My family and friends would give the shirt off their back if they could. So far the support I have received from friends and family has saved me from eviction, twice now. I love my friends and family who have supported me through this time. They deserve much thanks and appreciation.

It has been almost seven months since my accident. I am still going through extensive physiotherapy. Workers compensation does not want to acknowledge that Post Traumatic Stress Disorder could be an injury I have sustained from my work related accident. This has made receiving proper care and support near impossible. Waiting for our medical system to receive this assessment is causing a delay and this delay is causing much grief and suffering. When one clear way to mitigate such suffering is if workers compensation could acknowledge the possibility that I could be suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and provide prompt Psychiatric Assessment and adequate support. They have the resources to provide this support but have chosen not to.

This accident could have been avoided with adequate training and adequate supervision. My employer failed to provide this and does not wish to take accountability for their role in my work related accident but has instead chosen to appeal my claim. So I am fighting against a system that does not want to bring adequate support.

On February 4 of this year I was involved in a near fatal motor vehicle accident.

While I was taking a left turn I was struck by another vehicle. I believe the other driver was going about 100 to 125 kms in a 70-80 kms zone which made it difficult to properly assess how fast they were going. I told my supervisor I was new to driving and new on truck. My supervisor leads me into what I thought was a left turn lane. One of those suicide turn lanes. My supervisor then pulls a U-Turn. Believing I was in a left turn lane I proceeded with a left turn. In the process I had my flashing ambers going so the other driver should have started slowing down long before they had. Had they been going the speed limit this accident could have been avoided. If they were aware of the flashing ambers they would have started slowing down long before they had.

I sustained the following injuries:

A fractured larynx which caused me to stop breathing but after fighting to open up my airway for what seemed like an eternity, I finally got my airway opened. My left arm was broken in three places which required reconstructive surgery. I sustained two rib fractures with associated lung puncture. I had a lacerated spleen with associated internal bleeding. I also had a fractured back in three places.

I write this and I keep on reaching out because I am a fighter. And there is somehow a glimmer of hope that people care. I have to acknowledge those who have been present with me in this time. Their emotional support has been of more value than any worldly possession anyone could have. So I write these posts, in the hope that just maybe I could find more support because I need more support than what others have been able to provide. They would do more if they could. This support does not need to be through food and money. That obviously helps but human connection makes a significant difference when going through trauma.

To every resource I find that helps there is a hundred negative reactions but I have to keep reaching out in the only way I know how. So I take the time to journal uplifting and motivational articles while giving updates on my recovery because it redirects my negative thinking and helps me stay focused. It brings perspective and hope. It gives me the courage I need to muster up the strength to keep going.