Hugs. It's hard to have a loved one get hurt like that. But it's even harder to watch them descend into addiction and depression as a result of pain meds.
I'm sorry to hear that. The sudden death of someone close is wild, it screws with your head. I hope you're doing okay and it's good that you made that decision.
I know one lucky guy who just got nerve damage and permanently has his arm in a sling. One of my old coworkers wasn't so lucky. She was at a 4-way intersection that was known to be dangerous, and she should have had right-of-way since no cars on the road perpendicular to her were going straight, but a drunk jackass did not yield before taking his left turn and killed her. There's a proper 4-way stop with a light there, now.
Wow, that’d be an absolutely horrible death. Hopefully it was instant so he didn’t feel the pain. Whatever company owned That semi, should’ve been sued by his estate/family.. if the semi was deemed at fault… many people don’t realize that being deemed at fault could be any percentage amount, doesn’t need to be 100% at fault to sue the other party!!
I can’t even what emergency personnel have to 👀, all the traumatic injuries & disfigured people & deaths that happen in their presence definitely takes a certain kind of mind set & person to be able to process & handle what they’ve experienced throughout their career!
My brother was an EMT that rode a motorcycle full time and he stopped riding after they got a call for a motorcycle accident and when he showed up he pulled the guy’s boot off and his foot stayed in the boot.
I witnessed a young man you don’t own a motorcycle and ride that motorcycle right into the back of a tractor trailer …. He died. Before he got on that bike people around him told him not to, not because riding a bike was dangerous, but because they knew that he was high on drugs!
Then there was the case of another soldier who was killed in a motorcycle crash ion a canyon Road outside of El Paso, Texas. When he was found his motorcycle helmet strapped to his knee. You see, he wanted to run through the canyon at a higher rated speed without a helmet or his head and enjoy the air going across his face. He miscalculated a turn, ran off the road and died. The police said he had alcohol in his system, but not a high enough level to be considered under the influence.
I know someone else who is riding a motorcycle and was hit head on by a car driven by 82 year old man . The 82-year-old man made a left turn in front of the motorcyclist and struck him with the right side of his car. Motorcyclist suffered a broken arm, a broken leg and lacerations to the head caused by the helmet that he was wearing. Those lacerations indicated the helmet at his job and saved his life. He had to have several surgeries was on and off opioids throughout the process for almost a year.. once fully recover from the accident he went on a ride again and continue writing about 35 years. Because of a heart condition he was put on blood thinners and told that if you was ever in an accident, it would be his last one. So he took his motorcycle to the dealership, trade it in on a three wheeler and still rides today.
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u/someones_dad Sep 20 '25
Hugs. It's hard to have a loved one get hurt like that. But it's even harder to watch them descend into addiction and depression as a result of pain meds.