Comments on: My Car Accident http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/01/22/my-car-accident/ The Thinks I Think Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:55:46 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Warren http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/01/22/my-car-accident/comment-page-1/#comment-7281 Warren Sat, 20 Feb 2010 08:52:57 +0000 http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/01/22/my-car-accident/#comment-7281 If you end up writing a book, I think you should name by name, the insurance company. As if it weren't bad enough they can change their rules without quarter, and we are all required by law to subscribe to these crooks services, the public has the right to know when companies pull this kind of thing. Same with the attorney, please do us a favor and let our capitalistic society work how it is supposed to. If someone doesn't fulfill their agreement, the public should be aware so they can avoid that service. If they didn't want bad press, both professional service providers should have fulfilled their agreements adequately. It doesn't sound like they did. You have voice now, and the best voice for change it knowledge. If people don't know, then nothing will change. If you end up writing a book, I think you should name by name, the insurance company. As if it weren’t bad enough they can change their rules without quarter, and we are all required by law to subscribe to these crooks services, the public has the right to know when companies pull this kind of thing. Same with the attorney, please do us a favor and let our capitalistic society work how it is supposed to. If someone doesn’t fulfill their agreement, the public should be aware so they can avoid that service. If they didn’t want bad press, both professional service providers should have fulfilled their agreements adequately. It doesn’t sound like they did. You have voice now, and the best voice for change it knowledge. If people don’t know, then nothing will change.

]]> By: mel http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/01/22/my-car-accident/comment-page-1/#comment-7134 mel Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:54:43 +0000 http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/01/22/my-car-accident/#comment-7134 in 1995 I had a car accident and it seems oddly familiar to yours- well I guess more familiar when I read what you experienced after the initial BANG! the top of my head went through the front windshield, I was the passenger. The glass stopped short of scalping me thank goodness, but, I had lost all the hair atop. ...broken arm in three places (metal plate 12 screws) ...fractured hip socket (an odd injury I deal with everyday) ...broken nose, stitches galore and 4 broken ribs... Meanwhile...I woke first upon entering the trauma center after the ambulance ride...according to rescue workers I was loud and clear for the ride- I just do not remember. A Chaplin was praying over me and I am not Catholic. Then a male nurse came up and told the Chaplin to please leave, now that i was awake they needed to talk to me. I did not remember who I was with or what happened, I didn't remember the year but knew the President, I knew my mother work phone number but not my home phone number... All of the aforementioned came back before I checked out during the 12 days... other things have never come back. Initially people did not understand that they would have to tell me why/how/where/when landed me in this shape! that was frustrating. It seemed like I had forgotten how to do everything almost. I was very depressed, I had a different perspective on everything. Today I am well, lucky and working...degree in art, an 11 year old and a great guy. . .a fortunate life, a leg and arm...I can walk! It's been over 15 years but this day still affects me...sometimes good and sometimes bad. I enjoyed your story and by the way I found it because a loved one recently had to have a spinal tap...I then remembered how my parents said I had one during the accident and I wondered why- today. Um, it appears that with my punk rock chic look back then, they must have assumed there were drugs pumping through my veins as well- there wasn't... very lucky that day...lots of factor beyond my control and the rescue workers control allowed me to live... the accident happened out int he country, no medical teams in my small hometown... I lived, in short, because A) a friends mother left work early due to being ill, she had a CB in her van B) there was a minor accident on the closest highway- that ambulance left he scene to get me before I bled out (I was happy to learn I received my mother's blood and not a strangers but people donate blood!). best to you and your family. in 1995 I had a car accident and it seems oddly familiar to yours- well I guess more familiar when I read what you experienced after the initial BANG!

the top of my head went through the front windshield, I was the passenger. The glass stopped short of scalping me thank goodness, but, I had lost all the hair atop.

…broken arm in three places (metal plate 12 screws)
…fractured hip socket (an odd injury I deal with everyday)
…broken nose, stitches galore and 4 broken ribs…

Meanwhile…I woke first upon entering the trauma center after the ambulance ride…according to rescue workers I was loud and clear for the ride- I just do not remember. A Chaplin was praying over me and I am not Catholic. Then a male nurse came up and told the Chaplin to please leave, now that i was awake they needed to talk to me. I did not remember who I was with or what happened, I didn’t remember the year but knew the President, I knew my mother work phone number but not my home phone number… All of the aforementioned came back before I checked out during the 12 days… other things have never come back. Initially people did not understand that they would have to tell me why/how/where/when landed me in this shape! that was frustrating.

It seemed like I had forgotten how to do everything almost. I was very depressed, I had a different perspective on everything. Today I am well, lucky and working…degree in art, an 11 year old and a great guy. . .a fortunate life, a leg and arm…I can walk!

It’s been over 15 years but this day still affects me…sometimes good and sometimes bad. I enjoyed your story and by the way I found it because a loved one recently had to have a spinal tap…I then remembered how my parents said I had one during the accident and I wondered why- today.

