Not wanting to be a part of the rumor mill, we wanted to wait to post anything about the Roncada issue until word came from Stephane himself. From his site:
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Thanks to ALL of you who have been so suppportive and understanding over the past few month, I couldn't have asked more from my fans, and I am very gratefull for having such good fans and friends. And Mickey, a rematch at MX Unleashed will only make you more pissed off, 'cause i'll kick your a$$ again
I wanted to give everyone some news about me, today is actually the first day I feel like typing anything so here I am ! Most of you know what happened to me now ( thanks to Transworld ), even though lots of people already knew they never brought up the subject, and I can never thank them enough for that. There has been lots of rumors going around as of why it happened, and I want to make things clear now. My anxiety, depression and stress where a big factor, but the biggest of all was my back pain. I was in so much pain everyday that I couldn't take it anymore, and felt like no one understood the situation. I felt like I had no way out, except one. The pressure of racing west coast was also a big weight on my shoulders as I was clearly not ready, but yet I wanted to perform and win, that's just the way I am. That was driving me crazy to tell you the thruth, and when my back got worse it made everything go downhill.
Those were the only reasons i did what I did. My girlfriend Carlie has always been there for me, and had absolutely nothing to do with what I did. She has been very strong and supportive for the past 8 months and I probably wouldn't be here today if it wasnt for her. I have heard rumors about how I did it because she cheated on me or whatever else poeple could come up with, and was blown away by them. How in the hell do they come up with stuff like that ??? Also, this was the first time I tried to commit suicide, I have never done it before as some people mentioned. I had to get that cleared up, I am tired of hearing false rumors and lies, especially about something like this. Now you all know what happened and why.
As of today, I am still fighting with severe back pain, and it has been very hard to cope with in the last 3 weeks. Going to the race last Saturday at Anaheim was a challenge, the pain was so intense i almost went to the E.R. But it was good to be there and see lots of friendly faces, and I was dying to be able to race, I miss it so much.
I have finally found a doctor that has a couple ideas of what could be wrong with my back, and I am going in today to get an epidural for a diagnostic, if it's positive, then I am a lucky man he said, as they can go in and "kill" the nerves around the L4-L5 facets, and the pain will be finally be gone and i'll be back to racing this year for sure, hopefully. So let's hope that i'll get lucky, and i'll keep you all posted, when I feel like it of course
Again, thanks a million for all your kind words and support, and I hope this post will help you all clarify what went wrong and what's going on in my life right now. Until next time, CHEERS !
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Ronron
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Get well Stephane, a lot of people are pulling for you.
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Thanks to ALL of you who have been so suppportive and understanding over the past few month, I couldn't have asked more from my fans, and I am very gratefull for having such good fans and friends. And Mickey, a rematch at MX Unleashed will only make you more pissed off, 'cause i'll kick your a$$ again
I wanted to give everyone some news about me, today is actually the first day I feel like typing anything so here I am ! Most of you know what happened to me now ( thanks to Transworld ), even though lots of people already knew they never brought up the subject, and I can never thank them enough for that. There has been lots of rumors going around as of why it happened, and I want to make things clear now. My anxiety, depression and stress where a big factor, but the biggest of all was my back pain. I was in so much pain everyday that I couldn't take it anymore, and felt like no one understood the situation. I felt like I had no way out, except one. The pressure of racing west coast was also a big weight on my shoulders as I was clearly not ready, but yet I wanted to perform and win, that's just the way I am. That was driving me crazy to tell you the thruth, and when my back got worse it made everything go downhill.
Those were the only reasons i did what I did. My girlfriend Carlie has always been there for me, and had absolutely nothing to do with what I did. She has been very strong and supportive for the past 8 months and I probably wouldn't be here today if it wasnt for her. I have heard rumors about how I did it because she cheated on me or whatever else poeple could come up with, and was blown away by them. How in the hell do they come up with stuff like that ??? Also, this was the first time I tried to commit suicide, I have never done it before as some people mentioned. I had to get that cleared up, I am tired of hearing false rumors and lies, especially about something like this. Now you all know what happened and why.
As of today, I am still fighting with severe back pain, and it has been very hard to cope with in the last 3 weeks. Going to the race last Saturday at Anaheim was a challenge, the pain was so intense i almost went to the E.R. But it was good to be there and see lots of friendly faces, and I was dying to be able to race, I miss it so much.
I have finally found a doctor that has a couple ideas of what could be wrong with my back, and I am going in today to get an epidural for a diagnostic, if it's positive, then I am a lucky man he said, as they can go in and "kill" the nerves around the L4-L5 facets, and the pain will be finally be gone and i'll be back to racing this year for sure, hopefully. So let's hope that i'll get lucky, and i'll keep you all posted, when I feel like it of course
Again, thanks a million for all your kind words and support, and I hope this post will help you all clarify what went wrong and what's going on in my life right now. Until next time, CHEERS !
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Ronron
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Get well Stephane, a lot of people are pulling for you.
