Hey Guys,
It's been quite a while since I was active on the forums. The last time I was around was in the end of 2013 I believe. I was in Afghanistan and I had TONS of support from the community here. Here's an update on what has been keeping me away.
While I was deployed, I experienced what I later found out was a spinal cord injury. I lost a lot of nerve function in the right side of my body from my nipple line down. When I got home, I started getting some sensation back, but when the docs looked at my MRI, we found out that I had a tumor in my spinal cord that severed the nerves going to that side of my body.
After a while, it was decided that I was no longer fit to serve in the Marine Corps, or any branch for that matter. On top of that, shortly after we found all of this out, we found out that my wife was pregnant with twins. She had a lot of complications and was admitted to the hospital when she was 20 weeks pregnant. The twin were born at 30 weeks, and then spent the next 10 weeks in the NICU.
All of this happened in a very short period of time and it was very hard on my wife and I.
I finally had surgery to remove the tumor in February of last year, after it caused a great deal more damage. The surgery went well, but I had a lot of nerve and spinal cord damage from the surgery. The doctor said it would be 18-24 months to recover from the surgery. I finally got over the hump and am starting to feel a little better.
That being said, I have been away from the cigar game for quite a while and I'm not sure where to start. I'm sure there are a lot of new cigars. I used to smoke things like the triple maduro, man o war of all types, and even the punisher from time to time and many more like this, but I'm not sure I want to get back into it with strong cigars. I might try a few more mellow cigars, and maybe some infused.
What are yalls recommendations on getting back into it. Also, is anybody selling a cheaper humidor on the small side?? Just something to store 20-30 cigars.
Thanks guys
