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However now they say there is a need for transportation and there is a need for a recreational therapist...someone to get me from and to events and appointments to take some stress off of my wife. There was stress on my wife because she was having to choose between being a mom, a wife/caregiver, and being a person for herself. There is the possibility of hiring home VA care where there is a VA Nurse and Doctor and they will come into your house and getting you to the VA will not be a concern. Instead they fired my wife as a Caregiver and didn't put any alternate care/support in place. So right now the only time I can leave the house is for a VA appointment. My power wheelchair is not narrow enough to get in and out of my bedroom so my wife has to transfer me to my manual wheelchair and then push me to my bed and drag me onto my bed, and vice versa. Even if I make it outside, I don't have a vehicle. If Wounded Warriors helps me I am only allowed 100 miles a day. My rehabilitation training is 38 miles one way, so that pretty much takes up most of the time with very little leeway. So, my wife is having a fight and we are not happy with my deteriorating right now. I am still trying to do what I can to make the most of life. I even paid extra to the gym so that I could have a key to a room at the gym where I could store my hand-cycle and my transfer bench while I was there working out.
I have a PTSD diagnosis from my military service. I do not see it as a personal weakness; rather I experience a heightening of senses in areas where others are not. I do believe in the value of therapy, when done right. Individual therapy is a vital 1st step, followed by group therapy as you start chipping away at the concrete. Eventually you will need interaction/acclimation back into society. Then comes personal/intimate relationships. Unfortunately, the first two steps seem to be 90% of what organizations/programs provide these days. Very few if any offers the last two steps of therapy or they just skip all four and just give you 'magic pills'. I experienced a TBI from a helicopter crash and fall. My TBI was neglected
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