Originally Posted by
rickair7777
Yeah I was like 37???
Then... Oh, helicopter. My buddies Dad was the same after helos in 'Nam.
Too many Jesus Bolts.
Mine was also a lot of revisionary surgeries for botched surgeries.
One was my right knee 4x because first time they left a tool in there. Second surgery to remove left behind tool and repair damage caused by PT forcing knee into a metal part. Third surgery because I was rejecting cadaver parts that were improperly prepared on second surgery.
Best part, knee didn't actually need that surgery urgently but "surgical residents needed practice and you weren't expected to live"
If it was any hospital other than DoD, I would own the hospital and never have to work again.
Now multiply that by 3 other major injuries.
Positive side, surgeon who fixed my right leg is an artist. I don't even limp. Butchers at Bethesda abd Walter Reed ****ed it up 3x and wanted to amputate. Doc Z is a miracle worker.
The surgeon who reconstructed my face did such a good job you can't tell I didn't really have a left side of face anymore. Only my mother knows the difference, because my high cheekbones were trimmed down a bit and he did plastic surgery on the other side so I match left to right.
of course only 70%VA because my sleep apnea is yotally unrelated to "you want normal looking face pr normsl-ish sinuses. You get one or the other"