Stories like that are always so sad. I know a seat belt saved my life and my two children's lives. I have had 21 additional years on this March 2nd....my little Dodge colt was hit head on by a 3/4 ton GMC with propane tanks in the cargo bay. We hit so hard, we would have been thrown across the county line. I had a comminuted sternoclavicular joint fracture-dislocation-(posterior) (among other things). I should not be here. I packed a lot of living into that 21 years---hopefully, I will pack some more living in.

It had to be traumatic responding to a call for some one you know. For a while I did rescue work and that was my worst fear. Good thing the doc told you to leave.

Maybe my nervous system is so screwed up, because of that darn pager going off and that adrenaline surge it caused....never knowing what you would find. I guess that was my way of resolving my own accident, and crummy care. No CT scan done....once again, some one made a bad call, judging a book by the cover. I give you credit for working in the ER for all those years. I know you get sort of used to it, but it takes nerves of steel.

On things that cause neuropathy.....I read that amitriptyline causes it....hmm...isnt that one of the cure alls for pain???