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To make a long story short...
About 10 months ago I was hit by a minivan as a pedestrian crossing the street in a crosswalk. My physical injuries includes a broken nose, pretty bad concussion, back/ shoulder pain, bruised ribs and an injured knee. Thank god today I'm not on the wheelchair anymore and I can walk by myself with a walking cane. My head is still hurting a lot, so is my back and knee, but I think I'm getting better. But now... when I'm not occupied as much by my physical pain, I'm starting to feel the emotional effects really bad. Ever since the accident I haven't crossed a street by myself. I haven't had one goodnight sleep. I completely lost confidence in myself and the list is long. From being an active person- always busy- working, dancing, running with the dog, cleaning my house- very independent etc. I turned into someone that I can't recognize; I look different, I talk different, I think different and I just don't know who I am anymore. I miss the person that I used to be and I want to be that person again. Will it ever happen? Can I get my old life back? Posted on 09/11/07, 01:09 am |
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i was shot a yr.ago and i,m just acepying my new life now.i can,t walk and being in a wheelchair stinks 4 me.i was active also.time will heal the motions 4 u. 
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Hi,
7 yrs ago, Jan 12,2000. I was in a horrible accident. I was driving a school bus and was hit by an out of control jeep doing 70mph on the snow and ice. It totaled my bus, my daughter was on board and the man that hit me eventually died. I have suffered the emotional reprecusions of that accident for the last 7 yrs. The old me is gone and I miss her, but I have grieved and moved on. I tried to look at it as an opportunity to build a new and better me. I am now more forgiving, patient, empathetic and grateful for what time I have. You are in a very hard place and for me healing has been a very slow process. Take it one day at a time and most of all take care of yourself and don't listen to those who will try and tell you to 'put it in a box and move on'...they have no idea. hugs, Lost
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You're not the same person anymore and you never will be. Don't look at that as a bad thing...you're now a stronger individual today then what you were then! You're better today because of what you've been through. Every experience shapes who we are and we are never the same person from day to day. Some of your old habits and characteristics of you will return...but you are new you. This is not a bad thing. Embrace it and be grateful God has allowed you to grow as an individual. Hopefully life will return to normal for you soon. Very sorry to hear about the tragic experience you have been through but glad you are here with us for support! =D
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I understand all of your comments. The discomfort and fear seems to be ever present in my life. In reading many of your comments I notice that most people accidents happened years ago. The fact that so many of you are still experiences what I had hoped to be short lived, frightens me. For me it has just been a little over a week. I do not want to vision the car as I often do crashing into me. I don't want to feel my body tense as I await the impact and sound. I want my freedom back that this person who was in hurry stole from me. I like you want my life back. I am frustrated by the whole process. The accident was not my fault but I am the one being inconvenience by doctor appointments. It is I who have to burden my friends for rides because my car was totaled. It is I who now fear driving. I have always been a carefree, independent and strong minded person. I want her back!
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i am in the SAME exact situation!! it is nice to hear that i am not the only one. i am recovering from a nearly fatal motorcycle accident. i sustained a broken back, 8-12 broken or fractured ribs, broken pelvis in 4 places, collapsed lung, lascerated spleen and liver. i just graduated from a wheel chair to crutches, crutches to one crutch and one crutch to a cane now. i am on high doses of pain meds so i can function through the day and move around. i miss the class clown in me, the life of the party, i cant even go out on the weekends cause 1 i cant drink cause f the meds, i have no energy cause of the meds and i am still in a lot of pain.
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I think one of the hardest things for me was that the decision to change my life was taken from me. You have a new baby and your life changes, you start a new job and your life changes, you marry and your life changes all of your choosing. Hit by truck while standing in your own driveway, lost job, pain and suffering, not my choice.
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we all want outr old life back but we have to realise we wont hon we need to make a new life how we are and thank god we still alive iknow its hard i trying to believe in that too
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I was hit by a car on May 22, 2008 this after being fired from my job and having a partial hysterrectomy now I have to be home bec. i cannot use my left leg. I am very fustrated and angry but trying to keep my cool bec. nobody wants to be around a fat angry person.
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