In addition, he has been diagnosed with Acute PTSD since 2008 and has been also diagnosed with complex PTSD in recent years. To further complicate his mental state, he has been diagnosed with degenerative spine disease, a traumatic brain injury, heart disease, and a multiple of physical diseases as well.
He is married and resides in Yuma, Arizona. Since 2004, he has turned to poetry to aid in his stabilization of life and its never-ending problems. He has also written many short stories and novels in that same period. Before his death, his goal is to help as many vets as possible deal with PTSD and the life changing problems they face.