Due to some increased health issues I’ve had recently, I have cut back on my online activity over the past couple of weeks. I am going to use the summer to step back and focus on my health. I have taken the disabilityresourceexchange.com, the social networking community I created and maintain, off-line until September 1, 2011. Here’s a copy of the message I sent to all members of the disabilityresourceexchange.com. I am trying to get more rest and get adjusted to being on a muscle relaxer medication again. Since I have restarted the muscle relaxer my pain and energy level have been more unpredictable than expected; so I have to get used to it or find a more appropriate dosage. I have not been online much at all the past few days. This has been very difficult for me because I enjoy connecting with people, reading and posting links to useful information on the disabilityresourceexchange.com and Twitter.

I’ve been focusing on three things to help prepare for better success with my future plans:

- Getting my pain and energy level stablized

- Implementing the new organizational strategy I decided on (I will talk about it more in a future post)

- Implementing a plan for backing up my personal data

I will not be as active on Twitter right now, but I will resume posting on a consistent basis September 1, 2011 when I relaunch the disabilityresourceexchange.com as well.

I am looking forward to the end of the year and a better start in 2012

Sincerely,
Rudy Sims

Here’s a copy of the message I sent to all members of the disabilityresourceexchange.com

Hello to all disabilityresourceexchange.com members,   I have taken the network off-line temporarily and it will go live again on September 1, 2011. The reasons I am taking the network off-line are: I want to get my health back on track I want to redesign the network to try to make it more accessible I want to write a list of guidelines for the network I want to focus more on finding help moderating and growing the network It’s been a very difficult year for me; at the end of 2010 I was told that the medicine I had been taking to manage my pain was no longer available. Ever since then I’ve been dealing with a significant increase in my amount of pain and a significant decrease in my energy level. I’ve recently found out that the medication is available and will be making appointments with my doctor to figure out the correct dosage. I have not been able to contribute to and monitor the network nearly as much as I wanted too due to my current health problems and the work to update the template on the blogs I maintain. I would like everyone to know that all content currently on the network will not be affected by the network being offline. I sincerely apologize for having to take the network off-line but hopefully this will lead to a better and more useful site in the long run.