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Im stuck in the Hospital for 3 months, (Horrible Paraglider Crash [2 destroyed ankles, VERY hurt frontal lobe brain injury{100%'ish' collapse 30 seconds after launch]) and my sister wrote me this, after coming and visiting me a lot, before and after i woke up. I think it works quite well. thanks Annie, really.


Brother, i cannot imagine what you are going through right now. Well, i can imagine it, but that probably doesn't come close to what you're experiencing. All I can tell you is that you are by far the strongest person I have ever known and you will fly again. And jump, and sail, and live. Because you're you, you're Matt. You're my brother.

You can't imagine how terrible it was seeing you, day after day, asleep, tubes everywhere, eating through your nose and breathing through one shoved down your trachea. I kept trying to wake up, cliched as that is. I still wake up sometimes thinking I should go visit you in Boulder and tell you about the ridiculous dream I had...but then i remeber that it wasn't a dream, that you're still there, lying in a hospital. It's surreal. it's stupid.

I don't think you can even understand how scary it was. I'm just overwhelmingly happy that you're even around to be depressed and angry. But I'm also...broken. because you have to go through all this shit, and you're the last person alive who should. i keep thinking, fuck, i don't use my fucking legs. Can't we just trade? I'll take all the broken bones. I'd take the head injury. Just to see you being you.

You just get better. Don't take any shit from anyone, and get better again.

Meow
Annie



I am expected to 100% again... someday. But I hate the Hospital. I dont give a fuck if it is the best human care Hsptl in the World.

Hang in there doode and stay positive! Soon it will nothing but a bad memory...

I feel for you my friend. I too hate the hospital. There's not much one can say except for hang in there, you'll be out soon enough. I tried to spend as much time outside and out of my room as possible. I was also able to go on small trips home (only a couple miles away) ever so often. Ask the doctors if you can do that. That'll help a lot!

Take care and heal fast. I look forward to thermalling with you sometime in the near future.

Russel

I am sorry things are so bad for you right now, but with a sister like this on your side :


I must say you're a lucky man.

Hang in there, Matt. It'll seem like forever while it's happening, but when you look back on it, it'll get shorter and shorter over time.

When I was stuck in the hospital (only for a couple months, so less time than you), I used to sneak out for walks on the hospital grounds. The doctors and nurses were not amused, but I got some of the other staff (OT's and PT's) as well as my family to help me "escape" for a bit.

Umm... considering my head injury and MANY attemps at escape(before i was 100% aware), Im locked in my chair/bed/room and i have Radio alarms on my chair/wrist so i cant go near doors. but my brain is 99% better now. only, i suck at remembering shit from complicated 20 item lists that i am expected to write down word for word 200 secods after it is read to me.

To bad the FUCKING rehab doctors dont underastand the NOBODY can do that, and i sure as hell could not have before the crash.

but thanks for the kind words... Ill probably get off the Nazi shit in a few weeks.

Matt,

I've been reading all the threads about your situation and I feel for ya bro. I've never experienced anything like what you''re going through, but nevertheless my thoughts are with you. Although we've never met, Collin and some other friends tell me you're a good guy; I really look forward to jumpin' with ya when you get out of there man.

Hang in there.

J.P.

Yeah, those fucking rehab doctors, trying to rehabilitate your injuries with their Nazi shit.

Yes, we suck

Get well soon, Matt--and hang in there.

Don't know you mate, but that bit of reasoning is enough to show me that you are well on the way to recovery.

Stick with it bro; its no fun but there is point. However pointless it seems to you...

Take care

Ivan

Matt
i cant even spell and I get by more than fine.
and if some nurses come by that look like stripers
there stripers. complements of me, I just hope your up
for a little 2 on 1 action

hope to see u soon

Hi champ
good to see your doing better.
there is nothing better for your mentally then giving you mental memory games

I was once a passenger in a car that hit a tree head on at 80k's, my top half of seatbelt never grabbed me so my head flew into the old hard dash board.
although I was released from hospital the next day my brain wasn't right for atleast 3 years (brain is weird) my memory was whacked.
key to fixing ya memory is to look at ya brain as a muscle, the more you use a muscle the better and fitter it gets,
I used to read as many stats and stuff as possible stats are great for memory, just go along with there silly games and your memory will improve in many area's out of site.
if you think the stuff they are giving you is to hard for any person then simply do the best *you* can, and eventually you may actually have a super duper memory better then the avg person (mine is) and you may one day be ACEing that stuff.

anyway keep punching away and I'll eventually take you up on your rope jump offer from way back via PM's
if you don't remember that.... you also said you were going to pay my air fairs...

