hey bro,I am not speaking to you out of my achievements but to give you that little bit of hope to keep on keeping on, in 2000 I was recovering from a gun shot wound which I was shot in the head,right flank(under arm pit)and left hand while on duty as a police officer,bullet went into my forhead and went under the skull,thank god not into the brain,but required a plate to be put in my head,required a back surgery to remove bone and bullet frags which broke off,and bounced down and took out the L5-S1,L4-L5 vertebra,so 8weeks after recovery and going through rehab I was rearended by a 18year old kid who was driving daddys range rover,well I was hit from behind,he was traveling approx 65mph on one of our major interstates,anyway this accident proceeded to break off the vertebrae at T11-T12,T12-L1 and go into my spinal cord,I lost all use of my right leg and was told that i would not be able to use it again due to the injury to my cord,so now I am 31 married,life was shitty before this accident,well our goverment being what it is looks for a way to get out from under their medical bills and after fighting with them,they tell me I have to retire,that the injury that caused me to lose my leg was not a workers comp problem,so Ok I take a settlement and wait on the ins from rich kids daddy to pay up,well,I worked my ass of in rehab,lost my home,cars everything I owned,oh yea had to have one more back surgery to remove scar tissue that was growing through the nerve,so lost every penny due to the workers comp settlement to pay for the following surgery,Brother what I am trying to tell you is that no matter how bad it feels,and man it feels so shitty at times,I read and understand your pain, but dont let anyone tell you anything,make your own progress and you show them,we are one this board because the body is a wonderful machine,Dont stop,dont give up.get more consults,see more specialists,tomorrow something may break and find a cure,I lost everything I had and lived in a half way house with my wife,the church bought us a car,she has a college education and is beautiful,could not imagine why she stayed but she did, at I dont know what level but I can imagine its either C or T,but I was in one of the best spinal centers in the country and did not have a pot to piss in,still dont but,Things are better,I dont have any problems anymore except pain,wow pain,and this damn roll around my middle that i cant get rid of no matter how hard i try,I umpire college and high school baseball now ,last year worked 261games,breeding german shepherds(well I am not doing the breeding the dog is but)and training dogs for service work,bombs,search/rescue.I can run now,even on my first cycle ever,working out,I have a 14month old son,so Bro I am telling you when you think all hope is lost its not,God bless you brother.ever need to talk or anything hit me up ,
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