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December 15, 2005, 8:08 pm PST
 Quote From: outen4 DR. PHIL, I WAS HIT BY AN 18 WHEELER SEPTEMBER 2004 AND HAVE NOT RECEIVED A CENT FROM THIS GUY. I HAVE 2 KIDS AND PAYING ALOT OF BILLS AND TAKING EXPENSIVE MEDICINE EVERY MONTH. I WORK PART TIME TEACHINGPRESCHOOL AND TAKING CARE OF MY 6 AND 4 YEAR OLD. MY HUSBAND WORKS AS A HIGHWAY INSPECTOR BUT WE ARE TRYING OUR BEST TO NOT LET OUR KIDS SUFFER BECAUSE OF MY ACCIDENT. I HAVE MEMORY PROBLEMS AS WELL AS PAIN IN MY HIPS BECAUSE OF 3 CRACKS I RECEIVED IN MY PELVIC AND 1 IN MY BACK. I AM ONLY 34 AND WAS VERY ACTIVE BEFORE THIS GUY RAN A STOP LIGHT AND T BONED ME GOING60 IN A 35 WHILE I WAS ALMOST AT A COMPLETE STOP TURNING ON THE HIGHWAY AT A INTERSECTION. I HAVE LAWYERS WORKING ON IT BUT IT SEEMS SO UNFAIR THAT I HAVE TO SUFFER BECAUSE OF SOMEONE ELSES MISTAKE. WE WERE LIVING A RATHER GOOD LIFE AND ABLE TO BUY WHAT WE WANTED, NOW WE ARE GETTING WHAT WE NEED AND DOING WITHOUT ALOT.CUTTING BACK IS VERY HARD WHEN YOU HAVE KIDS THAT WERE USED TO GOING TO THE MOVIES ONCE IN A WHILE OR DOING SOMETHINGFUN. NOW IT IS DOING WHAT WE NEED AND THAT IS IT. PLEASE DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT SUFFER FOR WHAT SOMEONE ELSE DID TO THEM. I KNOW THINGS WILL GET BETTER WHEN THE LAWYERS ARE DONE BUT WHAT HAPPENS IN THE MEAN TIME? THANKS FOR LISTENING, JENNIFER OUTEN Dear Jennifer, I am so to have read you were in such a terrible accident. I want to tell you, there is light at the end of the tunnel. It may not seem like there is right now. I have been in your shoes, as a matter of fact, I am in those shoes again - because of another accident. The first accident occurred in 1999, I too was hit by a commercial vehicle. The case settled out of court, it took four years. Don't give up. They, the lawyers for the insurance company you are suing, make you think you are crazy. You are not. Always, keep the faith. Good things do happen to good people. I thank God everyday, Oct 4, 1999 - I was on my way to pick up my daughter, who was 8 months pregnant (was not suppose to drive due to pregnancy complications) and drive her to Lamaze class. I was sitting at a red light. It was a beautiful day. I was thanking God for all my blessings. The next thing I knew - I heard a loud explosion. When I woke up, I thought a building had blown up. Without boring you with the rest of the medical details. I too suffered from memory loss, and lost my job as a police officer, due to the extent of my injuries. All I can tell you, is that time will help you to get better. I had also been diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder and depression. My husband - I had put through hell with my depression, was so good to me. I saw my doctor for my depression. My husband told me, I lost my sense of humor at the accident site. This last accident, I was T-boned - again suffering another head injury along with multiple other injuries. My first thought upon impact, was not again! You just never forget the noise of the breaking glass and crushing metal. I just knew I was going to die. (There is a pretty good chance you do in vehicle roll overs.) I asked God to please take care of my family and not to let me hurt anyone, as I could not control the vehicle as it was rolling. When everything came to a rest, I had to ask myself if I was dead or alive. When I figuered out I was alive, again I thanked God. I can deal with everything else as long as I get to see my family one more time. Please don't wast this time being sad. Celebrate everyday you have with your family. I will pray for you and I am sure there are alot of us out there praying for you after reading your story. May God Bless you and your family. I wish you the best. Take Care, Mary
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December 18, 2005, 1:38 pm PST
Quote From: outen4 DR. PHIL, I WAS HIT BY AN 18 WHEELER SEPTEMBER 2004 AND HAVE NOT RECEIVED A CENT FROM THIS GUY. I HAVE 2 KIDS AND PAYING ALOT OF BILLS AND TAKING EXPENSIVE MEDICINE EVERY MONTH. I WORK PART TIME TEACHING PRESCHOOL AND TAKING CARE OF MY 6 AND 4 YEAR OLD. MY HUSBAND WORKS AS A HIGHWAY INSPECTOR BUT WE ARE TRYING OUR BEST TO NOT LET OUR KIDS SUFFER BECAUSE OF MY ACCIDENT. I HAVE MEMORY PROBLEMS AS WELL AS PAIN IN MY HIPS BECAUSE OF 3 CRACKS I RECEIVED IN MY PELVIC AND 1 IN MY BACK. I AM ONLY 34 AND WAS VERY ACTIVE BEFORE THIS GUY RAN A STOP LIGHT AND T BONED ME GOING 60 IN A 35 WHILE I WAS ALMOST AT A COMPLETE STOP TURNING ON THE HIGHWAY AT A INTERSECTION. I HAVE LAWYERS WORKING ON IT BUT IT SEEMS SO UNFAIR THAT I HAVE TO SUFFER BECAUSE OF SOMEONE ELSES MISTAKE. WE WERE LIVING A RATHER GOOD LIFE AND ABLE TO BUY WHAT WE WANTED, NOW WE ARE GETTING WHAT WE NEED AND DOING WITHOUT ALOT. CUTTING BACK IS VERY HARD WHEN YOU HAVE KIDS THAT WERE USED TO GOING TO THE MOVIES ONCE IN A WHILE OR DOING SOMETHING FUN. NOW IT IS DOING WHAT WE NEED AND THAT IS IT. PLEASE DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT SUFFER FOR WHAT SOMEONE ELSE DID TO THEM. I KNOW THINGS WILL GET BETTER WHEN THE LAWYERS ARE DONE BUT WHAT HAPPENS IN THE MEAN TIME?
THANKS FOR LISTENING, JENNIFER
Jennifer,
I would just like to say keep your chin up. I will pray for you and your family and remember that in life nothing valuable is worth anything. What I mean is materialistic things are not what is important, but you should see within your heart and your childrens and see that love is all you really need. My mother was in same situation as you and we (my sister age 8 and brother age 5) and myself at the time was 13 had a real hard time with the situation. My mother could not walk, eat, and for that matter speak for 8 months. At this moment in life we were like orphaned children just lost. I did have both my parent but my father seemed to just get completely paralized by what took place with my mother and did nothing but cry. So my grandmother started to come and help me and nurse that was assigned to my mother to help. At this point we no longer attended school, had bill collectors coming to our home. But amazingly just gave something to my mother to teach us and helped us out in this situation. That was to learn to still with each other and appreiciate one another. We my brother and sister always had the best of everything and anything, but when this happened we lost almost everything due to medical expenses. I learned that not all the materialistic things in this world would be better than my mother or worth her. Teach your children to love you and each other and that materialistic things are not important. The only things in life my family needs is water, air, food, cloths, and each other. Every christmas my family shares memories of what has happened in our lives and where we are now. I appreciate more all the bad things that have happened in my life because without them my family wouldn't appreciate the small things to life. Hope this does not affend you in any way because I don't intend it to be like that. I send you all the joy I have and Merry Christmas , Happy New Year.
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