Damn, I couldn't do that now. I guess 20 years of drinking to much is the same as a good crack on the skull. Hang in there dude.

by "Nazi Shit" i mean being locked in my chair/bed/room and haveing radio alarms on me.

The rehab shit is good. The mentality of the docs is kinda backwards because they judge me for not knowing what animals are in the goddamn zoo. I hate zoos,

Shit, I hate a lot of things.

...sigh...

Heyyyyyy there. Just letting ya know that you're still in our thoughts down here in Texas. Oh..and you better get your ass outta there soon...you owe me that jump! Seriously though..take it easy, heal up, and we all know you'll be back to the same 'ole Hecker in no time. *hugs!*

Ask them if they'll bring you a TV with a PS2 hooked up with GTA: Vice City. Then you can just ignore the doctors and base jump all you want

I'm really sorry to hear about your accident. That rope jumping documentary that you made was uttery breathtaking. You guys really know how to have fun! Deal with the nazi shit (easier said than done im sure) so you can heal and fly again, bro!

I saw a porno once with that scenario. The nurses cured the guy instantly.

Matt what hospital are u in between me and the hookers
we are about as smart as a bar stool. so the hookers
I mean nurses, couldn't find the place. Ps have u ever been with a colored hooker. well if not u will after all your tied up.

my hospital is craig rehab in Englewood, Co.

The Nurses seem fairly rare, so good luck to both of us.

I do have about 4 girlfriends around Boulder/denver, and they come visit (1 by 1) on random nights... its not that bad.

funny how much an external fixator and surgury scars turn on girls...

some pics included...
Me flying my Gin paraglider the day before the collapse, and some shots of my leg... those pins and screws go clean THROUGH my entire leg bones, there is five of them, thats ten holes in my skin. Ugg.

be well kids, I will be BASE jumping again before i know the dif.

well, maybe more time than that... my stupid head.

Great to see that you are actually posting here again...great stuff.

...by great stuff, I am refering to you posting again; your injuries sound and look even more serious than the original posts read.

Heal as fast as you can my friend.

Take care,

Donk

hey dude make sure to bring thouse pins whith you home.. ive got my 5 scres/pins,theyre great coctail pins

you got any xras yet?

Heal well bro,as you say before you know it your up in the sky again

Again I say, Matt, NO MORE PARAGLIDING! Only nice safe BASE jumps for you (and they've all been that so far, right?). In Twin still, but I will be back on Sunday, hopefully Maggot's entourage has come to see that you are well... anyway, heal. You have many more adventures in front of you, that is certain. See you soon. Till then.
Old school. Abbie, are you cooking burgers?

rauk...

dude.. i will paraglide again, but i need a less scary wing.

I hate it for you, but at least you don't have to do puzzles with Abbie and Bill...

Hey Heck-

Haven't heard anything from you (or anybody for that matter) lately. Just wonderin how you're doin.

Drop a line and let us all know you're still pestering the nurses...

in reply to " I hate the Hospital. I dont give a fuck if it is the best human care Hsptl in the World. "
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Hospital escape method 1.
(have to be able to stand up a bit.)
*Refuse to use stainless porta potty in front of cute nurse.
*con cute nurse into letting you go to regular/staff toilets. When left alone throw SS potty through nearest window.

Now for the hard part when injured....climb out window . When tested this method failed due to not being able to climb out window over top of wash basins. If you make enough noise smashing the window the nurses will catch you before you hit the floor.

This will at least get you a move to a more secure ward where things may be more interesting.

Hospital escape method 2.

Ya gonna need your mates help for this one.
Wheellie /walky in hossy park. Waiting car ........

This method fails when you want to go home to the hospital and your mates won't let you.

Time flies when the drugs are good .

Get well soon or let us know how you managed to escape.
Cheers

I tried to escape a lot. main problem, They have a "code alert" alarm placed on mine and every other patients wrist (due to the "mental" hospital im prisonor of) and the alarm transmitter goes off if i get within 2 meters of any exit door or any elevator. in percussion the door or elevator locks, bright lights flash all over the nurse station, the door and patient is identified by a board in nurse station, and i am punished by being threatened by being kept under doctors orders ("kept prisoner" i and my freinds and family prefer) The alarm bracelet also goes off if it is removed, and patient is located. There is also a seperate one mounted to my wheelchair.

Problem II:The patient/floor staff ratio is currently 27/19 in the day, and 27/11 at night.

