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Bad day driving

December 19, 2017 Michael Buchanan
Bad day driving

After twenty in navy nine active duty eleven reserves also ran at local rescue squad and fire department for 17 years as a medic and firefighter. The medic was in two counties. I ran hard .now I am being pigeon hole trying to recover from a wreck/ TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY. Why that’s my question WHY. Traumatic Brain Injury , on May19’2012 was driving a firetruck delivering water to a attic fire went around curve in road to right road was wash out. Took truck off-road got it back on-road the water tank blew out 3500 gallons of water gone. I was in a coma . It took medflight medic 96 minutes to cut me out ( steering column cut 3 times flew me to MCV I was in a coma for 7 weeks. They found out I needed meds continuity so they put a medical port in my head . I had two get it turn down twice.i was sent home in a wheelchair but I went to McGuire fought now I use a cane inside and a rolling walker out side. Just trying to get a standard driving license back They have cut my hours for rehabilitation-from February7 to April14 , I think I need speech and physical rehabilitation still, I have not had any problems since then . It’s getting harder to get any body at McGuire to help except Gail Lewis , had Jessica doing speech therapy but they wouldn’t let her continue, WHY CAN’T anybody get anything done . Now still trying to get a regular drivers license,not the CDL class A I had

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