April 3rd, 1993 at roughly 2330 I died in a single vehicle accident. I had fallen asleep and drove into a traffic pole at 55mph. The car went straight up 13’11”, spun 180 degrees, and dropped straight down. I had massive internal injuries and a L2 compression fracture. These pieces of 1/4” stainless steel rods were installed in my back at L1/L2 after L2 was fused together and then fused to L1 with pieces of my left hip bone. In 1995, these had to come out due to the ends were starting to rip through my skin. The surgeon said he had never removed hardware after installing, but if he didn’t remove these, the chance of more damage was greater than the risk of removing them. There’s so much more to share, but it’s far to much for now. The three weeks I initially spent in the hospitals (two different ones), the three surgeries, and all the stuff that happened is so crazy that most people think I’m making it up. When I recount the past 29 years, it gets even crazier. #chronicpain #idied #imstillhere #theresareason #godknowswhy #metalimplants #bionicman #somuchmoretomystory #inkeddrummer #pierceddrummer #beardeddrummer #iamtheghostdrummer https://www.instagram.com/p/CbzNoEqOtKB/?utm_medium=tumblr