Um, it appears that with my punk rock chic look back then, they must have assumed there were drugs pumping through my veins as well- there wasn’t…

very lucky that day…lots of factor beyond my control and the rescue workers control allowed me to live… the accident happened out int he country, no medical teams in my small hometown…

I lived, in short, because A) a friends mother left work early due to being ill, she had a CB in her van B) there was a minor accident on the closest highway- that ambulance left he scene to get me before I bled out (I was happy to learn I received my mother’s blood and not a strangers but people donate blood!).

best to you and your family.

]]> By: Kirsten http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/01/22/my-car-accident/comment-page-1/#comment-7121 Kirsten Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:31:09 +0000 http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/01/22/my-car-accident/#comment-7121 Wow, your wife must be an incredible woman to be able to manage through all that. It's a hell of a story. Good luck to you. Wow, your wife must be an incredible woman to be able to manage through all that. It’s a hell of a story. Good luck to you.

]]> By: Liza http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/01/22/my-car-accident/comment-page-1/#comment-6611 Liza Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:04:51 +0000 http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/01/22/my-car-accident/#comment-6611 Your accident happened on my birthday, March 2. A few coincidences involved in all of this... Your accident happened on my birthday, March 2. A few coincidences involved in all of this…

]]> By: Liza http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/01/22/my-car-accident/comment-page-1/#comment-6610 Liza Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:00:06 +0000 http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/01/22/my-car-accident/#comment-6610 This is a fascinating subject to me as I have often wondered if my husband Shawn had made it through our car accident would I want him to have lived as a broken man. The answer is YES!!! Unfortunately on Sept. 13th,2008 we were caught in a rockslide that took our 1 ton Chevy off the road we were on and we tumbled down a cliff and into a river. Shawn died during the tumble and I could not help him. I was frantic to get our truck off of him but after only 432 days of marriage I lost my husband that day. So your wife is so lucky to have you. Spoil your babies all you want. Girls need to be treated like princesses so when the time comes they will look for men who will treat them the same way. Glad to read your story...our friend in the accident with us almost died of hypothermia at the scene as it took awhile to hike out of the Rocky Mtns. and find help and then it took 2 hours for search and rescue to cut him out of our truck that was submerged in the river. He was my husbands best friend and he was married 1 week before the accident. His wife is thankful and feels guilty having her husband when I lost mine. Shawn would not have wanted to hurt his best friend. I still relive that day every day, multiple times. Wish I had lost my memory...but maybe not after reading your struggle. Thanks for the story it answered a few questions I have asked myself since then. Good Luck with your life. This is a fascinating subject to me as I have often wondered if my husband Shawn had made it through our car accident would I want him to have lived as a broken man. The answer is YES!!! Unfortunately on Sept. 13th,2008 we were caught in a rockslide that took our 1 ton Chevy off the road we were on and we tumbled down a cliff and into a river. Shawn died during the tumble and I could not help him. I was frantic to get our truck off of him but after only 432 days of marriage I lost my husband that day. So your wife is so lucky to have you. Spoil your babies all you want. Girls need to be treated like princesses so when the time comes they will look for men who will treat them the same way. Glad to read your story…our friend in the accident with us almost died of hypothermia at the scene as it took awhile to hike out of the Rocky Mtns. and find help and then it took 2 hours for search and rescue to cut him out of our truck that was submerged in the river. He was my husbands best friend and he was married 1 week before the accident. His wife is thankful and feels guilty having her husband when I lost mine. Shawn would not have wanted to hurt his best friend. I still relive that day every day, multiple times. Wish I had lost my memory…but maybe not after reading your struggle. Thanks for the story it answered a few questions I have asked myself since then. Good Luck with your life.

]]> By: Shawn Powers http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/01/22/my-car-accident/comment-page-1/#comment-6442 Shawn Powers Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:17:25 +0000 http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/01/22/my-car-accident/#comment-6442 Steve -- I think everyone should go through something like my family did. (Well, maybe not as drastic) It really makes you value things better, I think. I worry our kids will grow up without an understanding of what it's like to struggle, because my wife and I tend to give them TONS more than they need. (I'm sure to make up for our poor childhoods and early struggles) So anyway, it was both the best, and worst, thing that has ever happened to us. :) Steve — I think everyone should go through something like my family did. (Well, maybe not as drastic) It really makes you value things better, I think. I worry our kids will grow up without an understanding of what it’s like to struggle, because my wife and I tend to give them TONS more than they need. (I’m sure to make up for our poor childhoods and early struggles)

So anyway, it was both the best, and worst, thing that has ever happened to us. :)

]]> By: Steve Dew http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/01/22/my-car-accident/comment-page-1/#comment-6441 Steve Dew Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:03:15 +0000 http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/01/22/my-car-accident/#comment-6441 Wow, man. No wonder you have such a grounded and positive perpective. You know what hard times are and when you're not in them. I no longer curse you for all those damn netbooks you've been winning. Wow, man. No wonder you have such a grounded and positive perpective. You know what hard times are and when you’re not in them. I no longer curse you for all those damn netbooks you’ve been winning.

