Photo 1 : Here's me at about 9 or 10 years of age. At this point in my life I felt great and was doing well academically and in sports at school. Also I still had a pituitary gland, which (unknown to me) was producing a very healthy amount of Growth Hormone. At this time I loved playing football, and loved listening to music on the radio. Life seemed great, and I look back on this time of my life with great fondness.
Photo 2 : Here's me outside my house, age 10. I'm the one in the middle, with 2 cousins of mine on both sides, Hugh on the left, Denise on the right. You can see how the gigantism is having an effect, as I am by far the tallest, yet I am also the youngest by several months.
Photo 3 : In this photo I am 11 years old, and have just started secondary school at Cowbridge Comprehensive in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales. At this point in my life Growth Hormone production was in full flow and I felt great apart from joint pains that I had started to have in the legs and feet. Again, although one of the youngest, I was also one of the tallest in my year. In my first week at secondary school I was picked on by a boy in the second year, eager to demonstrate his superiority. After flooring him with a single punch he never bothered me gain. The strength and confidence came from the excess GH, which I miss at times...
Photo 4 : August 1981 - the pituitary gland and tumour have been removed, and I'm in the middle of radiotherapy treatment at Velindre hospital in Cardiff. I had just turned 12 years of age and I'm holding my birthday present - a King Charles spaniel puppy called Ben! You can see the scar on my head where the surgeon had cut.
Photo 5 : Just a few months after the operation, and what a change! With no testesterone or Growth Hormone in my system, combined with effects of taking steroids, I look and feel a completely different person. My face is rounder, paler, and seems to have lost that 'spark' if you know what I mean. From this point on I will never be quite the same again...and I must apologise for the wallpaper!!
Photo 6 : And here I am today! I will try to get a few more photos of me growing up...