Prayers for recovery after accident

bamaga

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In light of the Phillip lutzenkirchen tragedy, I wanted to share my recent story . Maybe someone will learn from it, maybe I will receive needle prayer.
Short background 51 years old, starting over for third time in life. divorced 6 years ago ,ex wife literally got everything. Left with clothes and little else, even lost a well paying job. I have Been with my girlfriend for 5 years, we are good people , in deserving of tragedy, that have adopted/taken in several teen children of drug addicted parents. My girlfriend was stricken with an affliction which a team of specialist at Emory hospital have yet to diagnose . Her affliction involves involuntary muscle twitching /jerking of the Torso. This has left her unemployed for a year.
My story , March 9th , I went to dinner with my girlfriend and adopted daughter, now an adult , to celebrate my daughters new job . A job I got her with my company. I had one margarita at dinner after which I dropped them off at home then went to Wal Mart 3 miles away. On the return trip I was not wearing a seatbelt. Traveling 60 mph in a 45 zone , about 9:00 pm , a deer darting in front of me . I swerved to avoid the deer, lost control and hit an immovable steel machine . My car decelerated from 60 to zero in a matter of inches. Everything seemed to happen in slow motion. As I was being ejected from the vehicle I had the presence of mind to reach out to stop myself with My right arm . I weigh 250 pounds , the forced ripped my right humerus from my shoulder socket and was lodged between the skin of my side and my rib cage with my right arm sticking straight up in the air. I have had 7 surgeries on my shoulder to reconstruct it and re attach my bicep. I have a nylon strap, two anchors and surgical mesh holding my shoulder together. I am lucky. I have regained about 15% use of my right arm. Pain and frustration is the daily norm as I struggle to rehab my shoulder . I just lost my company insurance as my company can no longer stand by me. we have had no income for four months . Fearing a workers comp case, My company has also mandated a physical test before returning to work , and will not let me return to work until I am fully released by my surgeon . Most optimistic scenario has me returning to work in some capacity in December. Barring further surgery that is. If it were just me, I would survive, but 4 others depend on me. The funny/sad part, I am the safety director for my company. Well , I was. Safety people wear seatbelts. Also, not a single airbag deployed in my ford fusion . It had 8 .
I am reaching out to my Tidefans friends because one quick decision can alter your life . Forever. Prayers for me and my family. Please
 
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I will have to apologize. That is a very hard read. I started to edit, but gave up because there are too many errors. I promise it was theOxycodone.
 

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Scheduled for another MRI Tuesday, another possible surgery on Friday, pending results. Have to Thank Dr Taylor Cates. I am not working, so he hasn't charged a dime for office visits in 4 months, but he has made a mint from the surgeries.
 
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I saw your other thread and did not know what was wrong with you so I went through your profile and found this thread. I apologize for bumping this.

I hit a deer going to work early one morning a couple years ago. Luckily, only the car was hurt. I hope and pray for your recovery. Good luck to you and your family.


(Edit....Just saw this was in the Prayer and not the NS forum).
 
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bamaga

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It has been seven months, but I still have not recovered from my injuries, I am still in need of prayers.
 

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Please keep me in your prayers. It has been nine months. I put this in the Kenyan Drake thread and then erased it. This is the hardest thing I have ever done in my life. Rehabbing a major injury takes mental toughness and a very strong will and desire to get better. You work so hard 6 to 8 hours a day, weeks and weeks on end with minuscule results. I had flu symptoms for a couple of days , got discouraged and quit physical therapy for a week, but my therapist wouldn't let me. I have been rehabbing with her since May, 7 months, I have another 9 to12 months to go. So frustrating. So easy to lose hope. Trying to stay positive, have to look where I started to where I am now, not where I was a month ago. I still have little movement of my arm.

College Football and Tidefans has been a great distraction from problems and has filled vast spans of inactivity due to injury. I can't thank the people on this board enough.

Nine months without income and paying heavy medical bills , I am afraid my posting on Tidefans will soon come to an end. I will stay as long as ATT will allow, but it will not be very long. Cutting back to just power and water as money has ran out. All other things will be luxuries at this point, selling off assets as I type. Physical therapy at Southern Therapy will end soon as I can't afford it, but my therapist said she will email new exercises to me, and I have therapy equipment at home . Not the best situation, but have no other options. I expect my surgeon to stop allowing visits soon as well.

Never in a million years would I have ever thought it would come to this. I thought it unfathomable. I will not be homeless, so no one needs to worry about that. I may one day have to burn my furniture in the fireplace for heat, and collect rain water.:)but at least the home is paid and taxes are paid until December 2015 . Sorry , I am rambling. Please keep me in your prayers, even if I disappear from the board. I WILL RECOVER!!!!
 
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Praying things get better soon. Is it possible to look for another job if this one won't let you back? Sounds like you are fortunate to still be here. To me, that means you still have a purpose. Find it. Fulfill it. Live it. You have a long hard road ahead, but I pray it gets better and better.
 

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Update. I am blessed. I never fully recovered, but thanks to Michele Krausse, my Physical Therapist , I am functional. . Also, out of the blue, a company from Jacksonville, Fl I never heard of , found an old Resume of mine online, offered a job with a six figure income. I am now living in Georgia and working in Florida at NAS Jax. I guess my story has a happy ending.
 

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