Problem III: If i WAS to escape, i could never go home, nor could i exist at all as i used to. Reasons:
A- My External fixator that i dont want to remove on my own, i could, i have seen it done, but the pain was enought that there was local painkiller, and the patient was unconsious. so i would like to have it done by a doctor.
B-I am a Commercial/multiengine/instrument/turbine pilot. and my doctors sighnoff on my injuries are the only thing that will ever let my fly a plane legaly in the US or affiliated aviation system ever again.
C-Uppon escape, i would lose eligability for all therapy, including the only one i care about: PHYSICAL THERAPY. Its the only one that matters. My activities before the injury involved BASE jumping(and any jumper who knows about planning and executing a city BASE jump can testify to its difficulty), Paragliding, piloting kingairs,PITTS,Citabrias,etc [thankfully, i have already met with some feds, and they assured me that i can retreive my liscense and medical when i get out], Designing and building fairly complex rope freefall (ropejump) sysltems of large distance, Shooting and Editing (whitebalancing, etc) my medium length films, as well as tactical trading on EBAY and the stock market.-------My activities that im asked to perform in psych therapy involve learning how to do laundry, cook meals, plan a movie theater outing, and build 4 peice model airplanes and fly them, as well as use microsoft fight simulator because "it relates to my past"
D-main problem: If i was to SUCCESSFULY escape, with my fully conscious and aware state, my insurance will not pay for the medical bill (my theory for the alarms and staff ;-) )




My previous attempts to escape were while i was still "wakeing up" and i didnt know shit, barely who i was. they included trying to get on the elevaator and trying to crawl downstairs to my freinds truck. (my freind still thinks i can and should try to escape, they have attended some rehab sessions as my company they and find them not only a joke, but know that i can do better with my normal "brain excercises" that are fittingly difficult for me, and know i WILL continue everything i used to do in my life when i recover. I already am helping Alex and Nick design our next freefall system, i am halfway through editing my next film on flying, rope and BASE jumping, and indoor RC heli flying.)

As for this hospital, Im not the only one that says it is bullshit, my family and freinds find it worthless after me wakeing up from the delusion of head trauma. If anybody wants to know all the floating theories, i can later explain, but i was just given an ambien 5min ago and will start feeling it soon.

as for the people who were being sarcastic while earlier defending the rehab therapists, I would, and very much mean to say FUCK YOU, but while i know that my physical therapists and some psych therapists who are dealing with severe brain injuries are good, i know that my brain injury does not justify the need to cook, do laundry, and build 4peice models to "rahabilitate" my brain. so fuck them, i know your both therapists and forgive my maddness.

I know that i can still do year 5 college trig and fly RC helicopters indoors (and hospitals) so fuck you for saying or think i need this.

forgive the slight french and attack, but i feel very strongly about this. I believe this is the first time i have been aggresive on DZ.com.

blueskies all, and remember, dont crash. even with a helmet, i had one. the attached picture is forever...
cheers.

in reply to "Problem II:The patient/floor staff ratio is currently 27/19 in the day, and 27/11 at night. "
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Yeah that's a fair tight lock down.

My little stay (about 3 months ) is happily in the dimm darkish past now . I never got out of the hossy grounds on my escape bids. In the end was having too much fun and they kicked me out. Thought it was all a dream anyway and wasn't feeling much just passing out when caught. Got tied down eventually and reduced to a dribbling id. Had to close one eye to stop the world turning but it still rolled around.

Made some friends in the psych wards I can still remember. One girl in her dressing gown who really should have come home with me later. I became a tabacco addict thanks to it being the most social thing to do. Couldn't taste them at the time. I had the best haircut.... one side fully shaved the other longish. As I got better I went visiting other laid out inmates and they were very happy for me when I got let out legally.

Your activities sound sort of fulfilling ..except for the 4 piece model plane thing.

Afterthought .. How fluid/electric/blade proof is the security band ?
You can only get away with the badder shyte while you're still a bit woosy so don't waste anytime before the next escape attempt cause you'll be outta there almost before you know it.

Ps good to hear some french agression kicking on in there....must be getting better real quick.

Ciao

Good to hear that you're recovering. Hang in there!

Don't be too harsh on the rehab doctors who posted in this thread. One of them is a BASE jumper who has personally had to go through rehab, too, you know. (Plus, the other one is my wife, so please be nice to her.)

tom,
bro, i know your wife and send my apologies to her. I dont really enjoy mental rehab therapists but it would never stop me from being freinds.

seriously, tell her.

be well

I dont really have access to high strength electricity, a knife, scissors, or hammer. but the electricity thing is a good idea though. but im not really still tring to escape, im fully awake now, and am doing the trig and helis on my own, so they wouldnt believe i was delerious. (part of my main detest for still being here) i also never forgot how to cook, do laundry, and go to movies so again im mad at being here.

