Inside Ray Johnson :) (GRUESOME & APOLOGETIC POST)
by rayjohnson | September 22, 2009 | under General Chat, Increase Your Productivity | Comments (17)
Hey there folks,
Ray here with a quick, gruesome but important post AND an apology.
(I know it’s weird but stay with me!) 
For the past few months I have felt REALLY under the weather, still do – I’ve had no sleep, (or very little) and excruitating pains for the majority of days hence me not ENTIRELY giving you the good meaty content you deserve as my subscriber….
No this wasn’t me suffering from “lazy-itis” but it has been due to me having Kidney Stones – 3 of the little blighters!
I have had 3 visits to hospital with blues and two’s and enough morpheine to keep a junkie (for a better word) very very happy!
I just wanted to inform you that a) I have now been to a consultant and had scans… I even took you a piccy for you on my iPhone…
b) fortunately I have passed 2 stones (they were very small) – and c) one stone still remains and I’ll be needing surgery to get it out…
And here it is… Introducing my Kidney Stone 
The two LARGE masses of white are my hip bones by the way – the Kidney Stone is the smaller whiter thing… and it is 8mm in width and lodged 1 inch from my bladder… (nice)
So know you have seen the little fella for yourself - I just wanted to let you know, my ill health of late has delayed me delivering this REAL GOOD STUFF to you that I usually deliver, and after all as my subscriber you DESERVE only the best information for FREE right from the horses mouth…
I will be resuming normal service after my surgery around the 15th of October, and the blog will be better and more revealing than ever!
The main good points I can share with you today, or if there’s any tips or lessons I can teach you from my current situation, they are these:
1. We never know what the future will bring, so don’t dwell on starting out in your online business – even if you don’t have the foggiest idea what you are doing you can always educate yourself and ask others. (As John Thornhill always tells me “Google is your friend”).
2. Get your business rolling, even if that means simply buying a YOUR NAME.com domain name and ordering Aweber – you have done something productive that will move you forward – no matter how small…
3. Keep on keeping on. Keep moving forward, even throughout the worst of circumstances. I actually launched AdswapMasterclass.com and I couldn’t even sit at my PC because of the pain! but I knew I had to keep momentum going at all costs. The site went on to gross $11k in TOTAL sales and 5500 subscribers in just 7 days. Not bad hey?
4. It takes a special kind of person mentally to do I.M. for a living – just like any net or entrepreneur, you need drive, guts, determination and like me balls of steel!
I hope you understand and can appreciate my recent health problems – I’ll be back giving you the creme de la creme of internet marketing tips real soon, and if you can’t wait – simply feel free to browse some of the recents posts here, there more than enough good stuff to inspire you!
O.K. I really have to go, I’m busting for a pee (I’m on 6 litres of fluids a day!) and I have my awesome painkillers to take – they’ll knock me out good and cold!
So until next time, I’d really appreciate your comments. Thanks and keep well…
Ray
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17 Responses to “Inside Ray Johnson :) (GRUESOME & APOLOGETIC POST)”
hi Ray, Reinhard Schumacher the german guy with hat on speaking.
Dear me, I know too well what you´re talking about. I had some kidneys way back in 2000 and I remember the pains I d gone through all too well as if it was yesterday. People say, it´s like having a baby birth procedure. Oh yeah, a real procedure as it lasted 2 or 3 days before I was so lucky to “give birth” to them the natural way by simply peeing them out .
Gosh, they were realy small but good visible and imagining your cobblestones, sorry for this description” you must have gone through the hell,didn´t you.
To make things short, i keep my fingers crossed that all goes the right direction now and that you will be born again soon after your surgery treatment.
God bless and keep on with your super work on your blog.
Would like to know more about adswaps.Your helpü and support is very much appreciated.
Thx and best wishes from the german guy,
Reinhard
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Hi Reinhardt
Sorry fr the slow reply, I’ve been catching up on some sleep because of little badboy!
The pain in a word is EXCRUTIATING – even like me having your legs bothe broken a reset into place, even this bears into insignificance I can tell you!
Thanks for the great feedback about the blog – I’m glad you enjoy the content – there plenty more coming soon.
RE Adswaps all you need is right here:
http://www.adswapmasterclass.com
Thanks for taking the time to comment.
Regards
Ray
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Hi Ray,
Hope you’re feeling better and there is no need for apologies from yourself.
You’ve provided enough good content to keep us going for ages. I suppose Liverpool’s recent run in the league will cheer you up a bit
All the best
Anton
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Hi Anton
Thanks for the kind words – and the mints were very cool
I’m still awaiting the reply from you re the coaching email I think?
Do let me know.
Regards
Ray
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Ray! People do not know how severe this pain is until they have a kidney stone or two. These stone cling to your ureter walls and cut and stick into your flesh like a knife or razor wire. I almost literally died from my last experience with kidney stones. It lasted weeks. I finally found a home remedy, after weeks of pain medication and nearly biting it one afternoon laying in agony on my livingroom couch, I discovered a home remedy online! I took a huge tablespoon of Extra Virgin Olive Oil. Then shortly, drank 16 ounce of raw orange juice (the pain from drinking all that acid was horrendous) but in a half an hour, relief, as the acid dimished the stone to the point that it passed! Find out what your stone is composed of by sending it to a lab at your doctor’s office, and then avoid eating too much of what caused your particular stone to form. You don’t want to go this again for the rest of your life, just trust me on that…
David~
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Hi Ray
Don’t want to tempt fate…but what else can life throw at you:) I know what a struggle it’s been for you lately. Despite the damn stones you’ve still found the time to help me with my projects and for that am genuinely grateful.
Wishing you well with op next Monday and a speedy recovery.
Ant
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