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>Hey worse things have happened to others. Considering what happened I feel quite lucky. To start with, my leg is still attached to my body and I can walk again :). Going though the airport security is a real interesting experience because I have metal rods in my leg where my bone used to be, other hinges and rods attaching my ankle to that, and I have metal in my head where my cheekbone used to be and my forehead is metal under the skin now too - so needless to say when I go though a metal detector it beeps hahaha. The whole reason I was riding a scooter was because it got like 90 miles to the gallon and I never had to pay for parking and it only cost like 1500 bucks - so I THOUGHT it good idea to have one here in Hawaii cause I could use it all year round and I wanted (needed) to save some $ on my living expenses. I'd say its safe to say my little plan to save some $ backfired...haha In the meantime when all this happened, being a 'contractor' I had no income at all for over 2 months because I couldn't even stand up and was in too much pain to actually do any work even from home. Eventually I got a call saying that if I did not return to work in 2 days that they were going to hire someone else - so I returned to the office a lot sooner than I should of. Then - when I did finally come back - found out I was getting a 18% pay cut because "that's what they pay now". So no pay for time off, no vacation pay, no heath insurance, and the 2nd pay cut in 7 years. Meanwhile the contracting company shows record profits. I've completed what I was working on here and the job ends at the end of this month and will not work this contracting company ever again. Now all I need to do is find another job hahahaha. But hey I am still alive and all my body parts are still attached so it's not all bad! :)
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Sorry to read all that Victor.
Unfortunately yours is not the 1st story i heard about medical issues states side...
In Belgium medical costs would have been next to zero and you're always insured..
btw isn't there some fund in the US for those kind of run away or not insured drivers causing an accident ?