In the years leading up to my spinal injury in 2018 I lived an unhealthy life. I ate too much, didn't exercise at all, and didn't think about the long term effects of either of those decisions. My lifestyle was a burden on myself, my family, friends, and The Mana Source community as a whole. After doing nothing to address this compounding series of problems, I reached my highest weight ever at over 400 pounds.
Being so large added unnecessary difficulty to my initial phase of recovery from spinal surgery. Twelve months after the procedure I stopped making videos. It was around this time I experienced the first post-surgical flare up in my spine. It became painfully obvious that I needed to dedicate all of my time and energy to rehabilitation if I ever wanted to walk normally again.
In my time away I have recovered enough to begin a daily exercise routine. I've lost over 90 pounds with much more to go. I've regained confident use of my legs and back. My digestive issues are largely a thing of the past. My mental health is in a more stable place than it has been in years.
I have been given a second chance at life and I look forward to spending an important part of that with all of you doing what I love. Thank you for your patience, understanding, generosity, and well wishes these past few years. May we all enjoy many more together.
First of all, it's fucking good to see you back and healthier than before man! Second, I love the philosophic studies of colors in MTG and I gotta say this one was very interesting. I never thought of color pairs in terms of influence percentage of each color or master/servant dynamics.
When someone asks why I want my first and only tattoo to be the white mana symbol with the red mana symbol inside the sun of white, I'm gonna direct them to this. So happy to see you back Wedge!
Waking up to see your content in my feed again made me so happy! So glad to hear that you're ok and on the mend and so sorry to hear what you've been through.
So happy to see you are back! Will be looking forward to watching your content all over again! Missed you so much and I'm really happy to hear you are doing better!
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Hey Everyone,
In the years leading up to my spinal injury in 2018 I lived an unhealthy life. I ate too much, didn't exercise at all, and didn't think about the long term effects of either of those decisions. My lifestyle was a burden on myself, my family, friends, and The Mana Source community as a whole. After doing nothing to address this compounding series of problems, I reached my highest weight ever at over 400 pounds.
Being so large added unnecessary difficulty to my initial phase of recovery from spinal surgery. Twelve months after the procedure I stopped making videos. It was around this time I experienced the first post-surgical flare up in my spine. It became painfully obvious that I needed to dedicate all of my time and energy to rehabilitation if I ever wanted to walk normally again.
In my time away I have recovered enough to begin a daily exercise routine. I've lost over 90 pounds with much more to go. I've regained confident use of my legs and back. My digestive issues are largely a thing of the past. My mental health is in a more stable place than it has been in years.
I have been given a second chance at life and I look forward to spending an important part of that with all of you doing what I love. Thank you for your patience, understanding, generosity, and well wishes these past few years. May we all enjoy many more together.
Thanks for watching 🙂
Welcome back
BRO u gone I didnt care about magic anymore … I LOVED your videos
First of all, it's fucking good to see you back and healthier than before man!
Second, I love the philosophic studies of colors in MTG and I gotta say this one was very interesting. I never thought of color pairs in terms of influence percentage of each color or master/servant dynamics.
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeddddddggggeeeeeeeee! ^_^
Welcome back, Wedge! I, and many of us in the community, have missed you and your top notch content! Glad you're back and I hope you keep doing well!
Wedge is back!
Holy crap man, so glad to see you back and doing better!
Glad your back buddy. Let us know if you need any encouragement or recipes
Man…seeing the mana source pop up…I almost cried
Looking forward to the shard and wedge versions of these videos!
Welcome back!!
MY DOOOOOOOD <333 Glad you're with us boss, the physical health grind is gonna do wonders for the mental health too
So happy you’re back. If they’re gonna kill off the planeswalkers, we get you IRL.
When someone asks why I want my first and only tattoo to be the white mana symbol with the red mana symbol inside the sun of white, I'm gonna direct them to this. So happy to see you back Wedge!
I missed this, hope you're doing well!
Wedge. So happy to have you back. Continued good luck on your journey back health. Looking forward to having you around for a long time.
Waking up to see your content in my feed again made me so happy! So glad to hear that you're ok and on the mend and so sorry to hear what you've been through.
welcome back! I was hoping you'd come back with new videos, and I am glad to hear your health has been improving.
Genuinely welcome back. It is good to see you again; we support you in your recovery, personal improvements, and all 💜
Edit: great video intro btw!
So good
OMG YOU'RE BACK :')
So happy to see you are back! Will be looking forward to watching your content all over again! Missed you so much and I'm really happy to hear you are doing better!
I’m not crying you are. The community missed you Wedge! My favorite YouTube channel is back and I’m soo hype! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