Greetings from backstage

[oxider]

Speedy recovery m8!

 

[mossman]

Dear Merlin

Just a user of your firmware here, it was my first step away from dd-wrt after many years and I consider it a great step up.

First and foremost I wish you all the best with your health. Whatever your ailment is, I hope that you're able to put it to rest as quickly and completely as possible. Having to focus on your health instead of your passions is an unfortunate state to be in.

Also, no matter what anyone writes or demands - please always keep in mind the community knows you've given freely of yourself and done phenomenal things with these routers and you don't owe anyone another second of technical support or future development time. You have to remember this because the people who write it down will always be drowned out by thoughtless people complaining about a new release or bug or feature.

Not only have you improved upon a commercial product (with far more people working on it than just one) you inspired a company (who in my personal opinion after many years in IT) had a history of cranking out products "complete" and leaving them to die - to see them now start to go back and develop, bugfix and add features. Way to go!

I strongly hope that you're able to return and keep cranking out the wonderful additions to these products. But even if you're unable but also don't want to just let it go, I do hope you consider options like cultivating a group of trusted developers to do the heavy lifting for the project under your direction to keep things going. I hope these thoughts bring you a bit of hope for the future.

A brilliant and thoughtful post.

 

[JohnOCFII]

Merlin - your health comes first. Thanks for all you've done for the community.

 

[threepwood]

Wish you a swift and full recovery.

As a devoted fan of your firmware and of your huge contribution to this community: thanks for sharing your health issues with us and see you soon.

 

[Ryansr]

Take care and hope you feel better soon!

 

[moto]

Just registered to say thanks and get well soon.

 

[Deleted member 27741]

I am so sorry for your health problems. We are all pulling for you.

 

[Flying Dutchman]

Recover soon Merlin!
Not to become active again in the firmware world, but to enjoy life outside your study.
Your country is one of the most beautiful ones and you should have seen it all .

 

[sammyano]

Take care and get well soon - wishing you all the best

 

[kiccolsd]

Take care and when you feel comfortable came back here to share your success with us! Good Luck Man!

 

[RMerlin]

Thank you everyone for your kind wishes, it was really appreciated during those hard times

While I wouldn't say I'm healthy, at least some of the symptoms have gradually faded away over time, and I've been doing better. I still have more tests scheduled for early March, and a follow-up appointment at the end of that month. I might hopefully be able to avoid surgery if the symptoms remain minor, at least for the time being.

 

[bacon612]

Thank you everyone for your kind wishes, it was really appreciated during those hard times

While I wouldn't say I'm healthy, at least some of the symptoms have gradually faded away over time, and I've been doing better. I still have more tests scheduled for early March, and a follow-up appointment at the end of that month. I might hopefully be able to avoid surgery if the symptoms remain minor, at least for the time being.

Some encouraging news. Keep your head up and thanks again for your efforts here.

Sent from my HTC One M9 using Tapatalk

 

[Denny]

Hope you will be able to recover soon.
Take your time to come back on the forum, you did a fabulous and awesome work so far.
I am happy to see that the symptoms have faded away and I wish you the best of luck.

 

[martinr]

Thank you everyone for your kind wishes, it was really appreciated during those hard times

While I wouldn't say I'm healthy, at least some of the symptoms have gradually faded away over time, and I've been doing better. I still have more tests scheduled for early March, and a follow-up appointment at the end of that month. I might hopefully be able to avoid surgery if the symptoms remain minor, at least for the time being.

That's good to hear. Thanks for the update, Merlin (and for the to-the-point explanation of why REJECT was better than DROP in one case http://www.snbforums.com/posts/237738/ )

 

[^Tripper^]

Encouraging update Merlin. Thank you for all your work and take care. Wish you the best of health.

 

[Alessio]

Thanks for your encouraging news,
I really hope you will be able to recover soon.

 

[Henk59]

Thank you everyone for your kind wishes, it was really appreciated during those hard times

While I wouldn't say I'm healthy, at least some of the symptoms have gradually faded away over time, and I've been doing better. I still have more tests scheduled for early March, and a follow-up appointment at the end of that month. I might hopefully be able to avoid surgery if the symptoms remain minor, at least for the time being.

In harsh times the best thing todo is, looking foreward, for better times.
In short, it reminds me me when I look back, fall 2002, after surgery it took about 1 year to recover but I've lost my job, most of my friends, partial my hobby's, etc.
But lives goes on, new things todo (but there is a limit, and a way to soon), for now I must listen very carefully to my body, everyday, everytime.

 

[Authority]

Hey guys,

I just wanted to say that I'm still around. I just lack the energy and the motivation to devote to this at this time, as I've been dealing with health problems for the past month. Ran some tests during the Holidays, and I have to meet a specialist next week to discuss the results.

Until things get better, I won't be really active on the forum or development front. I've spent some time merging newer code over the past few days as I was feeling a bit better for a couple of nights and the merge was fairly straightforward, but don't expect any technical support or active debugging on my part until things improve.

To those who sent me technical questions over Email and who are reading this, sorry if I didn't answer. Thankfully, the project has a very active and knowledgeable community to take care of end-user support for the time being.

Take care folks,

Any updates on your health?

 

[RMerlin]

Any updates on your health?

7 posts above...

 

[the only sarge]

Merlin....Not much of a poster guy Good reader/listener.
I have no idea what your health issue is but for some reason I feel compelled to share.
About 3 years ago I woke up in absolute horrible pain. Frozen. I couldn't move. I am a healthy guy. 60 years old but a rancher and hard work was no issue. I couldnt speak (having strokes)......they rushed my big ol butt to the emergency room. Took them almost a week to diagnose what was happening. I had a Rheumatoid Disease (formerly known as Rheumatoid Arthritis) attack. It went after my arteries, heart, lungs, all my joints...all at once and out of nowhere.
The reason I am posting this....I thought man I am done for sure. 8 months of chemo therapy. Could hardly move. A real challenge during this time...It took everything I had to keep going hour by hour.....
I whipped it. I am fine now. It did permanent damage to my hip joints.....No problem my football days are over a long time ago anyway but I can run the fence, work on trucks and chase MaMa around the house no problem. Play with the Grandkids etc. I have my life back.
So as much as treatments, test etc. suck. Keep going. Never give up. Kick "it's" butt man.