the long road back

[namvet]

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on thanksgiving day last year my brother N law lost his leg to diabetes and peripheral artery disease. two surgeries. the first below the knee then later in Jan an infection required the removal of the knee. last week he started the long road back. and of course he's not a happy camper. he's 75 now. I had a talk with him about vets at the VA hospital ive met. including some WW2 vets older than him who lost one or both legs. it has helped some but we wait and see

[jimnyc]

Wish him all the best from me. :saluting2:

[Black Diamond]

He looks like you. Hopefully we can make changes so veterans get better treatment. :salute:

[namvet]

He looks like you. Hopefully we can make changes so veterans get better treatment. :salute:

no nothing like me at all. ive been to the local VA here and nothing like ive heard.

[Black Diamond]

no nothing like me at all. ive been to the local VA here and nothing like ive heard.

Good. Cause I've heard horror stories.

[namvet]

Good. Cause I've heard horror stories.

I had a sit down with him about the disabled vets ive seen and met there. some WW2 vets older than him with no legs. sometimes i get a sit down with them.

[Black Diamond]

no nothing like me at all. ive been to the local VA here and nothing like ive heard.

Eye of the beholder I guess. I dont think my wife looks anything like her sister in spite of everyone else's claims. :)

[Black Diamond]

I had a sit down with him about the disabled vets ive seen and met there. some WW2 vets older than him with no legs. sometimes i get a sit down with them.

All in their nineties?

[Black Diamond]

All in their nineties?

Have to be.

[namvet]

oh did forget to say. vets from Korea, Nam, Iraq and Afghan

[Gunny]

oh did forget to say. vets from Korea, Nam, Iraq and Afghan

I was doing a job at a mall about 12 years ago. Used to just wear t-shirts in the summer and I had on a float shirt. I'm walking down the aisle and I hear "Hey Devil puppy, you earn that shirt or just buy it?" I turn around and there's this table full of China Marines (pre-WWII) having a get together. I got a free meal and free drinks and some cool stories off those old coots. They were cool as Hell to me. They called me a wussy, new-breed Marine and I just chuckled. What could I say? You could tell by looking at them those guys were hard corps.

We're a band of brothers. It doesn't matter when or where.

[namvet]

I was doing a job at a mall about 12 years ago. Used to just wear t-shirts in the summer and I had on a float shirt. I'm walking down the aisle and I hear "Hey Devil puppy, you earn that shirt or just buy it?" I turn around and there's this table full of China Marines (pre-WWII) having a get together. I got a free meal and free drinks and some cool stories off those old coots. They were cool as Hell to me. They called me a wussy, new-breed Marine and I just chuckled. What could I say? You could tell by looking at them those guys were hard corps.

We're a band of brothers. It doesn't matter when or where.

I met one of those old coots at the VA. in a wheelchair with one leg. hat said US Navy vet WW2. we talked. he served on a destroyer during the Okinawa battle. the fleet had a picket line of DD's and DE's for early warning of incoming Kamikazes. and the Japs knew why they were there. one of em, he said came in low just above the surface engine on fire and 2 bombs under the wings. it plowed into the side of his ship. right at the waterline. the explosion is what cut his leg off. said he was done for. ship going down fast. said his prayers and waited for the end. then he felt strong hands grab his shirt and arms. they pulled him off as it was going under. i wanted to hear more but the nurse called my name. when i came out he was gone. damned I didn't even get the name of his ships. quite a story.

[CSM]

WI wish him well. Sometimes, we just have to suck it up and march on .... easy to say but often very hard to do. Stories of others who were or are worse off but keep on struggling can be an inspiration.

And speaking of old coots .... never thought I would be one but here I am .... looking from my current foxhole, life is good .... it's all about perspective!

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

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on thanksgiving day last year my brother N law lost his leg to diabetes and peripheral artery disease. two surgeries. the first below the knee then later in Jan an infection required the removal of the knee. last week he started the long road back. and of course he's not a happy camper. he's 75 now. I had a talk with him about vets at the VA hospital ive met. including some WW2 vets older than him who lost one or both legs. it has helped some but we wait and see

A very bitter pill to have to swallow.
I wish him all the best in his recovery , and please relay that sincere hope to him my friend..
In my hometown, Red Vanhoozer came back from Nam missing a leg.
He turned to drugs and alcohol, but lived until 2003......
Sadly, I saw that he had lost more than just his leg there..-Tyr

[namvet]

A very bitter pill to have to swallow.
I wish him all the best in his recovery , and please relay that sincere hope to him my friend..
In my hometown, Red Vanhoozer came back from Nam missing a leg.
He turned to drugs and alcohol, but lived until 2003......
Sadly, I saw that he had lost more than just his leg there..-Tyr

will do pal. and thanks