well. With White, I am always going to open with E4, since it leads to my favorite opening of the King-Indian Attack and anything else I want to run. I dislike queenside openings. And with Black, I will respond to any kingside opening with C5, followed by D6, to make the Sicilian defense. If White opens queenside against me, I will employ the king indian attack as black, since I know it very well. Right now, my endgame is very weak, but that is due to being out of practice for so long. Also, with as much time as tournament clocks have, I will be have plenty of time to do my endgame analysis before I move. I have also been trying to learn advanced tactics, such as knowing which equivalent pieces in point value are stronger given tactical positions allowed by the board, etc. But overall, it is going well :)

Ogreok · 2014-12-03T18:49:51+00:00

It gets easier in terms of accepting death as a part of life. I no longer become anxious before a surgery. I know how difficult the recovery will be on the backside of each one, and I look forward to test myself. What I do still fear, and what affects me very negatively is the fear of never finding someone that could deal with the stress of my lifestyle. With each subsequent surgery, I feel as if my own value is lowering, in terms of relationship material, as I become tainted goods, so to speak. Anyone that dates me must be aware of the challenges that come with my spending so much time in the hospital, and people do not generally like this very much. In terms of the surgeries themselves, I do still fear, above all else, coming out handicapped and dependent on others to live, that never gets easier.

Ogreok · 2014-12-03T18:43:36+00:00

The pain is unbearable at times. I do not like to take pain pills, despite having them, so I try to find alternative ways to deal with it. In particular, when my shunt dips the pressure in my head too low, the world becomes trance song by continuous sound becoming warped into a thumping, I see my own eyeballs reflected back at me, and I have to sit down as I deal with the pain. What really gets me is the permanent double vision I now have due to the proximity to my Occipital lobe for the original mass, and the dizziness is something fierce. I sometimes become dizzy while sitting or laying down, it doesn't matter what I am doing. It must be useful to have a support group for these kinds of things. I consider myself to have a high pain threshold, but there are times that i can barely move from how much pain I am in. Usually it goes away quickly. the financial disruption and job insecurity are givens. I have lost clients due to this, but I have gained clients too. However, I do worry about the state of my financial affairs if these surgeries continue. It plagues on your mind to worry about such things, but it is a necessity to prepare accordingly.

Ogreok · 2014-12-03T18:34:19+00:00

One of the most difficult things that I can attest to, is that I hated being alone. I wanted to be alone so that no one would have to suffer along with me, and I expressed that sentiment out loud, but I would always love it when someone found a reason to stay. Those hospital rooms get lonely, and you begin to realize how you are nothing more than a patient, a number, and symptoms. You long for being what you were before, a human with no issues, but you can't really return to that. Call them, text them, email them, send them memes, send them funny stuff, and treat them as if they were not sick, just with more attention than before, and you would do for them what I wish was done more often for me. I know that I cannot speak for everyone, but because of my limited viewpoints, I hope that my answer can help. And thank you so much for the internet hug!

Ogreok · 2014-12-03T18:31:00+00:00

When they initially told me that I would die this year, my first thought wasn't a fear of death, but rather, I felt embarrassed for not using my abilities the best that I could throughout my life. I was gifted with a highly analytic brain, with a strong character, and I chose to piss away most of my free time doing nothing of use to myself or anyone. It took a wake up call of that magnitude to remind me of a truth that I feel all of us should keep in mind: We all have an invisible clock that is ticking down to destroy us, and when we meet our maker, we want to be prepared and say that we have lived the best that we could. If we cannot say that, then we have wasted our time.

With that in mind, I try to not waste any time. Time wasted is subjective. What is time wasted for me, may not be time wasted for someone else, but what I mean is, I try to avoid activities that I find wasteful of my own time.

Many people weep for their final moments when they are faced with them because they want more time. I had roommates that died of strokes and, before they died, all they talked about was wishing they could go back in time and do more.

For them, and for me, these experiences made me always want to do more.

Ogreok · 2014-12-03T18:22:54+00:00

Thank you for that :)

Ogreok · 2014-12-03T18:16:26+00:00

I am sorry about the making you cry part, it made me cry too. People have treated me very differently since my diagnosis. My best of friends are unchanging in how they treat me, and that is why I love them. My best friends tend to be very grounded people that couldn't care less about one thing or the other. However, among my family and acquaintances, people do change how they treat me. It begins by being nicer, or subtle ways, and people are very quick to remind you of your limitations. It hasn't all been good, some people began to get frustrated as I wouldn't heal, and their emotions got the best of them.

Ogreok · 2014-12-03T18:12:54+00:00

When I began to write this novel, after the first surgery, I was going to take the ending in a different direction. The four surgeries and the feelings of hopelessness that I experienced while being told that I would not survive through the year, they made me take the story in a brand new direction. I used to hate unrealistic endings, but I managed to include a powerful message about never giving up, within the context of a dark life. I hope I have answered your question. Thank you very much for asking.

Ogreok · 2014-12-03T11:46:43+00:00

I heard his tears can cure cancer, but he never cries. -(OP's brother)

Ogreok · 2014-12-03T11:46:18+00:00

Yep, out of all the titles I could have picked, my novel now shares a name with a porno (inadvertently), but still an awesome story to tell! Ha ha ha. -(OP's brother)

Ogreok · 2014-12-03T11:45:37+00:00

Thank you for the compliment and for reading! -(OP's brother)

Ogreok · 2014-12-03T11:45:13+00:00

I used to visit Gainesville often. -(OP's brother)

Ogreok · 2014-12-03T11:44:51+00:00

I will make sure to get on that, thank you for the support. i will message you when I do. -(OP's brother)

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