[Talk2BigSteve]

This evening my mother and I were going to the casino. I was driving. It is an election year, so in Mississippi that means fix the potholes and repave the road if you want my vote. I was on a 2 lane road not more than 2 miles from my house, this is one of the roads that has recently been repaved. It has no center yellow lines and no white shoulder line of any kind.

I have a 2002 Chrysler Sebring. I was coming around a curve and a full size pickup was coming around from the other side, he was taking the curve wide. He hit me head on, we both caught about 1/4 of each others front end. He hit me with enough force to crush the entire front end of my car and my driver's side wheel well which broke my left tibia and cut me pretty bad in my leg. I also broke a bone in by wrist which makes typing so much fun now.

My mother only has bruises. The guy in the truck has a few bruises from his airbag but nothing major.

I will have to have the cast on my leg for a minimum of 2 months.

Now for the wheel chair. 5 years ago, yesterday as a matter of fact, I shattered my right leg with an accidental discharge of a 357 Magnum round. I had 9 surgeries to put it back together and almost 2 years of physical therapy to learn to walk again. I have 25% Permanent Partial Impairment(PPI) in my right leg. The same doctor that did my right leg just happened to still be doing rounds at the hospital and was called to the emergency room for the arrival of the amulance.

I got my x-rays and they gave me 2 shots and then came the fun part. They had to set it. I now have a cast on my left leg from toes to testicles. Because of my left wrist, I can not use crutches. Because of the PPI in my right leg I can not use crutches.

So I am stuck in this damn Wheel Chair for a minimum of 2 months. Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

Steve