My injury (car accident) happened nearly 40 years ago and I was in the hospital for a total of 13 months (October 1979 to the end of November 1980) because I was so bad. I was not even able to sit up until I got to rehab so I was flat on my back for at least two thirds of that time which included a neck fusion and having a tracheotomy at least 8 months. During that time alone I came close to dying so many times I can't even remember if and ever since.
I had such a bad neck injury that I choke often but have figured out that it is from tight neck muscles so it is 100% easier for me to swallow laying down. I have choked over 1000 times or more whereby I almost died. A neurosurgeon nearly killed me in Brooklyn New York after I finally got the diagnosis of Posttraumatic Syringomyelia and would have easily died if my ex common-law husband of 13 years was not with me. They let cerebral spinal fluid leak out of the back of my head for two weeks without doing anything! That is only a small list of so many times and I almost died this year when my sodium level dropped so low that I did not know who I was, began chewing on my finger without even knowing it (and I would have broken it had my caregiver not noticed it was happening) so I was rushed to the hospital and spent two weeks in ICU, aspirated twice before and after the hospital requiring a chest tube and one week later for a total of three weeks in the hospital this year. Unbelievable. ~Lori On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 10:46 AM Eric Olson <[email protected]> wrote: > A couple times but try to learn something so it doesn't happen again > > > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon> > Virus-free. > www.avast.com > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link> > <#m_1553701315410400077_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > > On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 7:13 PM Greg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Since your injury, how many times, because of your injury, have you come >> close to passing? >> >> Me, 3 Times... >> >> OD, medication interaction. >> >> Almost fell in Pool when no one was around, seatbelt on. (I no longer use >> a seatbelt, only chest strap if I go out by myself. Actually a few close >> calls. >> >> Choking, eating bread, it got stuck very bad. Could not breath. Semi >> heimlich got it out. >> >> Greg >> > -- "Petting, scratching and cuddling a dog could be soothing to the mind and heart and deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer." ~Dean Koontz
