Well said

x100

You guys are standing up for a man who said he was going to shoot his wife before she threw him out. A man who get on here and post nonsense on everything he post and who threatened another member, yet he gets a pass for a disability he claims? I have known several stroke survivors. None of them acted as strange as Blackhawk. I have known stroke survivors that were driving again quickly. I think he has other issues. If he does not have more control of his emotions and better motor skills than there is no way he should be driving.

You guys never once considered that his wife might have left him for a good reason? Quite frankly, he presents as a opiate user. I have a lot of experience with opiate users and his rambling, self indulgent bullshit sounds just like one of them.

yes.

LOL

So you think he is too mentally handicapped to drive but not too handicapped to belittle, make fun of and ridicule?

I have a good friend whose mother had a stroke 8 months ago and the prognosis was good. She still can't talk well and her motor skills are not a quarter of what they were. Strokes aren't all the same and I hope I never have to learn first hand what the differences in severity are. I'd rather err on the side of compassion than unjustly ridicule someone with a disability that really isn't causing me any harm.

Is this some kind of pornographic talk?

Hopefully you'll be given permission to drive and you'll do it safely.

Look if the doctor and the state clear him, I have no problem with it. He'll, they let Mangler drive.

That was about as subtle as a 3 legged pink elephant.

Yea Doekiller you could have at least had the decency to start out as a partial dick and then slowly eased into a complete one. Foreplay if you will.

A STROKE IS A TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY THAT YOU HAVE TO LEARN LIFE'S SKILLS ALL OVER AGAIN, HOW TO MAKE LIMBS WORK AND ALL , STUFF THAT YOU NORMALLY TAKE FOR GRANTED I HONESTLY hope that NONE OF MY BROTHERS HAVE TO GO THRUthis. YES I KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PERIOD AND A STOP SIGN. I AM NOT A FOOL. TOO MANY THINK THEY KNOW BUT YOU HAVE NOT WALKED IN MY SHOES,LIKE DOE KILLER SAYS I PLAy THE STROKE CARD, BULL CRAP I DON'T PLAY ANY CARDS, I AM GLAD I AM ALIVE THANKS TO HEMSI, JOSHM28'S MOM KNOWS SHE LIVES IT EVERY DAY.EVERY NIGHT I PRAY FOR HER RECOVERY, I HAVE COME A LONG WAY SINCE 15 APRIL 2012THIS STUFF IS NO FUN I HAD A FRIEND THAT HAD A STROKE THEN A HEART ATTACK AND SHE DIED.GETTING HELP IN SECONDS IS VERY IMPORTANT, WHEN NEURONS IN YOUR BRAIN DIES. LIMB AND BODY PARTS QUIT WORKING.I GREATLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL PUTTING UP WITH MY FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS. BU THAT IS PAT OF IT. I KNOW SKINNY HATES PUTTING UP WITH ME, BUT I AM NOT A QUITTER, AND I DON'T GIVE UP, THAT IS WHY I AM STILL FIGHTING, AND STILL ALIVE.I DON'T LOOK FOR PITTY, JUST HELP. WHEN THE FAMILY CAN'T HELP.MANY NIGHTS I GO TO BED HUNGRY. BUT THAT IS PART OF IT SO I GET OVER IT AND MOVE ON, MY VETERAN ADM COUNSELOR SAYS I HAVE OCD, BUT NO I AM OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE HUNTING DISORDER. I AM GLAD IT IS NOT COPD.OR I WOULD BE DEAD SO MANY HAVE PRAYED FOR ME I THANK YOU SO MUCH ONLY WAY I CAN REPAY IS PRAY FOR YOU, BU LIKE I SAID I HOPE NO ONE HAS TO WALK IN MY SHOES, IT IS NOT FUN. WEAR YOU HARNESS SO YOU DON'T HAVE TBI, TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY,AND HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO MAKE YOUR LIMBS WORK.AGAIN, YOU REACH FOR A BEER I HAVE TO TEACH MY HAND TO DO THAT AGAIN.MY WIFE CAUGHT HELL FROM ME. IT IS A MENTAL PROBLEM, THAT NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO LIVE WITH, AND A LOT OF FAMILIES DON'T.AT THE HOSPITAL THEY TEACH YOU ADL. BUT YOU HAVE TO MAKE YOURSELF DO IT, LIKE BATHING , SHAVING. ETC..I HAD TO LEARN HOW TO EAT. THEN GET PUT IN TIME OUT TO WHERE YOU CAN'T EXPRESS YOUR SELF. MANY THROW ROCKS, BUTI HOPE FOR YOU IT DOES NOT HAPPEN TO YOU , BUT IF IT DOES I KNOW WHERE YOU ARE COMING FROM. TRUE I AM NOT ALONE, MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD STROKES, A LOT HAVE LIVED THRU IT. SOME DIDN'T WHEN YOUR HEART QUITS WORKING YOU ARE DONE FOR THANKS TO GOD I AM STILL ALIVE.WOW MIKEY GOT ON A ROLL, I AM SORRY FOR THAT BUT I WANTED TO TRY TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE WHAT IT IS LIKE, BECAUSE I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT SOME HAVE NO CLUE.

Good luck to you Blackhawk. I hope you are back at any and all the things you want to do soon......chasing deer especially.

You don't have to explain anything mike. I know exactly what you are going through. Hang in there buddy.

From one veteran to another. Hang in there and never, never, never give up.

Doe killer, I'm gonna say this once then leave it alone. My mother had a major stroke 4 weeks ago and acts very similar to the way blackhawk does. Her texts ramble and sometimes don't make sense but it damn well doesn't mean she "presents as an opiate user". Now, you may know 100 stroke victims but they each affect people differently. And unless you have met, or spent time with him after his stroke then how in the hell can you sit on your computer and make this kind of post. If I ever hear someone talk about my mother, like you have talked about blackhawk, then they will have a very bad day. Not threatening, and I'm for damn sure not an Internet badass but that's just the facts. This is the most disrespectful post I think I have ever read.

Blackhawk,

I pray for your full recovery. I hope & pray that everything that you lost due to your stroke is returned to you, including your marriage.

Keep on keeping on!

the pills i am on are paxil, plavix,and cholesterol med to keep it from happening again, no opiates, you fool, defender my foot.i'm not in any pain, the blood clot was in the right side of my brain, and cause of sleep apnea i quit breathing in my sleep the clotted neuron died paralyze the left side of my body mister defender of your pide. since you know nothing. and can do nothing., but run your mouth, in the direction that you have no knowledge.i only served this country from October 1972 to Nov 1975 in the U.S. Navy , then from April 1976 until February 2012, Ben thru escape and evasion course , combat life saver course, not to save you worthless self richious butt. you window licking Obam lover tree huggin, clinton kissin, peta lover.opieate taking control freak.

Blackhawk,

Do not let people on the internet get to you.Just focus on your recovery and the people that have supported you through this time. There will always be nay sayers..... I personally appreciate your prayers during this time of my life and will be praying for you brother.

God Bless

I wish someone would lock this thread down.