]]> By: Brain Flood « The Brain of Shawn http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/01/22/my-car-accident/comment-page-1/#comment-6412 Brain Flood « The Brain of Shawn Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:08:31 +0000 http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/01/22/my-car-accident/#comment-6412 [...] off, you should know about my accident. Reminiscing about childhood memories is much less significant unless you have acute amnesia. That [...] [...] off, you should know about my accident. Reminiscing about childhood memories is much less significant unless you have acute amnesia. That [...]

]]> By: octopusgrabbus http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/01/22/my-car-accident/comment-page-1/#comment-6338 octopusgrabbus Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:05:31 +0000 http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/01/22/my-car-accident/#comment-6338 I've definitely got to go a lot easier on you. :-) I’ve definitely got to go a lot easier on you. :-)

]]> By: Pat Hickman http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/01/22/my-car-accident/comment-page-1/#comment-5922 Pat Hickman Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:14:15 +0000 http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/01/22/my-car-accident/#comment-5922 Please help me. I need help with a couple of Blogs and some help with how you put your life back togetheer. Forgive the typeing and spelling mistakes, it a result of a Chiari I Malformation. I need some one who has been there . D, Angel try to help but they have not been there. I can help them with rebuilding there life as I have been there, and there memory problems are different. they have to put down the walls that prevent them from giving or accepting love in the Normal ways. I need some one to talk to about severl things I hope you can be that person. I will agree to dissagre about what every you call him, as we do not divorce children, we are native american and only have real chidren Please help me. I need help with a couple of Blogs and some help with how you put your life back togetheer. Forgive the typeing and spelling mistakes, it a result of a Chiari I Malformation. I need some one who has been there . D, Angel try to help but they have not been there. I can help them with rebuilding there life as I have been there, and there memory problems are different. they have to put down the walls that prevent them from giving or accepting love in the Normal ways. I need some one to talk to about severl things I hope you can be that person. I will agree to dissagre about what every you call him, as we do not divorce children, we are native american and only have real chidren

]]> By: Shawn Powers http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/01/22/my-car-accident/comment-page-1/#comment-5849 Shawn Powers Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:41:23 +0000 http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/01/22/my-car-accident/#comment-5849 Sadly, I did end up with a lawyer, and he screwed me almost as bad as the insurance company. When all was said and done, I ended up with a "settlement" that left me $14,000 in debt to the hospital. That was REALLY interesting when it came time several years later to get a mortgage for a house... Sadly, I did end up with a lawyer, and he screwed me almost as bad as the insurance company. When all was said and done, I ended up with a “settlement” that left me $14,000 in debt to the hospital.

That was REALLY interesting when it came time several years later to get a mortgage for a house…

]]> By: Marc http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/01/22/my-car-accident/comment-page-1/#comment-5848 Marc Tue, 14 Apr 2009 01:44:08 +0000 http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/01/22/my-car-accident/#comment-5848 I am wondering why you didn't get a lawyer? I hate lawyers but it sure sounds like this was the case for one. The fact that they based their case was shaking and your studies that showed no seizure should have been an easy ambulance chaser's dream. I am wondering why you didn’t get a lawyer? I hate lawyers but it sure sounds like this was the case for one. The fact that they based their case was shaking and your studies that showed no seizure should have been an easy ambulance chaser’s dream.

]]> By: The Brain of Shawn » Book Writing http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/01/22/my-car-accident/comment-page-1/#comment-3526 The Brain of Shawn » Book Writing Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:49:08 +0000 http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/01/22/my-car-accident/#comment-3526 [...] A book discussion my car accident, where I elaborate much more than I did here. I’d talk about all the details regarding recovering from such a life changing event. There [...] [...] A book discussion my car accident, where I elaborate much more than I did here. I’d talk about all the details regarding recovering from such a life changing event. There [...]

]]> By: The Brain of Shawn » All About Me http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/01/22/my-car-accident/comment-page-1/#comment-1599 The Brain of Shawn » All About Me Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:07:10 +0000 http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/01/22/my-car-accident/#comment-1599 [...] Worst thing to ever happen to you? Car accident. It was also the best thing that happened to me. So go [...] [...] Worst thing to ever happen to you? Car accident. It was also the best thing that happened to me. So go [...]

]]> By: The Brain of Shawn » I Did. I Promise. http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/01/22/my-car-accident/comment-page-1/#comment-1225 The Brain of Shawn » I Did. I Promise. Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:09:30 +0000 http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/01/22/my-car-accident/#comment-1225 [...] fancy pill cases with the days on them. I used to have one when I was on like 13 medications (post car accident), but anymore I just try to remember to take my one blood pressure pill. And, usually [...] [...] fancy pill cases with the days on them. I used to have one when I was on like 13 medications (post car accident), but anymore I just try to remember to take my one blood pressure pill. And, usually [...]

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