MarcoP
Well-known member
Time has come to present my self.
My name is Marco, 41yo. I grow up in Sicily but I soon started traveling for studying at the age of 14 and moved to Venice at the age of 19.
I've been a dental technician for about 13 years in total and worked as such for private studies and government institutions, in Italy and Australia.
At the age of 25 I've got a virus on my very first PC and I've been learning IT since then. Today I'm a RedHat system administrator and a programmer, many says I'm a pro but i doubt it as many other programmers have way more knowledge then me. I just know my way around.
September 12, 2001 I flied to Australia for what I believed to be love, following this old dream of me. I got married and I'm father of two, a little man and a princess. Eventually 7 years later I've got divorced and was finally happy to live my life with my children without my exwife spoiling nobody's time.
At that time I was a warehouse manager (with many added responsibilities) during the day and a computer geek at night, things were great till in the 2010 an advanced carcinoma squamous changed my life, a rare case since I had it 20 years earlier then others and on a very bad spot, uncommon spot. Only one similar case to a female in the USA.
To avoid surgery I agreed to try radiotherapy, but If I knew what would have done to me I wouldn't ever agreed to it, with chemotherapy but surgery was still needed to amputate the bad tissues and surroundings.
Frequent long lasting bowel subocclusions (sometimes 2 per week) are holding me from coming back to a normal life. Since I wasn't able to work anymore and my savings were consumed by loans I had to sell and come back to Italy till I could be able to look after my self again, leaving my two children in Australia with their mum as she didn't want them to come over with me, not even for a short holiday :evil:
Some of you will now better understand why I had to build a new workstation to keep working on my old and new projects, I've also slowed down with forum posts (some of you might be happy about this :lol
since I've picked up a new big private project.
A lot is missing, but roughly it's all here. Had a great life with no regrets, having few issues now but I will come back splendid and shiny more then ever, hopefully a better man and father. After all I have to share my experience with my children, blood of my blood, they kept my thoughts straight and recharge me from lost energies when I most needed help. Can't wait to fix my issues and go back to my children.
Well there you have it, that's part of my life ... something that bothers me is how hard it is to have to places to call home and my family being split between those.
Marco
My name is Marco, 41yo. I grow up in Sicily but I soon started traveling for studying at the age of 14 and moved to Venice at the age of 19.
I've been a dental technician for about 13 years in total and worked as such for private studies and government institutions, in Italy and Australia.
At the age of 25 I've got a virus on my very first PC and I've been learning IT since then. Today I'm a RedHat system administrator and a programmer, many says I'm a pro but i doubt it as many other programmers have way more knowledge then me. I just know my way around.
September 12, 2001 I flied to Australia for what I believed to be love, following this old dream of me. I got married and I'm father of two, a little man and a princess. Eventually 7 years later I've got divorced and was finally happy to live my life with my children without my exwife spoiling nobody's time.
At that time I was a warehouse manager (with many added responsibilities) during the day and a computer geek at night, things were great till in the 2010 an advanced carcinoma squamous changed my life, a rare case since I had it 20 years earlier then others and on a very bad spot, uncommon spot. Only one similar case to a female in the USA.
To avoid surgery I agreed to try radiotherapy, but If I knew what would have done to me I wouldn't ever agreed to it, with chemotherapy but surgery was still needed to amputate the bad tissues and surroundings.
Frequent long lasting bowel subocclusions (sometimes 2 per week) are holding me from coming back to a normal life. Since I wasn't able to work anymore and my savings were consumed by loans I had to sell and come back to Italy till I could be able to look after my self again, leaving my two children in Australia with their mum as she didn't want them to come over with me, not even for a short holiday :evil:
Some of you will now better understand why I had to build a new workstation to keep working on my old and new projects, I've also slowed down with forum posts (some of you might be happy about this :lol
since I've picked up a new big private project.A lot is missing, but roughly it's all here. Had a great life with no regrets, having few issues now but I will come back splendid and shiny more then ever, hopefully a better man and father. After all I have to share my experience with my children, blood of my blood, they kept my thoughts straight and recharge me from lost energies when I most needed help. Can't wait to fix my issues and go back to my children.
Well there you have it, that's part of my life ... something that bothers me is how hard it is to have to places to call home and my family being split between those.
Marco
