robinson217

My uncle fell off a roof and walked with a cane for twenty years, while trying everything in the book for pain management. Twenty years to the day after the accident, he had his right foot amputated. He couldn't be happier. He walks with no assistance and you wouldn't know he had a prosthetic unless he told you.

I went to Brazil with the Marine Corps and got to see my (mostly broke) young Marines interaction with Brazilian culture and economy. We were wealthy compared to most of the Brazilian soldiers we worked with. The $200 our guys were told to bring as spending money for two weeks was more than most of their soldiers were paid in a month. We ended up only going out in town for one day and $200 WAY too much money. I had an absolutely great day and did tons of tourist stuff and ate and drank well and still had half my money left at the end of the day. My translator looked at pictures of my life back home (typical suburban dad) and he couldn't believe I had a 1600 square foot house and 2 cars on a military salary.