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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
The only concession to "safety" that I made was that I didn't buy a new moped, and I'm now a worse passenger than I used to be. I prefer doing the driving, whenever there's a trip involving more than one driver. The accident was caused by my best friend who was driving my moped with me on the back. We went the wrong way on a one-way side road into a major intersection without stopping. He broke his neck, suffered massive internal injuries, and died 4 days later. I had 2 weeks in the hospital and 6 months of intensive physical therapy.
My surgeon told me I would -probably- need a wheelchair by the time I was 40. I'm 59 and can still turn cartwheels (and I still do, on random occasions). I'm in some measure of pain 24/7 and don't take anything for it. But I'm still up, doing the twist while I clean shopping carts at the supermarket, and preparing for actually being retired some day when I grow up  |
Sorry that your friend is gone. Impressive story. I am glad that your recovery was so successful. Good job rejecting pain killers. In some cases they say that acupuncture helps for pain. I'm sure you know more about that than I do. I never could do cartwheels.