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this post was submitted on 11 Jun 2023
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In a nutshell, a couple of drivers took me out on a bicycle 2/26/14, with a broken neck and back. The bones healed but I have some kind of undiagnosed soft tissue damage that makes it impossible for me to hold posture for more than around one hour. It doesn't matter if I'm sitting or standing. If I push past this, I am a useless zombie. It will also take me somewhere between a few days to a month to be able to sleep for more than an hour or two after pushing myself to stay upright for too long.
Naturally doctors in the US don't have a clue what to do with me and neither does disability court. I am stuck living as a burden to my parents waiting for them to die so that I can take up occupation in a ditch somewhere as is the American way.
"The American Way" sure is horrible. I hope things get better for you, and over there in general. Not like it's that great in my part of Europe, because it is not, but at least I have no big problem with insurance etc.