Thanks for the help my friend, you make me laugh. its been a long tim e since i have laughed.

be well bro

Who is this matt/ calvin kid with his sick pictures? Why does every one like him so much? He doesnt seem that cool. What the deal?

hey deadman,
who the hell are you huh?
you think you can ski, but you cant. I outdid you all day at copper in colorado, you know it as well. you tried to catch up but all you did was hit a snowboarder. as i hear your still dealing with the lawsuit!

Go jump into an abyss, even bring your parachute if you like. you will be fine. i promise.

;-)

by the way, when you comeing to see me again?

Ch

well, they gave me my release date. they say may 12th.

These people took my soul. I did not give it. I will be bed ridden until june and will learn progressivly again, in this order,
how to Walk,Drive,Sail,run,fly my plane,skydive,wingsuit,BASE jump,and of course, Paraglide.

I lost a lot of money on this. My deductable was 10 large USD, ($10,000) and the final bill for the insurance will hover around 450,000USD.

In the crash i lost a 1200$ harness from being cut off me, 500$ of cold weather flying clothes, a 120$ helmet, 280$ HanWag boots (they helped but didnt help,and they got cut off me as well) I will not be able to work from feb 6th to the end of summer.
So, in total, this is costing me around $30,000 USD.

Anybody who contributed to my paypal donation is greatly needed and apreciated. I thank Pope a million times for setting it up. If anyone else wants to contribute, i believe it is still setup at triaxproductions.com.

Thanks to everyone, but i still am missing my soul. Another month in here, ugg.


Keep flying my freinds, for me if anything.

Matt--you can thank me and all of us by hitting the PT hard (I have no doubt you will) and getting back out here with us ASAP!
(and yes, the account IS still set up at http://www.triaxproductions.com.

see you within a week bro!
pope

 
Get over yourself. You are so self obsessed.

arnt we all?

go lick some faggot balls.
how about that?

kidwicked,

The 3 weeks i spent in intensive care there was anywhere between 30 and 50 of my freinds waiting to just see me even while i was in a drug induced coma. a lot of them skydivers and base jumpers.
actualy, i dont think i am obsessed with myself, i might be if i went around writing stuff like that.

Im sorry man, i hope you stay well.
but shit, im pretty sure im not self obsessed enough to go write "get over yourself, you are so self obsessed".

If that all was a joke, im sorry for the comeback.

my crash was a paraglider crash kidwicked, but my BASE jumping is always in my head. I mean all this even if your crash is not a BASE crash.
CH.

Guys, let's keep this nice. Matt can use all of our help and support as he goes through his recovery.

Kidwicked, remember that this is probably Hecker's first experience with a serious recovery. It's going to be a pretty major event in his life, and not just now.

A little perspective might be helpful.

Calvin - I don't even know you, but know some of the folks that you hang with. I've been following your progress and passing the good vibes your way regardless of the fact that I don't know you. You are one of my brother's brothers, that makes you a brother to me. Keep it real, and positive (-:

KidWikked - hope you are joking around, but if not - GET LOST.

 

I'd feel awesome too if someone brought me an Elmo that size. Hope you're feeling better hecker, that Elmo kicks ass

. . . .anyways hey Hecker bro hang in there. I've been keepin tabs on this whole thread and all I can say is that you are a much tougher man than I. May 12 will be here before you know it. I'll be in AK then and my crew and I will definately throw down a big fatty ski descent for ya.

Cheers,

J.P.

maan next time i get injuryed ill log in on a hospital near YOU

Thanks guys. That was cool. That makes this place that much better

Who is Matt
HE only invented BASE jumping u putz ok maybe not but he reinvented it with moves like the MCtwist.
and the super cool master of ropejumping.
if I was half as cool as Matt i could spell.
All im saying is that if u meat him then u would understand. he's one the few people in the world as cool and really really good looking as me.

now im pissed i saw the pics that wasnt a hooker that was my sister

hahaha.. you look like a kid on christmas morning with that grin! Glad you got cheered up at least for a bit
Heal faster!
Jen

Hang in there Calvin. You'll be back up in no time. Have fun with the strippers too.

I don't think you've ever made a post I haven't liked...until this one.

I really, really, really don't like this one, and I don't understand what you think your point is.

My point is that a) it is mean, b) it is pointless, and c) it is totally false.

rl

You Win! Dude, get well soon. Hang in there and keep posting. It'll take the edge off the boredom and rehab. I always thought my eleven pins from my leg made an awesome board game (you know, jump until only one is left). I am sincerely humbled by your hardware! My experience pales in comparison but I understand how you feel. BASE, Glide & Skydive!