Caminopreacher59
My name is Dustin Woodard. I was born three months premature and weighed only 1 lb. 11oz. I spent the first three months of my life in an incubator tank and would go on to lose all vision in my left eye and be extremely near-sighted in my right. I've been a fan of Pokemon since it's inception in the 90's, and due to my vision restrictions, I was able to appreciate Pokemon for giving me the opportunity travel and see what I wanted.
To further issues with my vision, I was in a car wreck in 2006 that resulted in my retina in my good eye detaching, as well as suffering multiple broken bones.
Short version, after surgery, I was completely blind for three months while the retina healed. I then had to learn to walk again because the muscle mass in my legs (one of which was broken at the femur and knee cap) was all but gone.
So, between being blind for a bit and learning to walk again, I try not to complain about much.
I eventually got into Rom hacking to, not only rediscover the joy of simpler times, but also in the hope of meeting like-minded fans that would share my appreciation and nostalgia for Pokemon as the phenomenon that it was.