Introduce yourself (part one)

I hope everybody is having a nice day...

A brief-ish introduction...

I'm John, 39 years old, from Bury, Manchester. I've lived here - not entirely by choice - all my life. I was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome in 2010, after venturing a self-diagnosis of the same to a Neuro-Psychologist at Salford Royal Hospital. The Aspergers' diagnosis is the latest of a long line of afflictions I've had to deal with, following drug-resistant Crohn's Disease (diagnosed in 1996), four major operations and hypothyroidism and low testosterone which combined to send me into Hell for the better part of the last six years; thankfully, some deity has decided to give me a break for once, and I've made a measure of recovery. I continue to 'attack' the NHS to find a competent, intuitive doctor who can help my recovery proceed more quickly.

Although I've been retired from work on medical grounds since 1997, I have managed to publish a few books (as writer and illustrator), the latter volume a few months ago, and am gearing up to launching an ongoing series of supernatural fictions concerning people who don't fit easily into modern day society (sound familiar? :), and also a series of illustrated books for children. My passion (obsession) is for art and writing, and over the past year I have been learning to play musical synthesisers. I enjoy writing songs, singing and acting. After suffering 16 years of torture living on an estate populated by drug-addicts and screaming children all hours of the day and night, I sold my house in 2009 and began rented privately, and now can enjoy a quiet, more solitary life. I'm single, not by choice, but them's the breaks for some of our kind, it seems. I'm described as a 'functional' Aspie, enough so that I would not be considered eccentric until unless people got to know me better. I can be incredibly stubborn about some things, but generally am very easy-going.

I think that's enough gabbing for the time being! :)

Best,

- John (Macmador)

I hope everybody is having a nice day...

A brief-ish introduction...

I'm John, 39 years old, from Bury, Manchester. I've lived here - not entirely by choice - all my life. I was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome in 2010, after venturing a self-diagnosis of the same to a Neuro-Psychologist at Salford Royal Hospital. The Aspergers' diagnosis is the latest of a long line of afflictions I've had to deal with, following drug-resistant Crohn's Disease (diagnosed in 1996), four major operations and hypothyroidism and low testosterone which combined to send me into Hell for the better part of the last six years; thankfully, some deity has decided to give me a break for once, and I've made a measure of recovery. I continue to 'attack' the NHS to find a competent, intuitive doctor who can help my recovery proceed more quickly.

Although I've been retired from work on medical grounds since 1997, I have managed to publish a few books (as writer and illustrator), the latter volume a few months ago, and am gearing up to launching an ongoing series of supernatural fictions concerning people who don't fit easily into modern day society (sound familiar? :), and also a series of illustrated books for children. My passion (obsession) is for art and writing, and over the past year I have been learning to play musical synthesisers. I enjoy writing songs, singing and acting. After suffering 16 years of torture living on an estate populated by drug-addicts and screaming children all hours of the day and night, I sold my house in 2009 and began rented privately, and now can enjoy a quiet, more solitary life. I'm single, not by choice, but them's the breaks for some of our kind, it seems. I'm described as a 'functional' Aspie, enough so that I would not be considered eccentric until unless people got to know me better. I can be incredibly stubborn about some things, but generally am very easy-going.

I think that's enough gabbing for the time being! :)

Best,

- John (Macmador)